I love your recommendations, Monika. I watched "Paris Texas" recently, and I was impressed by the acting, writing and direction. It's honestly slept on, and deserves more love.

I watched “I used to be funny” by ally pankiw the other day and it was SO GOOOOOOD. it’s about a stand up comedian (played by RACHEL SENNOT) dealing with trauma. I actually loved it so much 100 percent recommended

"Dune Part Two" was partly shaped in my mind by the lengthy wait since "Part One". I consider the first part to be more well-executed overall, but the second part does what you want it to do: raising the stakes and expanding the physical scale until the meaning of Paul's decisions (no spoilers today) has the ability to take you in a direction you've never gone before as a viewer. Villeneuve is doing great. European animation from the 70s hits different. I haven't seen "Fantastic Planet" (it's somewhere on my shoplist) but I have seen "Watership Down" and can vouch for how similarly other-worldly it can come across ... despite being about rabbits and English countryside. The soundtrack includes work by Angela Morley and Art Garfunkel. The temptation is to say "Monkey Man" is John Wick India Edition. Which it is, but it also has delightfully strange and spiritual vibes to set it apart from other action flicks of this era.

Thank you for the recs! Been meaning to watch a few of these. Paris, Texas really caught my eye. You really sold me on that film. I’m such a sucker for beautiful cinematography

Monkey Man was honestly such a good film, and I'm so glad that Jordan Peele stepped in to stop the film from going to streaming hell and instead gave it a cinema release. Amazing to see such insane chaotic action on the big screen, and hear the audience react to the violence with equal measures of excitement and appalment. It's honestly up there with the likes of Dune Part Two, Challengers, and the 25th anniversary re-release of The Phantom Menace as one of my favourite cinema experiences of the year so far. I normally spend most of my time rewatching old favourites of mine, but this year I've been watching loads of films for the first time and have found so many great ones. It's been a mixture of some modern masterpieces (Decision to Leave, Bottoms, Prisoners, Rye Lane) and some older classics (Big Fish, Good Will Hunting, Do the Right Thing, Thelma & Louise). Of all the films I've seen for the first time this year though, I'd say my personal favourites have been the 1978 version of Invasion of the Body Snatchers (RIP Donald Sutherland) and Dead Poets Society (RIP Robin Williams - 10 years later and it still doesn't get easier saying that)

i haven’t watched dune at all 😓 i’ve never felt drawn to it so that’s why so…

yay finally you made a review of Monster! a couple of months ago i even looked up in your previous movie recommendation videos/insta reels to see whether or not have you reviewed it. It was my favorite movie of 2024! it's truly heartbreaking.

Thank you for talking about Problemista! It deserves so much more love!!

As a romcom lover I loved Musica, it wasn't perfect but it wasn't cliché (which is, I believe, quite rare for romcoms these days), it was really funny and cute and it was just so much fun to watch. I also watched Monkey Man at the cinema with some friends and I totally agree, it's a must watch. I originally watched it for Dev Patel and wasn't expecting much but I actually loved it and was so surprised how good it was from the directing and the music to the cinematography and the editing. I've watched a lot of films so far this year (I'm already at 230 on letterboxd) but my favourites that I've seen lately are - The Big Sick, - Clue (1985), this film is a must watch for all of those who, like me, love absurd humour - Evil does not exist by Ryusuke Hamaguchi (the director of Drive my Car) and even more recently, The Bikeriders and Kinds of Kindness I also watched some short series, and I especially recommend It's a Sin (I know I'm a bit late but I only watched it a month ago and I found it so good) and Drops of God, this short series might be the best I've seen this year, it's a French/Japanese/Italian/English adaptation of the eponymous manga and it was just amazing, you'll just have to watch it 'cause I don't have the words to describe how much I loved it Anyway, I talk too much, thznk you so luch for the recommendations, most of them are already in my watchlist but now I really want (need) to watch them

i love how you switch from english to spanish so easily, reminds me of anya taylor hahah, saludos desde argentina 🫶

paris, texas is one of my favorites

I enjoy and pay close attention to your recommendations because you bring awareness to films that may not be mass marketed. So far the only movie on this list that I’ve seen is Dune 2 but several others are now on my watch list. Thanks for what you do.

