Recess (1972) Short Film Review: Iranian minimalist filmmaker Abbas Kiarostami’s earlier works which heavily featured child protagonists, are pretty well-known among the film fraternity these days. Even in his earlier short movies,…
Tag: 1997
Though not in the same league as mind-bending thrillers like Open Your Eyes or The Matrix, David Fincher’s third feature film, The Game, is an essential part of the ’90s canon of…
How the Bank Robbery Scene in ‘Hana-Bi’ Discretely Disrupts Order: Japanese pop-cultural icon Takeshi Kitano possibly had the most interesting career of any celebrity you can think of. Starting out his career…
Clearly ahead of its time and dealing with many heavy topics, let us look back at one of the most estimable entries to the sci-fi genre. Contact (1997) is easily one of…
“But in the end, one needs more courage to live than to kill himself” – Albert Camus Arguably the most debated philosophical problem in history, it’s moral, ethical and religious reasonings entangled…
Train of Shadows [Tren de sombras, dir. José Luis Guerín, Spain, 88 mins] With just one dialogue spoken — “they have seen us” — in a film which runs for 76 mints,…