12 Films that Explore Mental Illness
Mental illness is a recurring topic within film. It can be used to explore timely issues in society (where 1…
Mental illness is a recurring topic within film. It can be used to explore timely issues in society (where 1…
Chloé Zhao’s Nomadland, based on the non-fiction book by Jessica Bruder, is on the road to become a modern classic….
There’s a certain bias against genre films when it comes to film festivals and general critical acclaim – and rightly…
In the last ten years, with an impressive number of films striving to tackle new concerns and establishing new…
****Warning: Spoilers*** Critics and viewers alike are hailing the 2021 movie Nayattu, directed by Martin Prakkat, as a bold step…
Cannes 2020 selected Déa Kulumbegashvili’s ‘Beginning’ (Dastaskisi) was supposed to play in competition along with Wes Anderson’s ‘The French Dispatch.’ While the former had a drip-drip-drip release since September, I assume nobody but Anderson has seen the latter. Cannes, for its glory, selected Steve McQueen’s ‘Mangrove’ and ‘Lovers Rock’ to play in the competition. They picked Nir Bergman’s ‘Here We Are’ and Francis Lee’s ‘Ammonite,’ too. My money, however, would have been on ‘Beginning’ to be the next ‘Parasite’.
LGBTIQA+ films have become somewhat mainstream in the 21st century. ‘Brokeback Mountain’ (2005) was a gamechanger that missed the Oscar;…
If you aren’t aware of who Bartosz Bielenia is, chances are you would be bowled out by his performance in…
An incident can seem small and insignificant to some, but sometimes it sows a seed that leads one to become…