10 Great Films “High on Films” Recommends: 2nd Edition
Last month we began our recommendation feature “The HOF-men Recommend” in which we recommend 10 good to great films from across the globe. You can check out our first recommendation board here. This is the 2nd edition of “The HOF-men Recommend” Series. Guy Maddin is the guy who makes films of 20th century in 21st century. The grainy and grimy vignettes of his movies evoke the feel of primordial experimental cinema. His unique visual…
Dead Poets Society (1989): Taking the Road Less Traveled by
Dead Poets Society is yet another of my favourite films. When I watched it, I remember chiding myself for having deferred watching it for so long. I wished some teacher had told us about the movie in school. I felt like someone should have inspired me and kindled the passion for poetry in the same manner as is shown in the movie. But as they say every cloud has a silver lining. I watched it…
The Tree Of Life (2011): A Meditative Symphony on Life and Death
What to say about The Tree of Life? What not to say about it? How to describe this film? How to express how much this film means to me by using mere words? Why was this universe created? Not how, but why? If it was created because of a natural celestial phenomena then who was behind it? God? Where do we go after we mortally die? If our souls leave our physical body, then do…
La Jetée (1962): A Sensation Frozen in Time
Have we ever solved the puzzle of memory and time? How can a film approach them? Not by providing a solution for sure, but by creating an intricate puzzle of its own. La Jetée, a short film made in 1962, is remarkable for being made completely out of still images. In the words of filmmaker Chris Marker it is a photo-roman (a photographic novel). It tells the story of a man “haunted by an image…
The Grand Budapest Hotel (2014) Movie Review: A Murderous Delight!
I know a few people who simply loathe Wes Anderson’s style of filmmaking. The same that he has followed ever…
Entourage Movie (2015) Review: Hollywood 101 with Ari Gold & The Boys!
A movie star, a manager, a driver, an annoying brother & the one person who babysits them all. Yes! Entourage…
5 to 7 (2014) Review: Cinq à Sept with The Mermaid
“Some of the best writing in New York won’t be found in books, or movies, or plays, but on the benches of Central Park. Read the benches and you understand.” Throughout the film, we will come across random plaques engraved on the benches of Central Park, sometimes signifying the status of the film at that point, sometimes just randomly carrying the plot forward.
Filth (2013) Movie Review: A Monstrous Dirty Gimmick that Works!
Filth is about people swimming in a quagmire of corruption and mental collapse and the ever unraveling mental-catastrophe. I shall not be a douche and say this out loud: Filth is very hard film to like. Remember the scene from Trainspotting where the main character gets inside a filthy toilet and you feel really uncomfortable.