Dead Money I have to admit something, I have never excelled at playing poker. My emotional poker face is probably the culprit reason, which takes away all the elements of stoicism required for the sport and instead brings out my humorous side something out of a comedy film. Less of a ‘sexy’ shot and more […]
Winner Russia’s meddling in the last Us presidential elections was leaked by a Texan NSA contractor called Reality Winner. Through working class parentage, her name itself makes her sound unique. Due to her critical stance on the United States’ domestic and foreign policies, Winner became a subject of multiple films. These include a 2021 documentary
Heretic The fear of being forced to believe that there is a higher power and surrender to it is immense. But not having any belief in such a supernatural being is even terrifying. This existential duality is explored in detail in the film “Heretic” which is both terrifying and fun.” The film revolves around the
Rez Ball With both “Unstoppable” and “The Fire Inside” making their world premieres at the Toronto International Film Festival, as well as the world premiere of Sydney Freeland’s “Rez Ball,” it’s fair to say that the inspirational sports movie “inspired by true events” is back, and this time it’s here to stay. This is co
The Wild Robot Chris Sanders shared in an interview that when he was working on the film, he had in his mind a “Monet painting in a Miyazaki forest.” Sounds crazy, but he did it. The very first shots of the film already declare, in loud announcer voices, that all the frames of the picture
Look Into My Eyes “See Me, Feel My Heart,” a meditation on channels and their relationship with their clients, is a nonfiction film in which the main purpose is to watch people, listen to them and, above all, reflect on the feelings they experience while telling their stories. The film has no performers whose names
The Front Room “The Front Room” is written and directed by Max and Sam Eggers, who happen to be the half brothers of Robert Eggers (who co-wrote the film as well) who directed The Lighthouse. It is a drop down course of horror as the picture is a visual depiction of a family nightmare, this
Matt and Mara “Your relationship seems young,” observes a passport photographer to Professor Mara (Deragh Campbell) in the opening of the drama, gleefully crafted ‘Matt and Mara’ directed by Matt Johnson when, novelist Matt, (Matt Johnson) leaves his seat to take a call, assuming the photographer and his wife are married for a long time.
The Thicket In 2013, Joe R. Lansdale’s Western novel The Thicket made its mark by opening with “one of the most outrageous first lines” to a title since Hunter S. Thompson’s first line in Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas “Grandfather came out and, with his hands grabbed the both of us, Lula and I,
The Mother of All Lies A father’s family always has secrets, perhaps the one of ‘The Mother Of All Lies’ director Asmae El Moudir lies in the heart of his mother, this is of obsession and confusion for many periods of her life. As a child in Casablanca, Morocco, she hardly has any childhood pictures.
