Saw a great Iranian film recently and wrote about it for Week #19 of What I Saw Last Week.

It is easily one of those movies that stays with you long after you're done watching it. Something close to Charlotte Wells' "Aftersun".

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Promoting my sister's photographs to my 6 fOlLoWeRszsz

"Not too long ago there were sound arguments against Europe adopting air conditioning en masse, but the climate has changed."

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Wrote about Paul Thomas Anderson's "There Will be Blood" for Week #17 of What I Saw Last Week.

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Wrote about “The Friend” starring Bing the Harlequin Great Dane, Naomi Watts and Bill Murray.

The film is an ideal New York City movie to watch on a rainy afternoon especially when you want to feed your melancholy.

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"Supermen of Malegaon" is a fantastic documentary about how a group of friends make films in perhaps what is the least likely of places in the world to do so-Malegaon.

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Mustering the strength to keep my Substack going. Here's what I wrote for Week #14 of "What I Saw Last Week", my thoughts on the film "A Real Pain". Mental health issues with a side of Holocaust platitudes.

It was a decent watch.

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For Week #11 of "What I Saw Last Week", I shortlisted six films that stood out to me, out of the 89 I watched this year.

My picks include Anatomy of a Fall, Perfect Days, The Teachers' Lounge, Club Zero, Laapata Ladies and Thelma.

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