Mari Murphy

Mari Murphy Patron

idk I just want to like things

trying and failing to change my top four more often.

Favorite films

  • Closely Watched Trains
  • I'm Still Here
  • But I'm a Cheerleader
  • The Worst Person in the World

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  • The Watermelon Woman

    ★★★★★

  • Greetings from Africa

  • An Untitled Portrait

  • The Potluck and the Passion

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The Watermelon Woman
★★★★★ Liked Watched

This is a delightful time that also lands so so hard as a commentary ("we have to make our own history") — so light and yet so heavy. I am a sucker for a film that excels in multiple genres at once, and this is very much that. Not enough can be said about how incredible it is to get so many small details right in a debut: we don't know all of our characters but we know them —…

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Dandelion
Liked Watched

Absolutely loved Lalezarzadeh in this from minute one. I have a lot of time for queer teenage fare that's basically just opening a door and saying, "look, it gets better" but in a material, practical, real way. Anyway, play that tune again.

Thank You for Banking with Us
★★★★½ Liked Watched

I enjoyed this from start to finish. Characters all really landed as separate people which I think is hard to do, and I really and truly loved the chance to see a Palestinian film that largely dgaf about orienting itself to a western audience. 

Very funny. Good for her cinematic universe.