elena altheman

elena altheman

Favorite films

  • Spirited Away
  • Pride & Prejudice
  • Yi Yi
  • Fallen Angels

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  • Yuki's Sun

  • Pluto's Judgement Day

  • The Kid

    ★★★★

  • Mona Lisa

    ★★★★

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  • Yuki's Sun

    Yuki's Sun

    miyazaki animating horses?? i’m always gonna be all for it

  • The Kid

    The Kid

    ★★★★

    tenderness & sadness dictate it all, everywhere; the kid’s toy puppy finds its own wings in dreamland, but even at a hopeful place, death through the hands of the authorities is the only possible outcome for the tramp. a child’s innocent gaze is all someone needs to tell a story as this, and jackie coogan (one of the best kid actor onscreen, ever) nails every look. physical humour at its best during the kid’s fight & the bed’s sequence

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  • Puella Magi Madoka Magica

    Puella Magi Madoka Magica

    ★★★★★

    kyubey is a neoliberal politician/entrepreneur, mami kyoko and sayaka the alienated and exploited laborers, homura the leftist intellectual and madoka the armed revolutionary no I won't be elaborating (actually yes I will this is my next essay)

  • Nights in the Boulevard

    Nights in the Boulevard

    ★★★★

    when I watch animated shorts like this one and the sheer amount of possibility that comes with them I can’t help but think… why do we get like 27 iterations of Boss Baby every year