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Umnia El-Neil

Umnia El-Neil is a British-Sudanese artist and professional pop culture fan.

Location London, UK
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Reviews   -   Sep 06, 2024 Oh, Canada: Time is Tricky
Oh, Canada: Time is Tricky

Mild spoilers. Mortality is weird, right? What O, Canada attempts to do is to have a discussion about what matters at the end of a life. What ends up being important. How life weights up at the end. At first, you think you’re watching a film about film making.

by Umnia El-Neil
Sep 05, 2024 Sing Sing, soothe your soul
Sing Sing, soothe your soul

I can’t promise you’re going to leave this film feeling that goody goody fuzzy wuzzy feeling. Maybe a tiny bit. What you’ll leave the theatre with is relief. In Colman Domingo’s hands, you are always safe. However, in an incredibly rare turn of events, it’s

by Umnia El-Neil
Reviews   -   Sep 05, 2024 Kneecap is a party
Kneecap is a party

Oh my god holy fuck this was amazing. So I’d never heard of Kneecap before - seated in the Imperial Core as I am, I haven’t even heard it around! Which is why this film making it to theatres, and Fassbender’s endorsement, is truly as much a

by Umnia El-Neil
Reviews   -   Sep 05, 2024 Blink Twice couldn’t have been any other way.
Blink Twice couldn’t have been any other way.

There was no version of this film that was going to be able to warn you properly in advance about what you were about to see. content warning: GRAPHIC depictions of sexual violence, coercion and r*pe. SPOILERS. For a film that attempts something this big, and that does not

by Umnia El-Neil
Film   -   Jun 27, 2024 an (updated) neurodivergent guide to patching holes in your film nerdery
an (updated) neurodivergent guide to patching holes in your film nerdery

1. Yes, you do still have to start a Letterboxd account - you can catalog reactions, date watched, and this can also be used as a place to save “to watch” lists. 2. Anything you can think of to add to the list, start it now. Then, pick 3 people

by Umnia El-Neil
Jun 20, 2024 Every Luca Guadagnino Film I’ve seen, ranked
Every Luca Guadagnino Film I’ve seen, ranked

4. Bones and All Too long and too narratively messy, but it makes up for it in very simple and well-crafted visual storytelling. The performances between Chalamet and Russell seem to be talking past each other. Dialogue was pretty atrocious, I can’t work out why. Costuming, Pacing, Copious amounts

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