There’s always a fear while making a biopic that it would either completely turn into hagiography or be offensive to those who were closely associated with the actual personality. In the case…
Tag: NYAFF 2019
“Not knowing you’ve decided to walk away for good. Left behind an unfinished love-song…” What appears to be somewhere between Wong Kar-wai’s illustrious vision and a much-revered Farewell My Concubine, the film…
Chen Xiaoming’s ‘If You Are Happy’ starts off with the birds-eye-view shots roaming over the cityscape of Shanghai. The score gives it a dramatically humongous uplift further establishing the tiny lives of…
Reminiscent of the films like Villeneuve’s Polytechnique or Gus Van Sant’s much appreciated Elephant, ‘The Gun (Jû)’ also attempts to showcase how the young, naïve minds surrender to certain vices if exposed…
Somewhere in the film, the school’s dean is shown to be searching for a movie to show to his students. He pulls off the DVDs of classics such as Wong Kar-wai’s Fallen…
Sabu, a Takeshi Kitano-generation film-maker, achieved cult status for his singular ability to smoothly incorporate elements of absurdist comedy, heartwarming drama, and kinetic action. He likes to dart between different films genres,…
