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  Joker 2019

  ★★★★★ Rewatched 14 Oct 2019 7

  This review may contain spoilers. I can handle the truth.

  SPOILER ALERT

  "We live in a society...."

  A lot of the online discourse about Joker intending to downplay or make fun of the film includes this line, which someone told me is a reference to one of the Arkham games. But we do live in a society, a society which is not very different from what is depicted in Todd Phillips' Joker , as much as we might like to believe otherwise. We live in a society where the rich…

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  Romancham 2023

  ★★★½ Watched 22 Apr 2023

  I have no clue what the film is trying to do in the second half.
  Why make a film with the intention of a sequel?

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  Hit the Road 2021

  ★★★★½ Rewatched 30 Mar 2023

  I met Panah Panahi a few days ago and gushed so much about the movie and the kid's performance.
  Pure fanboy moment. He was too nice about it.

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  Lust Stories 2018

  ★★★½ Watched 16 Jun 2018 1

  To understand the actual value of this movie, I believe one has to be from a regressive country like India.
  These stories might seem very ordinary but when seen from the perspective of a modern-day Indian, these have immense values.
  A country where even speaking about sex is considered taboo, needed this kind of empowerment for the women, and not the Veere Di Wedding type.
  This collection pays a tribute to women, their sufferings, their sacrifices and their desires.

  Hats…

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  Anek 2022

  ★½ Watched 27 May 2022 1

  Another addition to the "Ayushmann Khurrana grows a conscience" cinematic universe.
  I would go on one limb and say Ra-one was better than this. Clueless as hell. Just random on-the-face "We live in a society" dialogues and scenes stitched together, including the film title.