Outcry (Bidad, 2025) ‘Karlovy Vary’ Movie Review: Iranian Dissident Drama Rings Out Loud
In Soheil Beiraghi’s “Outcry” (“Bidad,” 2025), the twentysomething Seti (Sarvin Zabetian), who’s mostly relegated to backup or chorus singing, wants…
Why do all the Contemporary Villains Sound Like They’ve Read Camus?
In what is perhaps the most disturbing scene in “Joker” (2019), Arthur Fleck, dressed in his clown makeup, looks in…
Of Guns and Guilt: The Postmodern Antihero and His Mirror
By the time the 20th century reached its twilight, the lustre of the silver screen was losing its faith in…
The Pain of Silent Departures and the Turmoil That Lingers Within: Thoughts on G.Aravindan’s Pokkuveyil (1982, Twilight)
Watching G. Aravindan’s “Pokkuveyil,” released in 1982, is like reading a Sylvia Plath poem, full of restrained sorrow, inner turbulence,…
Eden Lake (2008) Movie Ending Explained & Themes Analyzed: Did Jenny Secure Help From the Town?
I had a cousin with whom I shared an especially strong bond in 2022, when we were both looking forward…
Better Go Mad In The Wild (2025) ‘Karlovy Vary’ Movie Review: Miro Remo’s Stunningly Hybrid Doc On Czech Twins Mines Magic In The Mundane
Miro Remo’s “Better Go Mad In The Wild” (Original title: Radeji zesílet v divocine, 2025) arguably taps the spirit of…
Street Kings (2008) Movie Ending Explained: Does Detective Tom Ludlow Redeem Himself?
David Ayer’s Street Kings (2008) is a blistering descent into the moral wasteland of law enforcement, where justice is just…
Sudan, Remember Us (2024) Movie Review: A Powerful Chronicle of A Non-Silent Generation
An empty bag of groceries floats in the air in war-torn Sudan, and nothing else. A video taken from a…