A professional stand-up comedian gets up on stage for the audience there to entertain them. But the question arises, what happens in case a joke is cracked by a comedian? It is an interesting and intricate concern that grows in the course of the emotional journey that Ally Pankiw’s feature debut “I Used to Be […]
It is pretty wild that filmmaker Takashi Miike has a film that just appears on Netflix without any announcement. Nevertheless, this tends to happen to those who have directed the likes of “Audition,” “13 Assassins,” or “Ichi the Killer” and have a ton of films to their name. At this very moment, Miike could very
The modern found footage genre owes its existence to the 2007 movie Paranormal Activity and ever since, the movie industry has made several attempts to reinvent it. The last decade has had its fair share of popular found footage films, but none compare to Creep. The movie came out 10 years ago and starred Patrick
The film Lake George is a cool neo-noir film that revolves around two interesting protagonists who out of the blue turn into middle-aged criminals, try to con a rich gangster and in the end surprisingly succeed. The talk of two pleasing leads Shea Whigham and Carrie Coon, can you describe how well or otherwise the
In Amanda Nell Eu’s coming-of-age story, “Tiger Stripes,” a young Malaysian girl faces the most awkward phase of her life, the adolescent phase of her life. She finds herself developing a new rapidly expanding set of problems. She recalls a time as a child when she used to be a nuisance. Teasing her classmates in
What It Is They are Back Finland’s most prominent Fennoscandian metal band, Impaled Rektum, which is the most symphonic and post-apocalyptic. However this time, they have stated that they are entirely behind bars. They have been invited to perform at the mega Wacken festival. Firstly, their bassist Aryx (Ovaska) does not agree with the statement
Alicia Vikander dons the crown in ‘Firebrand’ where she plays Katherine Parr, the sixth and the last wife of King Henry VIII. However, the film does not do justice to its title and is far from incendiary. It is Jude Law who takes his part to the hilt portraying the King, Eunuch being the best
In a 2017 interview, director Payal Kapadia said “There are not many sources one has to choke for as the life that exists around is very rich in poetry that comprises dreams and even memories.” This artistic philosophy was on display in her first feature, the documentary “A Night of Knowing Nothing,” and it is
Windigo, more popularly known as wendigo, is one of the well known beings in the mythology of various Algonquin tribes including the Saulteaux, Cree, and Ojibwe. Even though it is true that each tribe has its version regarding the specifics of a majority of things, what is common is the fact that windigo is said
In the last decade, Nanfu Wang has pursued a career and a filmography that seeks out countries that are authoritarian or where fascism is slowly encroaching, like a creeping vine. Her most recent film, the very politically active ‘Night Is Not Eternal’, is a documentary about her comparativist work which she conducted with Cuban activist
