#queen of katwe

[yen-sids-tournament]

Snow White: Because it's first--Cinderella: Iconic. Historical.--Mary Poppins: Julie Andrews!! International: England--Freaky Friday: Mother/Daughter relationships--Amy: Inspirational, International: United States--Mulan: Be true to yourself, International; China--Princess Diaries: Julie Andrews & Anne Hathaway! 'International: Genovia'--Brave: International; Scottish--Queen of Katwe: True/Inspirational, International; Uganda--Black Widow: Sisterhood, International; Russia+--Raya and the Last Dragon: Dragons! and Ladies (read: lesbians).--Others?!?!?

#disney #yen sids poll #movies #international women's month #international women's day #snow white #cinderella #queen of katwe #mary poppins #freaky friday #princess diaries #brave #black widow #raya and the last dragon #mulan #the princess and the frog #the little mermaid #the cheetah girls #international womens day

[lovecatnip]

Queen of Katwe

2016

#Queen of Katwe #lupita nyong'o #madina nalwanga #david oyelowo

[a-thief-with-patience]

Movies I adore that were directed by women 2/?

Little Women (1994)

Directed by Gillian Armstrong

Big (1988)

Directed by Penny Marshall (Laverne!)

Queen of Katwe (2016)

Directed by Mira Nair

Sleepless in Seattle (1993) / You’ve Got Mail (1998)

Directed by Nora Ephron

#female directors #female directed movies #little women (1994) #gillian armstrong #female filmmakers #big (1988) #penny marshall #queen of katwe #mira nair #sleepless in seattle #you’ve got mail #nora ephron

[zodgory]

Round 1, Match 3 of Blank Check's March Madness Copycat Poll

March Madness bracket explainer

Official Sergio Leone v Mira Nair poll

#sergio leone #mira nair #film #directors #man with no name #fistful of dollars #the good the bad and the ugly #for a few dollars more #once upon a time in the west #monsoon wedding #salaam bombay #the namesake #mississippi masala #queen of katwe #kama sutra #blank check with griffin and david #polls #tumblr polls

[cinemajunkie70]

A very happy birthday to Lupita Nyong'o!

#lupita nyong'o #12 years a slave #black panther #wakanda forever #little monsters #the 355 #us #Queen of katwe #star wars the force awakens #non-stop #the jungle book

[zelihatrifles]

Queen of Katwe

Lupita Nyong'O is more than capable of overshadowing everyone in a frame, but you see her reserve throughout the narrative as her daughter(character) Phiona Mutesi shines. Mira Nair follows the young girl's journey with utmost care, tracing her feeling of shame and misery in the beginning, to the buds of her arrogance and over-confidence when she realises how smart and intelligent she is. You might dismiss this as just another one those underdog stories, but it knows just how to tug at your heartstrings (pardon the cliché). The coach and his relationships to his trainees is nothing short of paternal but he is also like a beloved elder brother whom the children can trust intrinsically. You'll fight to hold a non-teary face when you see the children sleeping huddled together on the floor rather on their allotted beds in the chess championship inside the 'clean' campus, and you can't help clicking your tongue when Gloria is too upset at getting defeated, and you can hardly not smile from ear to ear when Phiona finally wins the coveted Rwabushenyi title.

#films #movies #currently watching #queen of katwe #mira nair #chess #chess master #biopic #phiona mutesi #lupita nyong'o #madina nalwanga #impressions not reviews

[dfilms]

Queen Of Katwe, 2016

#Disney #Queen Of Katwe #Africa #2016 #2010s #titles

[afrotumble]

Left, Phiona Mutesi (Ugandan chess player and Woman Candidate Master in chess) who inspired the true story film Queen of Katwe.

Right, Ugandan children playing in a chess competition in Uganda. Photos courtesy of Phiona Mutesi (Facebook).

#chess #uganda #africa #phiona mutesi #queen of katwe #katwe #kampala

[linguaphiliax]

Is Never

#linguistics #linguaphiliax #holistic linguistics #the end is never the end #the stanley parable #dirk gently #the amazing digital circus #intrinsic motivation #language learning #chess #kinger #atlantis the lost empire #language goals #zen navigation #doctor who #turn left #queen of katwe #holistic health #motivation #teaching languages #learning languages #overwhelmeing #gibberish #expert in gibberish #the end #the end is never #is never

[apollowatchesmovies]

October 4

Movie 97

Queen of Katwe

#apollo watches movies #2023 #october #queen of katwe

[kayodekolade]

"Sometimes the place you're used to is not the place where you belong. You belong where you believe you belong. Where is that for you?”

#motivation #movie quotes #quoteoftheday #inspiring quotes #queen of katwe #wisdom quotes #daily positive affirmations #positive attitude #self development #personaldevelopment

[bookofref]

A rainha de Katwe - Tim Crothes

#book #literature #coverref #the queen of katwe #photo

[countriesgame]

Please reblog for a bigger sample size!

If you have any fun fact about Uganda, please tell us and I'll reblog it!

Be respectful in your comments. You can criticize a government without offending its people.

#uganda #africa #country polls #polls

[ara-macao-cyanopterus]

I have now moved on to watching the Queen of Katwe, which I have wanted to watch for forever but back when I was dating my ex, it turns out my ex knows her and was super rude about this movie, so.

