Oscillating from a phantasmagoria of visuals to the unstated vignettes of human/para-human emotions, Kicking Blood is a compelling addition to an overwrought genre, making it worth a watch.
Tag: Human Condition
Pawel Lozinski’s captivating documentary, The Balcony Movie (Film Balkonowy, 2021) comes across as an interesting artistic experiment to watch in relation to the ongoing pandemic. It’s not about the lock-down, quarantine, or…
“I saw a woman, who thought no one was waiting for her,” announces the narrator of ‘About Endlessness.’ This, at a train station, while showing us a shot of a family receiving…
Review of Dark Season 1 & Season 2 I came across Dark in 2017 because it was billed as the German version of ‘Stranger Things’, the Netflix sensation and a pastiche super-cut…
Marking the conclusion of one of the greatest director-actor collaborations in cinema history, Red Beard (Akahige) is as beautiful, heartfelt & life-affirming as it is tragic, upsetting & heartbreaking. Crafted with genuine…
Il Posto [1961] – A Masterful Study of Human Condition in a Compartmentalized World I felt an aching realization while watching Ermanno Olmi’s Il Posto (aka ‘The Job’ or ‘Sound of Trumpets’,…