Extraction (2020): White Men Saving Brown Children from Brown Men
Netflix’s 2020 film Extraction is remarkable for many reasons: it is the directorial debut of Marvel’s famous stunt coordinator, Sam…
About Elly [2009] Review: A Moral Mystery
The man who lies to himself and listens to his own lie comes to such a pass that he cannot distinguish the truth within him, mused Fyodor Dostoevsky in The Brothers Karamazov. It is so human to lie, to make things up. One does it as a matter of course, even when it is not a regular habit. It’s like a spasm in the monologue that is always running in one’s head, a sudden contraction…
Irrfan Khan: A Thank You Note, A Final Goodbye
Goodbye Warrior! “Gone too soon”, “Huge loss”, “Screw 2020”, “You remember that character”? It was a matter of minutes in…
The Infiltrators [2020] Review: An Exciting Endeavor of Unquestionable Accuracy
When Abbas Kiarostami read about Hossain Sabzian in an article in the Iranian magazine Sorush by journalist Hassan Farazmand, his…
Portrait of a Lady on Fire (2019) Mubi Review – A Visual symphony of burning desires
Portrait of a Lady on Fire (2019) is now streaming on Mubi “Does every lover feel like they’re inventing something?”…
Extraction [2020] Netflix Review: An effort that is mediocre at best
Staying within the established lanes of its genre, playing every single scene by the books, and jam-packed with one cliché…
Lookback at Hitchcock: Marnie [1964]
I should point this out that for a film that wasn’t received well upon its release, “Marnie (1964)” has formulated…
Tigertail [2020] Netflix Review: A Poignant, low-key drama
Watch Tigertail on Netflix: Far from what you would expect from Alan Yang, given his resume is decorated with likes…