PinnedGhayyan Al AmineApocalypse All The Time“America is not a young land: it is old and dirty and evil before the settlers, before the Indians. The evil is there waiting.”15 min read·Nov 6, 2020----
Ghayyan Al AmineReflections of DuneThe Baron dead in the desert, awaiting for it to consume his expired flesh, and amidst a steady barrage of clean cut, self important…2 min read·Mar 11, 2024----
Ghayyan Al AmineAmerica Kills Its Children: The Intersections of Psycho and Easy Rider.Psycho (1960), the film that ushered in the 1960s, and Easy Rider (1969), the film that turned the lights out on it, might as well be…5 min read·Sep 26, 2020----
Ghayyan Al AmineTenet’s Inceptions and PrestigesMandatory Second Viewing5 min read·Sep 22, 2020--1--1
Ghayyan Al AmineAbbas Kiarostami’s Magical DoorsOn the surface of it, Where Is The Friend’s House (1987) is a seemingly realist film that adheres to its realism throughout. However, as…4 min read·Sep 19, 2020----
Ghayyan Al AmineI’m Thinking of Stranger ThingsI’m Thinking of Ending Things (2020) is a fascinating piece of Cinema (yes it’s cinema even if we’re seeing it on a TV or computer…9 min read·Sep 17, 2020----