Category: Review
Pablo Larraín’s Ema (2019) comes to MUBI
The somehow sedated delirium of Pablo Larraín‘s cinema exudes a heated energy in his latest directorial effort, Ema. The opening scene of a traffic light…
Review: Last Call (2019)
Very rarely does a film successfully achieve a new cinematic feat in modern-day cinema. Last Call, directed by Gavin Michael Booth, has managed to do…
Review: Poetry (2010)
Some time in 2011, I had the good fortune of being able to travel from California’s Central Valley to San Francisco to see a film…
Memories of Murder (2003) Review
As someone who never used to really dabble in a lot of foreign cinema, the first time I sat down to watch a foreign movie…
Train To Busan: A Quarantine First Take
I love zombie movies. My dad showed me Night of the Living Dead when I was like ten, and he went on at length about…
1957 in Film: I Am Waiting
Japanese cinema from the 1950s remains one of the strongest periods in film ever. With masters in cinema such as Yasujirō Ozu, Keisuke Kinoshita, and,…
1957 in Film: Witness for the Prosecution
In a year of strong Best Picture contenders, there’s generally that one film (or occasionally several) that likely would have won, if it hadn’t been…
Review: System Crasher
Child actress, now eleven years old, Helena Zengel, has made the natural progression to sensation look like a breeze. Within seconds of watching her play…
1957 in Film: A King in New York
In the middle of the McCarthy communist-hunt, Charlie Chaplin ended up being exiled from the United States due to his open criticisms of the government…
1957 in Film: The Tall T
From 1956 to 1960, director Budd Boetticher and actor Randolph Scott collaborated on seven westerns together. These films were made on the cheap, done fast,…
1957 in Film: Smultronstället (Wild Strawberries)
1957 was a seminal year for Ingmar Bergman. He released two films that year. The Seventh Seal (Det sjunde inseglet) and Wild Strawberries (Smultronstället). Both…
1957 in Film: A Face in the Crowd
We live in a society driven by attention. In the era of social media, attention is the most powerful tool and weapon that one can…
1957 in Film: Pyaasa
Pyaasa (1957) (literally “thirsty,” but known as The Thirsty One in English) is the cinematic triumph of the middle twentieth century that most cinema lovers…
1957 in Film: Zero Hour!
Zero Hour! opens with a dogfight sequence as an America squad led by Ted Stryker. Their mission is to destroy a high priority target. Using fog as…
