Criterion Challenge 2024 - Category No. 12: First Films
"I don't care, even if it jeopardizes working at the store. I have to show him that I'm gay for him. To show him how I feel."
Sweaty and desperate in that off-putting way, Gus Van Sant's debut feature tracks the feeble and fruitless attempts of a Portland shop worker to seduce a Hispanic migrant. The synopsis describes his obsession in romantic as an "unrequited love" but it more resembles…
Criterion Challenge 2024 - Category No. 16: Women Auteurs
Films by Women 2024 - No. 35
"What about me? What about me? I've never asked you for anything! Never expected anything! I'm 24 years old, and I'm still here! Stuck here! You think I'm happy? I love him. That's not a crime, is it?"
Criterion Challenge 2024 - Category No. 21: LGBTQ+
Films by Women 2024 - No. 4
Donna/Sofia: [in mirror, to self] "How would you tell a girl with low self esteem to feel better about herself?...I will tell her that it's not only physical beauty that's important but also inner beauty. Like the Little Prince said, 'What is essential is invisible to the naked eye.' I will tell her that character and personality matter more. I thank you."
Even in such…
Criterion Challenge 2024 - Category No. 26: Hong Kong Cinema
Shing Lung: [balancing a valuable bowl very precariously] "Master! Where are you going?"
The Master: "I'm going to toilet."
My girlfriend and I were not prepared for Jackie to come out to a fight serving full fish