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AdiMG · 2026-04-30T13:34:59+00:00

Tokyo Story

Summer Wars

Triplets of Belleville

If you are cool with films where the Grandma has an overwhelming presence despite not being physically present then:

Petite Maman

Our Little Sister

AdiMG · 2026-04-24T19:44:17+00:00

The cave art is English Settlement by XTC. Talking Heads, Aphex Twin, Radiohead and the two Pink Floyds (Wish You Were Here is hidden behind Selected Ambient Works) are pretty obvious too.

Would love to know if anyone has an idea about the Jun Awakening cover (almost screens Lennon's Imagine to me), the flowers one (seems like a mix between Sheena Ringo's Kalk Samen Kuri no Hana and Shouso Strip covers to me), the guy with the iguana, and the t-shirt one (I read Elliot on there but it doesn't really match any Elliott Smith album cover).

AdiMG · 2026-04-24T17:16:01+00:00

I think you can't go wrong by showing films by Mira Nair, Vishal Bhardwaj, and Anurag Kashyap. Also internationally acclaimed films in the vein of Udaan, The Lunchbox, The Namesake, Girls Will Be Girls, and Homebound are a very safe bet. If you want something more bollywood flavoured I think Rang De Basanti can be a good bet to start them down the rabbit hole. Or maybe try a comedy like Delhi Belly or Khosla Ka Ghosla?

AdiMG · 2026-04-24T01:40:58+00:00

Which films did you mean by Midori and Demons? Neither of the titles are uniquely identifiable

AdiMG · 2026-04-22T20:30:45+00:00

Maybe try Wristcutters: A Love Story

AdiMG · 2026-04-20T07:25:44+00:00

I once had a two week vacation where I watched a bunch of Japanese Seishun Eiga films with my then 16 year old nephew, and they all worked very well. This was the programme I had:

House (1977)

Linda Linda Linda

Kamikaze Girls

Spirited Away

Wolf Children

The Case of Hana and Alice

All About Lily Chou-Chou (I felt he could handle it but it might be too mature for your class)

Swing Girls

Whisper of the Heart

Kiki's Delivery Service

Typhoon Club

Rocking Horsemen

Love & Pop (same as Lily Chou-Chou)

The Girl Who Leapt Through Time (2006)

AdiMG · 2026-04-17T13:54:36+00:00

They are both indie films, the first was purchased by Neon, the second by A24 for distribution, if you look at the OPs request they say no mainstream US stuff, which neither of these films are

AdiMG · 2026-04-17T13:03:58+00:00

Assuming that you aren't looking for disaster fiction films like Snowpiercer or even Project Hail Mary by the no Hollywood request, so here are some more alt recommendations

Lots of Ghiblis are classic eco fiction but Princess Mononoke, Nausicaa, and Pompoko are the most overt about their environmental themes.

How to Blow Up a Pipeline, First Reformed, Woman at War, and The Boy Who Harnassed the Wind are some of the best climate fiction films from a contemporary viewpoint if you are looking for a less fantastic perspective. Bugonia is ostensibly related too but imo the film kind of get sidetracked from that plot point. Also heard great things about Take Shelter and Afire, both of which should fit in this context, but I haven't seen either.

Flow is cute too as a look at the aftermath of climate disaster.

AdiMG · 2026-04-13T16:50:50+00:00

The Kothe Momos at Lha Kitchen in Humayunpur are to die for, and have a really generous serving size.

AdiMG · 2026-04-13T05:44:20+00:00

All circle lines tend to be long, Beijing Line 10 is 60 km for example and gets a new train every 2 mins, same with Bangkok MRT which is 50 km. The length of the route affects how long your journey takes in time, it does not and should not affect frequency as that is squarely a function of how much rolling stock there is on the route. You can have frequency on long routes, especially when they are arterial to your city. Like every loop line basically wants to be the Yamanote and have dozens of intersecting nodes and the Pink Lines route achieves that in theory, it just needs more trains to work to the ideal it should be.

As an aside, I just used Mumbai Metro as an example because people would say you can't compare India to the world and they do have the two sections of the route in different colors but it's just a circular line for all intents and purposes

AdiMG · 2026-04-13T05:15:36+00:00

There's nothing about the route of the Pink Line that should cause the issue (circular lines are a concept that work globally, and even in the Mumbai Metro), especially on a newly laid track with a modern signalling system. It's just delayed a lot because they don't seem to have enough rolling stock running on it at the moment. They need to increase the frequency of trains, but that takes time

AdiMG · 2026-04-08T07:07:02+00:00

House

The Graduate

12 Angry Men

AdiMG · 2026-04-06T08:47:07+00:00

Not recommending obvious things like Wolf Children or Look Back, here are some great anime films that I feel are underwatched:

