The lives of regular individuals prove to be quite a confusing thing and are often overlooked in cinema. Why would anyone pay attention to characters who could just fade into the background…
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“You never stop”, Sophie tells Julie, the protagonist (played by Laure Calamy, delivering a stunning performance), after she drops in at her place on a Friday night to take her kids home.…
The film begins with the lapping of waves against a pristine seashore, and the protagonists, Bruno (played by Marcelo Subiotto) and Greta (played by Mara Bestelli) along with their young son, Denis…
Fucking with Nobody is a movie within a movie within a movie within a movie. I think I got the Russian doll right. Even if I haven’t, I don’t think the movie…
Steve McQueen made the Oscar-winning film ’12 Years a Slave,’ but did not win one for directing it. He is, however, the first Black filmmaker to win Best Picture. ‘Small Axe,’ an…
The films with a direct political theme are not from today and for that very reason, they had to reinvent themselves more and more through a subtle mix of genres, aesthetics, and…
