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Great Films
Great Films aren’t just good cinematic experience, it’s life wrapped in moving images making us change the way we look at something. If it’s not a life altering experience, it’s not a great film.
The Lost Daughter [2021] Review: Maggie Gyllenhaal’s Directorial Debut is a Stunning Showcase of Olivia Colman’s Mastery
The term ‘slow-burn’ is so casually tossed these days that it seems to lose its relevance. Any film with a mystery with an unpredictable twist that is reserved only for its end is …
Licorice Pizza [2021] Review: Alana Haim & Cooper Hoffman shine bright in Paul Thomas Anderson’s love letter to coming of age cinema
We’re a world of billion people yet there are very few we connect with and even fewer who understand us. It’s natural when you find that person, you want to spend every waking …
The Power of the Dog [2021] Review : Jane Campion returns to shake up the Western genre in one of the best films of the year
Who would have expected Benedict Cumberbatch to star as a ragged cowboy, unkempt and menacingly rude? Let go of that impression, because as Phil Burbank, Cumberbatch sinks his teeth into the dirt to …
L’Argent [1983] Review – A Deeply Distressing Examination of the Modern Human Soul
In a directorial career spread over four decades (1943-1983), Robert Bresson made only 13 feature films. L’Argent (Money) was his last film. This is due to his meticulous approach to cinematic language and …
Titane [2021] Review – A horrifically tender story about love, rebirth, violence and family
Every once in a while there comes a movie that changes everything. From how you look at a story to how you watch a film and the various emotions we are provoked with. …
Salt of the Earth [1954] – A Landmark American Independent Cinema on the Working Class
I have come across cinephiles and critics alike disregarding certain socially conscious films, bellyaching over its technical shortcomings or evaluating its strictly partisan narrative as a mere agitprop. Herbert J. Biberman’s Salt of …
