French woman: “Oh, my sweet France!”
Senegalese man: “Your sweet France apparently can’t stand the sun!...Her France!...Sweetie, this is Dakar!”

Just like the title, Mambéty's earlier fim which depicts the contrast of Senegal's capital city, Dakar in post independence era. From luxury French style buildings vs. the modest everyday lives of the Senegalese which far away from it.

With funny conversations between two persons as a narrative makes it sounds like a satire, perhaps that's why this film was considered…

Found this intriguing documentary through Criterion's post and it was such an immersive film about the history of the island nation in Carribea, Grenada.

For about 54 minutes, it was such a full of content to depict the history of the country. From discovery, liberation, development, to the US Invasion (ugh!) [this film was made before the nightmare happened].

My favorite part when everything has changed after the regime (The Rise of the New Jewel Movement). How they raise awareness…

"Where do you want to go?

Wherever you want to take me."

First word "Marvelous"!

I was starstrucked by every scenes in this movie. To me, it's like a treatment for your eyes. Despite being so gorgeous, the story was the opposite which mainly delve into loneliness and loss yet there's always hope to start over. I dug information, it turns out the title was inspired by the Chungking Mansions (Tsim Tsa Tsui) and Food Stands Midnight Express (Lan Kwai…

This is one of the reason why we go to the Cinema 🎥.

Had to check it out due to curiosity since it receives a lot of praise. At the same time, i was having a bad day and i need a place to cheer myself and i got this release on my country's theatre. So, i was like “LFG!”.

To be honest, i didn't expect a lot and it turns out it's quite entertaining. Since this is such a…