An engaging story with hilarious moments, ‘The Black Sea’ follows the story of a quirky New Yorker, Khalid, who finds himself in the picturesque country of Bulgaria. The film begins with Khalid blaming his friends in Brooklyn for not managing to keep hold of his passport, which set a challenging mission to begin with since […]
Most times the history books forget the name Ernest Cole the South African photographer was rather renowned and able to grab attention on a global scale with the mesmerizing book “House of Bondage” that he was able to publish in the year 1960 and sadly this was the only book that Cole wrote. However, the
Can it be that a film is simultaneously too much and not enough? This is the issue with Ridley Scott’s “Gladiator II”, a film just tumbling full of enough exhilaration to keep it from getting dull, however when you try to get something out of it in the sense of a thematic exploration, it drips
The documentary titled “The Last Republican”, chronicles Congressman Adam Kinzinger’s last months in office and he served in two districts over a time span of twelve years in Illinois. He was counted as one of the few Republican representatives who opposed Donald Trump and went as far as to not vote for him in the
Some movie pitches are inherently golden, compelling the filmmaker to at least produce something decent. “The Underperforming College Grad Who Gets One Shot At Success” is an example and “A Rag Tag Team Of Professionals Gets Lucky And Make It Big” is another one. Combine the two, and it covers almost 90% of sports films.
In the end, it’s all about a vanished pistol. And it has been and still is the key part of the drama. Iman (Missagh Zareh), in Rasoulof’s masterfully crafted, powerfully angry and almost entirely hollow movie “The Seed of the Sacred Fig,” swears towards the beginning of the film that he has misplaced the gun
Toning down the oblique flirtations with horror he sometimes dabbles with, Pablo Larraín’s cinema isn’t quite there even though it often cuts through to the hints being there. In his work, the hints are painted vividly in the character of Tony Manero who idolizes John Travolta’s portrayal of a dancer in Saturday Night Fever. But
Luca Guadignino is one of those directors who have reached a point in their careers where their direction is a performance of its own, and quite fortunate for him, his material seems to call for a go for broke, dump the toybox upside down tactic. “Queer”, about an American writer Daniel Craig, addicted to both,
All the Formula 1 fans and also a native Brazilian are in an agreement and can easily understand when they are explained that Ayrton Senna was one of the greatest drivers to have ever lived. Great in terms of stunning looks, youthfulness, charisma along with an ability to make even the toughest of times turn
Robert Eggers’ “Nosferatu” is a shocking, gorgeous and strangely beautiful viewing experience: it is mesmerizing in the most frightened way possible. Transfixing is the writer/director of “The Witch, “The Lighthouse”, and “The Northman” along with the other three films as while watching his works one feels surprised that he is a rare person who can
