Blue Velvet [1986]: A Pervert’s Vision of Piercing Beauty
You either get David Lynch or you don’t. You either buy his sense of surreal or you shy away. There…
Someone To Talk To [2017]: NYAFF Review
Just the other day I found myself complaining to a friend about how these social media apps are completely destroying…
Mrs. B., a North Korean Woman [2017]: NYAFF Review
I spent around 70 minutes with Mrs. B. During this duration, I lived with her two families and got to…
A Quiet Dream [2017]: NYAFF Review
Focusing on a whimsical, almost-dead pan rom-com narrative, Zhang Lu’s ‘A Quiet Dream’ investigates the quotidian lives of a group…
The Gangster’s Daughter [2017]: NYAFF Review
Taiwanese documentary filmmaker Chen Mei-Juin’s The Gangster’s Daughter is her first narrative film. Showing a great eye for both the…
Kotoko [2011]: A Vicarious Study of a Schizophrenic Paranoid Mother
Kotoko, directed by cult director Shinya Tsukamoto, is one of the most unnerving psychological horrors about a soul grappling with…
Okja [2017]: A Remarkably Powerful Eco-Fable
Korean filmmaker Bong Joon-ho is one of the most playful and stylistically unpredictable directors in the contemporary cinematic world. Mr….
Happiness [2017]: NYAFF Review
Unlike what the title suggests, Japanese cult filmmaker Sabu’s ‘Happiness’ is probably the saddest film of the year. A non-resilient,…