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Pariah 22 Aug 2013 | 06:11 am
Early on in Dee Rees' Pariah, we get a glimpse into the kind of person Alike (Adepero Oduye) is. She prefers masculine outfits over the more feminine ones her mother Audrey (Kim Wayans) chooses for he...
Submarine 21 Aug 2013 | 07:03 am
It's really fascinating to see the starting themes in a director's work. Sometimes it takes a few films before you really see the themes but on those few occasions, you'll see those themes within the ...
Letter from an Unknown Woman 19 Aug 2013 | 07:25 pm
"By the time you read this letter, I may be dead." That is the first sentence from the eponymous letter in Max Ophuls' Letter from an Unknown Woman. The letter, addressed to pianist Stefan Brand (Loui...
The Madness of King George 19 Aug 2013 | 01:12 am
Not long after Nicholas Hytner's The Madness of King George begins, it's established that King George III (Nigel Hawthorne) isn't exactly in the right frame of mind. "It was something he ate!" Queen C...
Fruitvale Station 8 Aug 2013 | 08:08 am
It's rather daring for Hollywood to make a film based on recent events. (Like, within five years of the first headline.) The news are still relatively fresh in everyone's minds but on the plus side, i...
BOOK VS MOVIE: Sense and Sensibility 2 Aug 2013 | 06:32 am
We live in a society that (still) demands equality between men and women amongst the arts. "There aren't enough movies/TV shows directed/written by women!" and "Women deserve to be better written!" a....
I'm truly sorry. 17 Jul 2013 | 07:52 pm
I feel somewhat guilty for not providing new material for the blog as of late. The truth is, I'm away on vacation and my interest in doing anything productive goes right out of the window. Long story ...
Biutiful 13 Jul 2013 | 06:23 am
Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu's Biutiful is a relatively simple film. Nothing too flashy, nothing too daring. It certainly feels like a stark contrast to his earlier films like 21 Grams and Babel yet it...
Before Midnight 9 Jul 2013 | 08:32 am
After seeing the possibility of a forming romance between Jesse (Ethan Hawke) and Celine (Julie Delpy) in Before Sunrise and Before Sunset, Richard Linklater finally shows in the third entry Before Mi...
V for Vendetta 6 Jul 2013 | 09:16 am
It's unsettling, isn't it? Witnessing the society you're a part of is crumbling before your eyes. Even more so when you can't do anything about it. And this is before the actions of V (Hugo Weaving) ...