Hope and Humanism in Yi Yi
“Movies are so lifelike – that’s why we love them” The last time I wrote about Edward Yang‘s Yi YiContinue 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.
Sátántangó: A Dance of Cold War Despair
When it comes to Hungarian cinema, there are few names bigger than Béla Tarr. Known for his slow works thatContinue Reading
Thanatos in the Czech New Wave: The Cremator
During the 1960’s, cinema witnessed groundbreaking work and talent on what seemed like a weekly basis. The French New WaveContinue Reading
The Hopeless Conquerors and Argentina’s Zama
Slow, methodical, and lush, Lucrecia Martel‘s story of a middle management officer of the Spanish stationed at a remote outpostContinue Reading
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
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
