Isabella Endrinal

Isabella Endrinal is a curator at A Good Movie to Watch. She's now free from the corporate night shift. Previous articles have been published in outlets such as NANG Magazine. She's currently catching up on some classic films… if she isn't coping with the fact that the Haikyu anime will end soon.

My reviews

Breaking the Waves (1996)

best

8.1

Lars von Trier breaks his rules in the tearjerking first film of the Golden Heart trilogy

Mambar Pierrette (2024)

7.2

A moving portrait of a steadfast seamstress that subtly stitches everyday life in Douala

Cleaners (2019)

best

9.4

A weird and wonderful coming-of-age anthology featuring classic moments in 2000’s Philippine high schools

Minbo: the Gentle Art of Japanese Extortion (1992)

best

8.3

Alternatively, a hilarious, satiric guide to dealing with pesky organized crime

Comrades, Almost a Love Story (1996)

best

8.2

Almost Hong Kong natives become almost lovers in this heart stirring romance drama

White God (2014)

7.3

An unpleasant, bizarre, yet brilliant drama about the dark side of man and his best friend

The Glass Castle (2017)

6.7

A disjointed, but still touching, adaptation of the audacious family memoir

Spermworld (2024)

7.3

People take family planning into their own hands in this fascinating look into sperm donation online

How to Have Sex (2023)

7.7

A drunken summer vacation turns melancholy in this sober observation of teenage rites of passage

Betty Blue (1986)

6.5

Artistic frustration is only temporarily sated by love in this erotic, supposedly psychological, drama

Parting Glances (1986)

7.3

An honest, domestic depiction of AIDS and the Manhattan gay community

Deliver Me

6.0

A tragic novel contemplating teen delinquency is disappointingly adapted with the same Netflix approach

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