"That's history right there."

DAMN FUCKIN RIGHT IT IS

If Good Time was the inescapable poverty-ridden downward spiral then Uncut Gems is the self-inflicted mortal coil. One that entraps family until they not only have the common sense to disregard blood-ties and leave the burden aside to the sole cause, but also increase it to avoid any association.

A bumblingly revelatory Adam Sandler grounds Howard Ratner’s scathingly comic full-throttle lust of addiction. Convincingly portraying an inability to secure the substantial…

The wave of disillusionment, imposed by imperialism and rippled through its youth to shape the outcomes of time. Innocence ripped apart by its broken hopes to the extent where all that remains is uncertainty. There's something all the more devastating about it being from the lens of a teacher, especially one as caring as Oishi - whose wealth of compassion and knowledge feel so in vain in the face of a system blind to brightness with its instilled paranoia. Hideko…

Even if it's a bit too obvious on its emotional beats at times, it always feels lovely to see a topic as painful as this explored in such a passionately earnest way by a cast and crew that have lived in the spirit of these experiences. The group of friends is so charmingly animated yet equally full of compassion (huge crush on Jill, we all need a sweetheart like her). I do wish Ashwin felt less like a sex symbol…

[This review isn't great, but I like to think of it as a time capsule of my feelings back then]

"Gentlemen of the court, there are times that I'm ashamed to be a member of the human race and this is one such occasion."

As soon as this film ended and as soon as I wiped away the tears, I sat there astonished. There are not many films that are able to do that but Paths of Glory absolutely did.…