Lance Oppenheim’s three-part HBO docuseries ‘Ren Faire’ is an example of toeing the line between amusing and venerating overly eccentric subjects – this is a quote from a friend I had a conversation with who was taken aback when I advised him that I was analyzing a docuseries of a ‘Succession’ themed drama at a […]
Nick Tosches‘ book Dino includes a biography written about Dean Martin where he states that to Martin growing old was reminiscing about the saying, “La Vecchia è carogna,” which translates to “old age is carrion,” Which is something abusive to say. Artie Crawford is the character Pierce Brosnan portrays in his 71s portraying an individual
The Narrative draws parallels to the culture and traditions associated with being Native and how it can be used to overcome all sorts of challenges. One of the sisters gets enrolled in a college, and the other partner on the other hand sides with a music career. I tell stories about the struggle of Native
There was a long moment when it seemed that the Chinese martial arts drama, “100 Yards,” a sweeping period action set in the mid-1920s Tianjin, may not have a North American release. To be fair, that was about a year ago. Regardless, it did feel longer, particularly if you were Bastard Swordsman after the positive
Cate Blanchett has a delusive portrayal of “Tár” which made most of the audience mistake the character Tár to be real, but the reality outlines a different story as this character does not exist either. Lydia Tár the head conductor, is entirely directed by Todd Field. Todd Field has made the character based on the
If zombies were not so obsessed with eating our brains, I think they would be nice to conserve they are the strange half-dead breathing facsimiles of those we inhabited in life who were there to be looked at, to be touched, to be spoken to, but who weren’t really there and who hadn’t quite either.
“Stockholm Bloodbath”, directed by Mikael Håfström, is a medieval thriller that traces the history of the Stockholm Bloodbath massacre. It is an overly ambitious film, which cannot seem to decide what it is, half the time including a slew of characters that are working for opposing factions. Channeling all the characters into a few coherent
The cinema comes in with an out-of-focus shot, capturing something resembling the sun in its fluctuating frame. This is the maiden film from the French Senegalese director Ramata Toulaye, and it fits the criteria of ‘each shot is a masterpiece’ quite perfectly considering the sheer grace with which light is used. The light is almost
In the first season, we came to know Dorothy, the self-proclaimed con mistress who transformed Laurent Thierry into a crime-monger. In the Great Pretender Razbliuto, meanwhile, she has suffered defeat at her own game against the Shanghai Longu Bang and is believed to be dead. However, she makes her comeback after years in a tiny
There’s a certain finesse to director George Nolfi’s post-apocalyptic creature feature “Elevation” that is highly impressive, even though there are certain films it is a spin-off of that do a better job at it. This isn’t backhanded mic popping as some sci-fi films attempt to be far more complex than the genre can afford, and
