Errol Morris, a once advance outsider to the system of the making of docs, has become its most successful doc maker, directing his attention to people or issues that, in all likelihood, most of us would prefer not to focus on. At times they are ridiculously amusing and so bad they can only be laughed […]
‘Despicable Me’ begins with acceptance of the fact, that there is always something fascinating about villains and that is what motivates the portrayal of a character called Gru who, for example, comes to Starbucks and freeze-drys everybody in the queue and bursts the balloons in the hands of the kids. Many a James Bond villain
In 1964, Robert Rauschenberg won the New York Art Guild’s Golden Lion at Venice Biennale which is an international exhibition of contemporary work. Taking Venice is a documentary that describes the ins and outs of creating the event in which Rauschenberg ends up being the winner. Did we mention that Amei Wallach, who is also
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
Within Jeff Lipsky’s films, it is common for one character to speak uninterrupted for about ten minutes and yet other characters do not place interruption during the fifteen minutes that are given to them. You have to just… follow… the rule. Or, not. You don’t “have” to do anything. When a director, particularly if he
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Primarily, music serves as an instrument of both entertainment and oppression, combining the masses, frivolous content and less the people, but with the lief. The ‘people love rock music’ philosophy makes individuals such as the middle class and the revolutionary… okay, that is too much. So again, what is music, or what are the roles
As impassive and melancholic as a chrysanthemum, the adolescent Zac suddenly puts on Lacy Ziegler’s wedding attire in the middle of summer camp and begs her mother (Janet Nicholson) to pick her up early. The urgency was palpable. “I’m going to kill myself…,” she states matter-of-factly. “I said I’m going to kill myself until you
The story associated with settler colonialism in North America, includes the erasure of Native women, destruction of families, erosion of language, and the violence of education, among others. Cinema – apart from cultural mutilation, of which Native symbolism has also been a victim – has addressed the perception of Native people as stubborn and violent
The largest turnout registered in women’s sporting affairs of all time seeks to break this record, and it was a physical battle both within and outside the arena which you probably have never been told about. It is Copa 71, the first unofficial competition that can be referred as women’s soccer world cup. Nowadays: Directed
In chestnut for most college students, the ambiguity attributed to the post-graduation summer is the last threshold of familiarity, and the ushering in of more fears concerning the unknown. It is rather different from the transition into higher education that happened a couple of years ago – a transition that more often, if it is
