‘Running on Empty’ (let’s just take note that there are many films that bears that exact title but this particular movie is not that of Sydney Lumet better of and even nobler hence the title of the movie, but there is a song by succoring Jackson Browne which bears the same name) begins on that […]
The 1953 novel ‘The Unnamable’ commences with these words – ‘I can’t go on. I’ll go on’ that most people including his critics would easily attribute to the Irish born poet, playwright, essayist and novelist, Samuel Beckett. dance First is simple and to the point and that is where they are most in terror of
In “Not Not Jazz” – a documentary about jazz fusion band Medeski Martin & Wood, there is also a sequence with ‘crew lens stalking about Mike Landau’s neck’ while Chris Wood is bowing an upright bass on leaves in a desert courtyard in upstate New York tennis court. Other such scenes are also evident in
Queer: The jazzy experimentalism of the Beat Generation writers has proven to be a complicated task in converting their works to the screen. Walter Salles’ adaptation of On the Road, Rob Epstein and Jeffrey Friedman’s Howl and David Bronenberg’s Naked Lunch attempted the same with varying degrees of success. One of the better films about
The only flaw of the Amazon Blumhouse originals is that they do not take risks. Their latest one entitled “House of Spoils” and made by the lovely duo of “Blow the Man Down” seems to be just another crownless lion in this blockbuster’s jungle of half-baked projects. It remains idling in the same place, another
It seems that for people who know too much about a certain topic, creating a docuseries such as ‘Hollywood Black’ would always fall short of, as fulfilling as it may be, the dreams of most people performing it. After all, MGM+ which has no TCM or Criterion Channel catalogue is going to air a four
If one would say in which genre ‘Dinner in America’ can be classified without feeling any qualms, it was punk. True, Snack Shack does touch on some adolescent revolt but it is a more subdued tale. Based on some elements of Rehmeier’s own childhood, Snack Shack takes place in the summer in Nebraska City in
The Forge: The newest addition to the Kendrick brothers’ collection is easily one of their finest yet. The film deals with the subject of discipleship and what is expected from a new follower of Christ. Certain aspects such as obligations, hierarchy, intercession and sacrifice for God are depicted and presented strongly in this movie. Each
Though the term is self-same, ‘Bagman’ is not based on an account of the theft of Spiro Agnew written by Rachel Maddow and Michael Yarvitz. It is more a film adaptation of a short story than the original screenplay by John Hulme. In fact, this is quite unfair in the sense that even a stack
“Argylle,” Matthew Vaughn’s botched high-octane action film, starts with a kind of joke. Agent Argylle (Henry Cavill) goes undercover at a Greek themed one who meets blonde LaGrange (Dua Lipa) in a gold sequined outfit LaGrange seduces Argylle before fleeing in a hail of bullets courtesy of a hoard of baddies. He had help from
