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Fingers crossed I won’t get penalized for this, but here it goes. “Starring Jerry as Himself” is an excellent example of any renowned person being truthfully strange and unlike any fictional character. Citing themselves and accepting that some things are partially false or have dramatic elements as they put it- makes such movies highly slippery […]

Malcolm Washington’s “The Piano Lesson” is a Revamping of August Wilson’s piano lesson, and the feature film marks Malcolm’s directorial debut. Washington collaborates with a well-known trio which includes John David Washington, Samuel L. Jackson, and Danielle Deadwyler, and this drama encapsulates the Black experience in America in terms of trauma, wealth, and history. The

For me, the idea of a supreme power that governs everything is scary but for some people not believing due to the supreme power is scarier. Such phenomena are explored in more depth thanks to Scott Beck and Bryan Woods in their movie “Heretic” which goes into a depth analysis of religion and faith. Just

In “Youth (Homecoming)” the final segment of Chinese director Wang Bing’s three-part documentary on young textile workers in the Northern Zhili town, the soft, yet firm, boundaries of expression are apparent. Wang, like most non-fiction directors, has to first shape his recordings, however, in this instance, it is not through a story. Wang along with

Taipei’s Weekend is a movie from the 90s designed to be a complete action-packed picture, B-Movie style, directed by George Huang. It’s been co-written by Luc Besson which gives a bit of insight into the movie’s style. Nonetheless, this movie portrays a few teenage characters engaging in fight sequences that make little sense. To add

The director Mikael Håfström’s exploitation of the film “Stockholm Bloodbath” easily marks the struggles he goes through concerning retaining the tone of the movie. The movie revolves around multiple players that belong to competing factions which results in it becoming complicated, the restoring of context and storylines becomes hard since there are so many in

What do you think about sacrificing a life just to be able to see your lost loved one? Surely there can be a line to be drawn to this question. These contrasting thoughts are at the center of Jérémy Clapin’s “Meanwhile on Earth.” It revolves around the politics of existence, grief, and loss while seamlessly

The post-apocalyptic story is based on creatures who, along with survivors, fought against each other. Director George Nolfi pays attention to detail, and his dramatic lunging also looks great. It’s fair to say it is directed in the same vein, but more professionally. Most science fiction movies get moronic when attempting to direct with more

Magicians always say there is more magic in Andrea Arnold’s films, and we remain in the action when Arnold’s character in “Bird”, which is a reworking of the themes that she has used once, also breathes the magical idea that anything in her film can truly happen. Arnold, on the other hand, delves once more

The sound of church bells ringing forms the starting and ending sequence of the story “Small Things Like These.” The bells ring while the characters of the story are getting ready for Christmas which shows the ambiance of the town as snowy and the atmosphere somewhat rustic which caters to an Irish Town full of