May Arjomand
The Criterion Collection/ Janus Films
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Wonder Woman 1984 2020
Instead of watching this blatantly islamophobic trash, here are 5 incredible middle eastern films to watch instead that don’t star a former IDF soldier:
1. 5 Broken Cameras
2. Ambulance
3. Capernaum
4. Close Up
5. Salt of this Sea
Also, if you don’t know why this film is incredibly problematic, I highly suggest reading Hadidi’s recent article “Wonder Woman’s Middle Eastern Stereotypes Should Have Stayed in the 1980’s” on Slate.
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Caché 2005
In Cachè, Haneke makes an explicit reference to the Paris Massacre of 1961, which functions as the film’s backbone in examining the repression and guilt of a nation’s collective memory. This historical event almost functions as a ghost that haunts the characters of the film who were not directly involved in the event but are still suffering as a result of the violent injustice where many innocent people were brutally murdered. The director shows that history is never forgotten, but…
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Scenes from a Marriage 1974
“I don't want to produce a work of art that the public can sit and suck aesthetically… I want to give them a blow in the small of back, to scorch their indifference, to startle them out of their complacency” -Bergman
