Drift Away [2021]: ‘Berlinale’ Review – Unfocused Police drama explores male identity
The last most of us remember of french director Xavier Beauvois is for his 2010 film “Of Gods and Men.”…
Kin-dza-dza! [1986] Review – An Extremely Amusing Soviet Sci-Fi Cult Classic
Science fiction movies are rarely about science. In fact, the ostentatious CGI-dependent, invasion-centered storylines we are repeatedly subjected to strictly…
Moxie [2021] Netflix Review: A Daring Reinterpretation of Punk Feminism
Amy Poehler’s second directorial feature, Moxie, is a politically-charged film destined to denounce the patriarchal systems that have oppressed women…
‘I Care A Lot’ Juggles Satire, Slapstick And A Feminist Anti-Hero
‘I Care a Lot’ (Netflix, 2021) strives to wink at the audience without letting its characters know. What it ends…
Wheel of Fortune and Fantasy [2021]: ‘Berlinale’ Review – A Gorgeous Trifecta About the Conversations that Bind Us
Humans are the most flexible creatures on this entire planet. They interpret what happens to them in ways different from…
Bloodsuckers [2021]: ‘Berlinale’ Review – Marxist Vampire Comedy moves from being a biting satire to a sluggish tryst
If you find imprints of Roy Andersson and legendry Mexican director Luis Buñuel all over Julian Radlmaier’s latest satire “Bloodsuckers…
Collective [2019] Review – A Gripping Examination of a Rotten Healthcare System
Alexander Nanau’s riveting documentary Collective (Colectiv, 2019) is a fly-on-the-wall documentation of the deep-rooted corruption in Romanian health care system….
Nomadland (2020): A Faultless, Sublime Epic That May Change Your Life
Watching Chloe Zhao’s Nomadland (2020) (streaming on Hulu), I was reminded of a Virginia Woolf line- “Arrange whatever pieces come…