The adage ‘nature is healing’, uttered in jest especially during the Anthropause, was accurate–it was comforting in some way and still is–to know that it would be good to take a breather, even a teeny one, from all that we do to the planet–whether we were aware of any footprint or not. This applies so […]
Greedy People: In “Old Henry,” director Potsy Ponciroli made quite a mess of the front porch of a frontier house as he had splashed an unusually high volume of blood on the walls and the porch. And for this? For some money, as the other Fargo character Marge Gunderson put it years later. Hitting the
Dahomey, a feature documentary directed by Mati Diop also has quotes for this type of author. In the film, the recovery of royal objects of the Kingdom of Dahomey created in the 17th century is shown–26 in total. The objects were returned to the Republic of Benin at the end of 2021 after they circulated
“Mothers’ Instinct” thrives most of all due to its sensational premise. No wonder, it is quite gratifying to see two brilliant actresses pitted against each other in a classical performance. Nevertheless, it seems that even the experienced Benoit Delhomme (the DOP of such projects as ‘A Most Wanted Man’, ‘At Eternity’s Gate’ and others) shoots
I was quite keen for “Salem’s Lot.” Being a great admirer of Stephen King–who I consider the ‘master of horror’ and ‘Salem’s Lot'(1975) as one of his best works–I also do not like it how much Max/WB refuses to let their ‘n’en production Zorba‘, ‘Coyote Vs Acme’ and other Hollywood projects to like ‘Batgirl be
Ruchiko Makshak’s “We Will Dance Again” is structured as a case study of the events that took place during the Hamas attack on Israel on Oct. 7, as provided by the participants of the Nova music festival. Depending on the Israeli authorities, at least 360 people were murdered during the event, which took place in
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On a personal prespective, the horror genre in 2024 is filled with COVID somehow. It includes isolation more than before than the stories one could find in any given genre. It is a well-known fact that since 2020 everyone was mostly confined to their homes so the cinema where parent’s anxiety is about the unknown
The audience was treated to the world premiere of her new film–the fascinating The Last Showgirl and Pamela Anderson who is a Canadian by birth declared to the packed audience “This is the role that I have dreamed of all my life” and then added roguishly that it was the very first “intellectual” movie she
Oksana Karpovych’s new documentary film ‘Intercepted’ refreshingly looks at the problem of the war in Ukraine. There have been many brave documentary filmmakers and journalists who have gone into the war since its outbreak in February 2022, but Karen Karpovych has captured many of the iconic imagery of Ukrainian resilience shown in documentaries and media
The Idea of You: A romantic couple. The man is American, the woman is British, one of them runs a very special fun-sized, narrow business, is contented with family and friends, but is an introvert and feels a bit disoriented and one is a glitzy global star who too, is an introvert and feels a
