The Scapegoats of War in Australia’s Breaker Morant
It is hard to not watch Bruce Beresford‘s Breaker Morant and think of Michael Anderson‘s Conduct Unbecoming or the moreContinue Reading
Category: July Theme Month
Each July, we choose a theme and write pieces that relate to the given theme. In 2019, we focused on writing about documentaries while in 2018, we explored films within The Criterion Collection.
The Arrival of the Slasher in Norway’s Cold Prey
Compared to our culture’s modern standards, Roar Uthaug’s Cold Prey (originally titled Fritt Vilt) might be an incredibly conventional horrorContinue Reading
Dekalog: The Mosaic of Life
Five years before his Three Colors trilogy followed three different stories with different characters, themes, tones, and visual compositions, withContinue Reading
Cinematic Afterglow, Quarantine, and Jeanne Dielman
It’s often the sign of an exceptional film when you leave the theater (or your couch) with the peculiar sensationContinue Reading
The Subversion of South Korean Society in The Pollen of Flowers
Class struggle is present in almost every society, but it seems that Korean culture is especially obsessed with this theme.Continue Reading
Good and Evil in the City of God
A lot of the public perception of Brazil, and Rio De Janeiro in particular, is focused on the vibrancy ofContinue Reading
Poverty as Exploitation: Manila in the Claws of Light
Lino Brocka is a filmmaker who carries little-to-no resonance in the West — neither does he fare much better onContinue Reading
Dogtooth: The Greek Weird Wave
In 2009, Greek director Yorgos Lanthimos announced himself on the international film circuit- the auteur would champion a new waveContinue Reading
My Neighbor Totoro: A Homage to Japanese Cinema Through Iconic Animation
Japan has produced many revered films, particularly throughout the post-war era and into the 1960s. Though the formation of StudioContinue Reading
Salesman and the Broken Promise of American Capitalism
The Maysles Brothers spent decades making films which showed the mundanities and peculiarities of American life and culture, a numberContinue Reading
