Everyone goes through that phase in life when nothing seems to be going your way. Without any redeeming elements in your day or near future, you just try to cling on to…
Tag: Existential Crisis
Incisive, hard-hitting, subtle and multi-layered in terms of theme and style, the Russian film-maker Andrey Zvyagintsev’s oeuvre elegantly conjures taut moral narratives of spiritual torment, hate, injustice, greed, and isolation. Since…
Austrian film-maker Michael Haneke is arguably one of cinema’s greatest interpreters of modern life’s isolation and alienation. The people in Haneke’s films are not only afflicted by the absence of love, but…
In “Fire At Sea” aka “Fuoco Ammare”, Gianfranco Rosi uses the language of cinema to reinforce a tranquil as well as a turbulent reality. His images are a lament for the sufferings of fellow humans, concealed from our collective conscience. This documentary/docu-drama contemplates a desensitized tragedy through an unforgettable, humanistic perspective.