(it is unclear how part A of that sentence follows from part B but I'm still kinda high and also kinda post-high nauseated, so, too bad, this is the sentence you're gonna get)

[moonshinemagpie]

in which I see Real Movies for the very first time

When I looked back on the movies I watched in 2023, I was a little sad to realize I had only watched a bunch of Scooby-Doo movies, Barbie (which was stupid), Jennifer Lawrence's comedy No Hard Feelings (which was also stupid), and Die Hard (which I hated).

Near the end of December I was trying to force myself through the Mario movie, because it was on Netflix and a bunch of people had told me to see it. And I was about 15 minutes in and found myself thinking, I wish I were dead. There's more than an hour left and I have lost my will to live.

And then I remembered: I did not have to watch the Mario movie.

I can't explain this. It was like waking up from a spell.

I stopped the movie. I thought, Movies are for normalizing exploitative, hypermasculine violence and selling toys. I will never watch another movie ever again.

Then I thought: Is it movies I don't like? Or is it corporate, militaristic americana bullshit?

I did not know the answer. I decided to try to find the answer by starting my New Years resolution: Stop Watching Bad Movies I Hate and Watch Good Ones Instead.

Here's what I've seen so far, in order:

14 movies. 4 languages. 4 new releases. 1 classic. 5 women directors. 1 rewatch. An unexpected number of anti-imperialist Irish movies.

Yeah, so. I like movies. A lot, maybe. This month I felt like I traveled to London, Belfast, Lima, Tehran, Kampala, Mexico City, Paris, and New Zealand, and it was awesome.

Mini reviews:

Tar: Literally the best movie I've ever seen. Psychological, surreal, intense. A++

Hunger: Says "fuck you" to traditional storytelling arcs and also to the British. A+

Skinamarink: It didn't scare me but I respect its decisions. C

Charade: At one point Audrey Hepburn dips her finger into Cary Grant's chin cleft and says, "How do you shave in there?" At a later point Cary Grant says to her, "Hasn't it occurred to you that I'm having a tough time keeping my hands off you?" These moments were A+, but: This was like a proto-action movie, complete with chase scenes and shootouts, and I was so bored despite Audrey Hepburn being in it. It made me wonder: What if I refuse to watch any more movies that use violence for entertainment for the rest of 2024? What if?? Who can stop me???

The Wind that Shakes the Barley: A young Cillian Murphy fights the English in 1920's Ireland. Lots of violence but none of it for entertainment. A+

Kneecap: The true story of 3 Irish-language rappers from Belfast. I forgot how fun it is to watch high people perform on stage. A hilarious, well-written, well-plotted middle finger. A++

Don't Worry Darling: This deserves more acclaim than it got and I blame misogyny. The Truman Show but more thoughtful. A+

Lord of the Rings: You don't need me to review LOTR.

Sujo: About the son of a Mexican cartel gunman trying to break a cycle of violence. Slow, well-shot. B

Sebastian: About a gay writer in London who uses sex work to inform his fiction. Overlong. I recommend the French film Eastern Boys instead. B-

Reinas: About a Peruvian family in the 1990's trying to emigrate to the US. Made me remember my own childhood and also made me desperately want to visit Lima. Bright, beautiful, touching, with a dope soundtrack. A+

No Bears: Meta, fourth-wall-breaking Iranian film about a director named Jafar Panahi who's in trouble with the authorities. Directed by Jafar Panahi, who was shortly after imprisoned. A+

Belfast: About 1960's Belfast. A little simplistic. Not as good as the other Irish history films I saw this month. B

Queen of Katwe: Based on the real-life Ugandan chess champion Phiona Mutesi, who recently said she unreservedly loves this film. It's better imo than The Queen's Gambit. Chess isn't about making it to the world championship. Chess is about what keeps you afloat when your house floods. Chess is about showing up even when it's hard. Chess is about fulfilling the dream of one day buying your mama a home. A rare "inspirational" Disney film that didn't feel fake. A+

Going forward:

I want to watch more world cinema! Guys! I'd only ever seen one other film in Spanish in my whole life. This was my first time seeing an Iranian film. This is mostly because I didn't watch many movies to start with, but, again, maybe I would have watched more if it had dawned on me that I don't have to see cars driving fast after other cars in the last 30 minutes of every single god damned film.

I don't want to watch any action films this year. I'm so exhausted. I'm so tired. Hollywood, I think I hate you.

I want to watch weird whacky Japanese New Wave films and films about the Spanish Civil War and films that remind me of parts of my own childhood I haven't thought about in 15 years.

I feel so alive!!!

#movies #films

[sparrowsingsstories]

Today was my last day teaching in student teaching. I'll be in the classroom till the 24th, but tomorrow and Thursday we're watching Hidden Figures in the 6th grade classes and Queen of Katwe in the 7th grade classes (because they've already seen Hidden Figures). And then it's Mid-Winter Break (4 day weekend) and then I finish out next week watching other people teach and all that.

I've survived! I passed all of my Observations first try. I got really good reviews. I learned a lot. And I feel like I'm at a good place to start applying for teaching positions next year!

I have three papers left and I'm mid-writing on paper 3.

The end is in sight! Graduation is soon. I am...almost done.

#holy shit I did it! #a little premature but - another degree done #now I'll have TWO bachelors! #next up - a Master's...but only after a couple years off #student teaching #teaching degree #middle school science