Tag: childhood
Posted in Movies
Dear Dad: Remembering My Father And The Films He Introduced Me To
Today is Father’s Day, and sadly my beloved step-father who raised me, passed away last October. My step-father encouraged me to follow my passion and…
Posted in Year in Film
Pokemon: The Cash Grab (Or How to Have Your Cake and Eat It, Too!)
Ah, the late Nineties: A hell of a time to be around and young. Bill Clinton was in the midst of impeachment hearing about lying…
Posted in Year in Film
Trapped in the Rat Race: Revisiting Lynne Ramsay’s Ratcatcher
With the recent release of You Were Never Really Here, and the Rewind year at Filmotomy, it seems only fitting to revisit Lynne Ramsay’s debut…
Posted in Director
Empire Of The Sun: Goodbye To Childhood
Empire of the Sun marks Spielberg’s departure from the theme of childhood and innocence and is his first step into more adult territory with films…
Posted in Review
Review: The Florida Project
“Childhood means simplicity. Look at the world with the child’s eye – it is very beautiful.” Kailash Satyarthi In Sean Baker’s excellent The Florida Project we…
