Of course, there are many better films to compare The Andy Warhol Diaries to, but that one thing that Mark Christopher’s 54 and this modern classic have in common brings them close enough as to be briefly compared before the latter is overruled and The Diaries go on to gain Read More
A tale of tragedy; a demonstration of life’s worst and of injustice at its purest, undiluted and unrelenting – and shortly afterwards, a deeply satisfying revenge. There is no other way to watch Jean de Florette and Manon de Sources than back to back, immediately without pause. If you allow Read More
Independent Toronto-based Dangerous Dust Productions is now officially at the last stage of raising funds for their upcoming project titled A Brand New You -the premise of which sounds promising and would be interesting to see realised. A sci-fi comedy about a young widower who clones his dead wife with Read More
The cinematography in Godfrey Reggio’s films provides enough to sustain; but the messages behind the collective images turn them into apocalyptic lamentations, laden with regret and despair – resulting in two devastatingly beautiful works. Koyaanisqatsi, roughly translated as “life out of balance” fuses images of earth, of nature, of human Read More
“Humanity’s relationship to the eternal” is Ron Fricke’s favorite theme. His works are wordless observations of humanity: portraits of contemporary subjects who quietly stand and stare into the camera, while the past lingers on in half-decayed statues from no particular location — the shape of a nose, a mouth and Read More
“He was the most extraordinary man I ever knew.” “Did you know him well?” “… I knew him.” These are the opening lines of Lawrence of Arabia, in which many any will encounter the title character of David Lean’s visual epic, but few can claim to know him. Like Citizen Read More
I only knew Roger Ebert through his writings, but that was more than enough. His backlog of reviews is a budding cinephile’s dream. His Great Movies list opens artistic treasures in ways anyone can understand. And his blog posts felt like messages from a friend; by the time I read Read More
I admire, above all else, the subtlety that an actress can bring to a role. Besides this subtlety, consistency is also crucial to an actress’ career and performance. Samantha Morton is a particularly fascinating actress and one who has consistently used her subtlety to its most effective. Morton is a Read More
A documentary was put together last year, exploring a load of different viewpoints and explanations surrounding Stanley Kubrick’s The Shining. But as peculiar as these individuals were, and as controversial as their “discoveries” turned out to be, Room 237 will always be a reminder of Rashomon — a classic Japanese Read More
This happened — so then that happened. Every action brings on a consequence. Every cause is followed by an effect. And although deep inside all films feature the one and only linear narrative, that in which such action causes such result — many writers choose to tell more than one Read More
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