In the case of the movie “All Happy Families,” despite the over-used symbolism and pointless passive behavior of the film’s narrative, solid acting from an unbeatable cast is sufficient. The title is in attestation to the famous first line that is embodied in the book Anna Karenina where it is written that all the happy […]
Reiterating a span of two decades, the story of Alessandra Lacorazza’s ‘In the Summers is divided into four chapters and revolves around two sisters’ visits to their dysfunctional father as he struggles between the anger of his children and his weaker self, over the years, in Las Cruces New Mexico, which fundamentally changes their childhood
What could be worse than the shells that other people place us in our lives? The shells that we place on ourselves. This notion of invisible baggage that people possess, in addition to normal stuff, such as insecurity and grief and its more abstract sister ‘trauma’ forms the essence of Adam Elliot’s remarkable directional massacre
It is commonly said as a courtesy that speaking ill of the dead is in bad taste. Sometimes, it makes perfect sense to avoid speaking poorly of anyone, and particularly, of the living. But for women who are angry with younger men and wish to seek redress from them, this becomes very delicate, as one
It is a dismal tale in the faux genre turning Futuristic that is the debut feature film, meanwhile on earth written and directed by Jérémy Clapin. The past is full of such ambitious ideas which have now become naive and dulled fantasies while the same cannot be said of the present as it is only
Director Kevin Macdonald takes us back to the early ’70s, the era of John and Yoko’s lives, and in a very unflattering way. Documentaries have presented intriguing aspects about the life of John Lennon, films such “The U.S. vs John Lennon” -. 2006. ’ The essay examines the political turn to which Lennon turned, or
Winner: Whenever and however shares some form of sustained drama with the viewers of a certain for visual, or auditory regarding this last one, there are concerns that they have neglected measurement and evaluation systems to enable monitoring and assessment of such results. Sanchez: The very first time I watch something related to the aftermath
It can be said that mother knows it all in Crocodile Tears. This syndrome is illustrated in Tumpal Tampubolon’s low-key debut feature that examines the pathologically dysfunctional bond between an adult man and his doting mother, slowly moving from the domestic world into the genres closer to horror. Such relationships and the service of a
Being unable to escape unreasonable beauty standards and society’s obsession with being perpetually young is nothing new. However, Coralie Fargeat’s ‘The Substance’ comes at a time when’s Ozempic times are over. Ozempic weight loss injections are a shot that seems to make what seemed impossible, apart from going out under the blade, a common and
This delivers another tripped-out feat of movie gamer madness within Baby Invasion, more gloriously touching and less dry than AGGRO DR1FT, authored by a quite iconoclastic filmmaker – Harmony Korine. Only Miami this time, in the process of pillaging the hoods, insomuch as the violence mayhem of the Florida sun was harsh. DR1FT was a
