Lookback on Lumet: The Hill [1965]
Like the hill itself, the film slowly trudges its way up as it gradually introduces each character (of the newcomers and the assortment of prison staff), repetitively, yet importantly showing their physical endurance being pushed, before it reaches a height with the death, and then the film falls down the other side of the hill, hurtling faster and more ruggedly towards a climatic stand-off involving the exchanges of arguments and fists.
Old Stone [2016] – A Taut Drama on the Bone-Chilling Bureaucratic Insensitivity
Shanghai-born and Vancouver-based film-maker Johnny Ma’s stark social realist drama/thriller Old Stone (2016) is a disturbing illustration of the sardonic…
[Watch] Video Essay Exploring High and Low Art in Jean-Luc Godard’s Alphaville
Video Essay Exploring High and Low Art in Jean-Luc Godard’s Alphaville: With my Film Finds video series, I take a…
Who is Tony Stark?
With all that fame, money and an endless array of tech it is quite difficult to pin down who Tony…
Racer and the Jailbird [2018]: A Soul-less and Tedious Film About Unconditional Love
Going by the title, Belgian director Michaël R. Roskam’s Racer and the Jailbird sounds like an adrenaline pumping crime actioner. While…
5 Bollywood women in a league of their own
When one thinks of Bollywood, one is instantly reminded of glittering lights, elaborate sets, song and dance sequences. But behind…
Evil Dead [2013]: Scores High in Violence & Gore, Falls Short in Everything Else
Drenched in gallons of blood & jam-packed with nods to its source of inspiration, this remake, sequel & soft-reboot of…
TV Shows Aren’t Films
Once a filmed production is edited into designated segments, and not as one whole, it is no longer a film and it becomes at least something closer resembling a TV show.