Violent Cop (1989): The Study of Morality and Amorality in Takeshi Kitano’s Directorial Debut: Takeshi Kitano is one of Japan’s most acclaimed directors in modern times. Known chiefly for his crime or yakuza…
Tag: Violence
It has been a long time since I watched Sergio Leone’s Dollar’s Trilogy or Man with No Name Trilogy. But with recent passing away of the great maestro Ennio Morricone, I decided…
Joker Analysis: Joker is a morbid origin story of the clown prince of crime of Gotham. Starting with a likeable character named Arthur Fleck with a condition; transforming him into an anti-hero…
If someone had told me that “The Favourite”, a period piece dramedy, would be among the most outlandish and yet entertaining films I watch all year, I wouldn’t have believed it. And…
As an independent genre within the ambit of Japanese cinema, Yakuza films have undergone massive transformations since the silent film era, from the Robin Hood-esque bakuto, painted as torn, solitary figures worthy…
On 4th August 2011, 29-year old Mark Duggan died from a gunshot wound post being severely wounded by the police in the Tottenham district of North London. Amidst accelerating tensions between black…
