Free Fire [2017]: Insults & Infections
Ben Wheatley’s ‘Free Fire’ is an absolutely berserk throwback to the action films of the 70s. Those films didn’t feature big setups, car…
Guilty of Romance (2011): Finding Kafka’s Castle
Cult filmmaker, Sion Sono, known for his perverted and subversive take on the sexual milieu, shows an obsession as a…
The Stepford Wives [2004]: Dress-up and Denial
Satire is really hard to pull off. This is a genre that demands a very specific checklist of elements for…
Cairo Station [1958] – The Struggles against Sexual Repression and Social Oppression
The unbridled energy, immediacy and meticulously visualized set-pieces in Youssef Chahine’s Cairo Station (aka ‘Bab el hadid’, 1958) could serve…
Exploring Black Male Queerness and Notions of Masculinity in Moonlight
‘In Moonlight, Black Boys Look Blue’: Exploring Black Male Queerness and Notions of Masculinity in Moonlight Black Cinema, right from…
A Cure for Wellness (2017) Movie Review: Polished Madness
There is something so off kilter from the first frame itself, something so weirdly offset that the air itself absorbs…
The Night Porter (1975) Movie Review: ‘A Biblical Story!’
Liliana Cavani’s protagonist Maximilian Theo Aldorfer (played by the wonderful Dirk Bogarde) describes his relationship and eventually separation with his captive Lucia…
‘4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days (2007)’ Exactly 10 Years Later
This incredibly troubling story is told almost in real time, often through long laborious takes and scenes that can last over 20 minutes, making this an absorbing experience for what is a harrowing and uncomfortable subject matter.