Hirokazu Kore'eda is a master! After Life is one of my favorites. even his Netflix show The Makanai is so humanistic and tender and beautiful

It’s so nice to see a fellow cinephile! I discovered your channel a few months ago! The content is superb! 👌🏻 Some great recommendations; I’ve never watched Paris, Texas so I’ll have to give that a watch! I’m heading to see Kinds of Kindness in 35mm on Sunday! Keep up the great work! Loving the content! 🙂

Sailor moon denim vest was 10/10

9:15 It’s shocking in the best way to hear that a former(?) social media celebrity was able to make a good movie! It’s like hearing that someone made a good video game adaptation! But now we have the Fallout TV series, so I guess impossibilities are becoming more and more possible :)

Love your videos, Monika! You bring such a cozy, inspiring vibe 😊 I am myself a screenwriter, and am working on a story that I hope will touch people both philosophically and emotionally. Hopefully only a few months away from completing the script 🙂 Unfortunately though, my dream of seeing this movie happening was largely shattered a few years back... There are reasons I stopped believing that the big studios -- who may have the means of producing this movie -- would want to do justice to the characters and the themes of the story... This is a big dealbreaker for me since characters and themes are the reasons I want to be a storyteller. I've been very uncertain since then if this movie (and possible sequels) will ever happen. However, I did get a suggestion from another KZfaq channel that A24 might be a good shot. My project is a fantasy/drama story that might require a big budget. I would like to believe, though, that a non-mainstream studio would want to take a chance on this project so long as they believe it would appeal to a large audience. Optionally, I could also see this story working well as an animated feature, which would hopefully be a cheaper option. Would A24 be interested in that, though... 🤔 If you feel interested in the topic, I'd also like to hear you talk about screenwriting on your channel, and maybe something about the paths we screenwriters could take to see our dreams come to life 🙂 That said, I'll appreciate your contributions all the same 😄

That Wim Wenders shout out ✨✨😌❤

Very much agree on Monster, was a great movie. If you're up for something along the same line, Close (2022) by Lukas Dhont is a recommendation. Recently saw Fantastic Planet as well, it is quite a trip of a movie!

New Monika upload sweet!

The best movies I’ve seen this year are two movies that took a wierdly long time for me to watch and I have no good explenation to why And those movies are Nope & Spider Man: across the spiderverse Both excelent movies! Great video Monika! and on the topic of movies that has taken a wierdly long time to watch……… I have not yet seen Dune part 2 😅

"La Chimera" is a real masterpiece 😭 thouth i really wanted to watch it with subs (i'm just so obsessed with italian), but even in dub it was amazing!! Thank you so much for the video! ❤️❤️

Thank you so much for your recommendations !! 😊💕

Hey Monika. Great recommendations. All these movies sound lovely~ Keep doing you, beautiful :3

Hey Monika! I love your recommendations. I am trying to explore Wim Wenders' cinematography because of Perfect Days too. I love how gently he represents humanity, it makes me feel warm inside.

Apparently I'm supposed to let you know, that I have not seen Dune part 2? Well, here I am. (btw. I would pass out if Wim Wenders said my name...so jealous)

Ihhhh i love ur videos!!!!!!!

i have yet to see dune pt2

Anyone who hasn’t seen Wim Wender’s ‘Wings of Desire (1987), I highly recommend it.

Amo os teus vídeos, beijinhos de Portugal!!

5:05 I haven’t Dune Part 1 or 2! This comment sounds a brag about being “against the grain” w/o context, but I promise it’s not! I’m sure it’s great! I don’t tend to like sci-fi or fantasy no matter how hard I try 😅 I’ve heard people raving that Dune is the best sci-fi book/movie series of all time, but I just haven’t brought myself to try it out yet. But I’m glad you and everyone else has enjoyed it!

None Dune 2 person 2 here, because i couldn't sit through Dune 1 cause it was FAR too slow for me :/

I haven’t seen Dune Pt.2 since I didn’t like the first one ☺️

one of the funniest food movies is Big Night, the last indie film before Harvey Weinstein bought up the small club of indie directors and made it mainstream! I think the movie was made for 1½ mill dollars, but as with most small films that made them big, it had a big heart!actors having fun playing their part, not just side characters saying their lines and step aside for the main character!

I haven't even seen dune one yet, I'm way behind

I haven't seen dune part 2 yet :0

I didn't watch Dune 2 yet, have to watch the first one first 😅 I'm stuck

Paris Texas el album de Kevin Kaarl? hahah te quiero tanto

I haven't watched dune. I tried but fell asleep

I haven’t seen Dune 2 because I haven’t seen Dune 1 yet…I suppose it just looks dull and so I haven’t been that interested. I’m sure that I’m wrong.