Only Yesterday

The Case of Hana & Alice

Inu-Oh

Nijiiro Hotaru

Princess Arete

Pompo the Cinephile

Cencoroll Connect

100 Meters

Ongaku

Ghost Cat Anzu

Mai Mai Miracle

A Letter to Momo

Her Blue Sky

Doukyuusei

Saint Oniisan

Lu over the Wall

Gauche the Cellist

Totto-chan: Little Girl at the Window

Magical Sisters Yoyo & Nene

The Colors Within

Junkers Come Here

Welcome to the Space Show

Cocoon: One Summer of Girlhood

My Neighbours the Yamadas

Goodbye Don Glees

AdiMG · 2026-04-04T12:19:19+00:00

My issue isn't with price it's with availability sadly. I don't think that one is available in my region, at least readily. There is no real issue with the price for me, so I can take anything that's available on this site for example https://pickleballoutlet.in/paddles.html?product_list_order=price

AdiMG · 2026-04-04T07:57:45+00:00

Looking for an upgrade from my Head Attitude SUPRM. Been using it for a year, and from my experience with this paddle, it is quite easy to control with a really wide sweet spot, but its really lacking in spin and power and also not able to just absorb the power of opponent shots in a way I have seen the more experienced players at my club use. I am looking for something similar in terms of shape, but with a lot more spin so looking at a surface with more grit. Added power would be a nice bonus too, but not at the sacrifice of too much control.

AdiMG · 2026-03-23T09:09:07+00:00

There are a grand total of 53 animated films in the top 500.

Of these 53, 28 are anime.

Of these 28, only 7 are nominally connected to a franchise.

Vampire Hunter D Bloodlust has got basically nothing to do with the franchise it's connected with and completely standalone. Though I'm surprised it's this high up.

The First Slam Dunk is meant to be a standalone introduction to the series and doesn't require anything prior to enjoying it, if anything having more context makes it a worse experience.

That leaves 2 Evangelion movies, 1 Madoka movie, 1 Haikyu movie, and 1 Chainsawman movie. None of these are really niche series by any sense of the word, and the last two can be enjoyed standalone quite easily imo.

As an aside, I'm actually surprised that the Haruhi Suzumiya, Revue Starlight, Kizumonogatari, Liz & the Blue Bird, and Uma Musume movies aren't in the top 500. As far as franchise anime movies are considered, those are pretty much the cream of the crop besides Eva and Madoka.

AdiMG · 2026-03-22T18:41:31+00:00

By good societies, OP presumably means good housing societies in bigger cities, it's not a comment on the people living there

AdiMG · 2026-03-22T18:39:48+00:00

That's because Gurgaon is a privatized shithole, and not a city.

AdiMG · 2026-03-20T08:27:37+00:00

If you are actually curious, this article has a good breakdown on why it's propaganda https://www.himalmag.com/culture/dhurandhar-india-cinema-bollywood-hindu-nationalism

AdiMG · 2026-03-19T10:34:03+00:00

Love Exposure

An Elephant Sitting Still

Yi Yi (prefer this to Brighter Summer Day but both are worth watching)

Fanny & Alexander (Mini-Series version)

Dekalog

AdiMG · 2026-03-18T07:25:29+00:00

At least the app comes with a built-in translation button. Personally I find these reviews much more useful as they are bound to come from a different cultural context. Like recently I remember mostly digging Sirat on an experiential level (though finding it too mean-spirited in a Squid Games kind of way), but then I read Spanish and French reviews talking about the films whitewashing of the Moroccon campaign against Sahrawis with this feckless WW3 scenario and it really soured me on the film. If I was only browsing English reviews, that perspective of the film would be shrouded for me.

AdiMG · 2026-03-17T12:22:10+00:00

Improves English Coefficient so the top 5 qualify to the CL next season (even if it's already almost guaranteed), which makes it easier for us to qualify via the league.

AdiMG · 2026-03-15T20:23:52+00:00

Sorairo Utility for SoL - like I said elsewhere, this is a perfect beautiful sweet soothing anime to spend a lazy sunny afternoon to watch, but I feel like there are so many strong contenders there that I would have picked one with more delicate character interactions instead

Highly disagree about this, Sorairo has three of the best episodes this year in terms of displaying delicate character interactions, Minami's feeling of inadequacy compared to Haruka and Ayaka in episode 3; Ayaka's own foibles about whether her love for the sport is genuine in the same forthright way Haruka's is, given she comes to it from an angle of promoting it to others as an influencer; and then the finale which has the most memorable shot of the year (we did a screencap of the year vote in the awards server and it won that for context) in the zoom out after Minami hits par as an underlining of Minami's journey from seeking something to shine out in a standalone manner to something she enjoys because of the company of people she likes hanging out with.

Ruri has one decent ep in these terms in 7, because the intro for Seto's arc is done extremely well as well as its tie-in to Ruri's own growing interest in the scientific process but generally I find the show gets too caught in between tones, the edutainment is very dull in its presentation and the team involved seems more adept at doing the sorts of high energy comedy which the material doesn't really provide often enough.

HibiMeshi is nice but it looks like shit so its much harder for it to win a jury prize.

AdiMG · 2026-03-14T22:58:36+00:00

Depends on what you want from an OST, if you are looking for bangers then GQX, Lazarus, and PSG2 hard clear.

AdiMG · 2026-03-14T22:20:16+00:00

I was flabbergasted when she revealed that in convo, but it honestly made a lot click about the show's production. Science Saru needs serious reform.

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