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For my money (not a lot tbh) she's one of the best filmmakers working today. Her movies are lyrical but never sentimental, morally serious but never self-righteous. She is especially interested in themes about the body, desire, colonialism. My favourites are Beau Travail, Trouble Every Day, and White Material.
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Claire Denis is the best living director😌
Kelly Reichardt (fav current american director) and Lucrecia Martel are also two of the best around.
I recommend their entire filmographies, but here are some starting points for all 3:
Claire Denis - Beau Travail, White Material, 35 Shots of Rum
Kelly Reichardt - Wendy and Lucy, Certain Women, Meek’s Cutoff
Lucrecia Martel - La ciénaga, Zama, The Headless Woman
Nov 3, 2024
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Saw it for the first time this week, had never heard of it before, blew me away, so beautiful
Mar 5, 2024
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I really enjoyed Jacques Audiards A Prophet, which is about life in prison also Claire Denis' Beau Travail it was probably one of the most aesthetically pleasing movies I've seen and I highly recommend Lukas Dhonts Close, I can't even describe how devastating this film was, it's a Belgian film but they speak french so I'd say it counts, it's a must watch imoo.
Dec 20, 2024
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A lot of the stuff that gets recommended for beginners actually sucks, imo. If you want to get an idea of what it's about, try these:
Edmund Wilson, To the Finland Station
Andrew Collier, Marx: A Beginner's Guide
Michael Heinrich, An Introduction to the Three Volumes of Karl Marx's Capital
C.L.R. James, Modern Politics
Jan 26, 2024
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My favourite fruit. Incredible taste and texture and you gotta do all this work to free the gem-like seeds.
Jan 26, 2024
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Science fiction space opera with a mordant sense of humour, set in a far future Fully Automated Space Communism type setting. Like a gritter and sexier Star Trek, but in a good way.
Jan 25, 2024