Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore (2022) Review: Even though the Fantastic Beasts series finds itself included in the wizarding world with shared mythologies, character arcs, political design, and imaginative wonders, it…
Tag: Magical Realism
The cultural significance of the work of legendary independent filmmaker and versatile genius Satyajit Ray remains unchallenged. Though Ray’s filmography tells the story of perfecting the art of social realism, his foray…
Alice Rohrwacher’s enigmatic, magical-realist fable Happy as Lazzaro (‘Lazzaro felice’, 2018) largely works due to the exceptionally crafted eponymous character, and because of the newcomer Adriano Tardiolo, who plays pure-hearted Lazzaro with…
The gorgeous meets the repugnant in Estonian film-maker Rainer Sarnet’s metaphysical drama November (2017). Shot in astoundingly surreal black-and-white compositions, the film tells the bizarre and tender love story during a feudal…