The premise of Thomas Daneskov’s ‘Wild Men (2021)’ is right out of a sitcom trope. In fact, this trope has indeed been used at least twice from what I can recollect. In…
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Gaspar Noé’s aspirations as a cinematic provocateur find their acme in an experimental horror/satire hosted on a commercial premise. Originally intended to be an art project for the luxury fashion house Yves…
Too little can be anticipated from a film that sets for itself the humongous task of depicting unfettered human impulses. The 1966 Danish film Hunger (adapted from Knut Hamsun’s critically acclaimed novel…
Portraying a real tragedy without being inhumanly objective or having a Spielbergian approach to sentimentality is quite the high wire act. When the tragedy in question is related to the Western Front…
Animated films usually get into the limelight, on such a large scale, if they are entertainers. Producers usually make them help children watch what they want and prove that stories have happy…
Blind Chance (1987): A Flurry of Missed Opportunities Amidst Turbulent Times: The first image that appears before the viewer is of a mouth wide open. The person is screaming at the top…
