Category: cinema
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The Banshees of Inisherin -it’s McDonagh’s world
My dreams are not dullFor my soul soars high and burns deepYet my mind gets stuckIn the mud of mediocrity Last weekend, when I came out of seeing Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio, I thought I’d seen the best film of the year. A film after my own taste: full of humanity, darkness, innocence, heartbreak, but…
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Blonde – in silence
We live in a world full of noise. In this world full of noise, I found myself wanting to be left alone, to quote one of my betters (Garbo). I wanted to think about things, about creative processes, people’s stories, life, pain and artistry. I also wanted to settle my thoughts on a topic that…
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The Desperate Hours
If you don’t know who William Wyler is, then cinema isn’t your passion. He is an artist, a captivating storyteller and such a good example against the auteur theory that I’m sure even Godard can agree with. But I won’t attempt to delve deeper into Wyler’s career. That is too great a task, which will…
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Queen Christina, the superwoman and feminist language
“I have been memorizing this room. In the future, in my memory, I shall live a great deal in this room.” The passionate yet tender way Greta Garbo pronounces the word “room” in the above quoted scene from Queen Christina, scene which was rehearsed and acted with the precision of a metronome, may cause some viewers…
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44 minutes of cinematic perfection
For those needing proof that Buster Keaton had genius running through his veins, that he wasn’t just a comedian “in slapshoes and flat hat”, go watch Sherlock Jr. (1924). Most of his 1920s films are exquisite and worthy of praise. Orson Welles considered The General to be the greatest Civil War movie ever made (and Buster himself…
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Little Miss Sunshine – love, win or lose, love!
“A real loser is someone who’s so afraid of not winning he doesn’t even try.” Little Miss Sunshine is peppered with such adorable pearls of wisdom, defining family unity every step of the way, while providing the viewer with a parade of “losers”, one more deserving of the title than the other. The loser title…
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Call Me by Your Name
Summer rain, check. Perfect bodies apricating in the sunshine, check. Great characters, check. Great chemistry, check. Great soundtrack, check! Call Me By Your Name will go down in history as one of the most sensitive yet passionate love stories that have graced our screens this past decade. It transcends gay love, it soars above simple…
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TeneT – saving the world on inverted time
If you’re one of those wonderful people out there in the dark, then Tenet is the best way to celebrate the cinemas reopening, in IMAX, if possible. The film is big, bold, loud and spectacular. Spectacular spectacular. To keep this spoiler-free, I shall focus less on the plot and more on the performances, sound, music and…
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Vice – a piece of pretentious, yet enjoyable cinema
The story goes that when Dr Strangelove was first conceived, it was conceived as a dramatic script. Somewhere during the writing process, a funny idea came to Kubrick’s mind. And then another, and another, until what emerged was one of the best political satires of the 20th century. Adam McKay, the writer-director of Vice is no…
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Lift to the Scaffold – French Film Noir
I will never forget when I first saw this film. You often forget when you saw a film for the first time, a film that you really love. You most certainly forget how many times you’ve seen it. After a fourth or fifth time, one loses track. But the first time will always remain in your memory,…