Tag: Feature
Retrospective Review: Ari Aster’s Midsommar (2019) – Director’s Cut
There are only a handful of moments during Ari Aster‘s unnerving, horrorsome new flick, Midsommar, were you find yourself chuckling. If only for a second….
Festival de Cannes: Deadly Shu Qi in Hou Hsiao-hsien’s Masterful ‘The Assassin’ (2015)
This writer’s first encounter with the Taiwanese-Hong Kong actress, Shu Qi, was in the late 1990s. One of the few occasions a certain sibling, a…
‘Everything Everywhere All At Once’ Dominates Without Motion Picture Win at the 4th Pandora International Film Critics Awards
We have to go back to the Academy Awards in 1972 when Cabaret took home 8 Oscars – including Best Director and two acting prizes…
How Does Kristen Stewart’s Diana Fit Into Awards Season Royalty?
Imagine the line “Where the fuck am I?” reflecting not only Diana Spencer‘s imminent, seclusive journey to Sandringham, but also the highly anticipated notion that…
Back Shelf Cinema: Marketa Lazarová (1967)
I personally could not have put our 1967 in Film series to bed many months ago without re-watching and constantly praising what amounts to the…
How Far Can We Embrace the Character and World of Mathilda in Luc Besson’s Léon: The Professional?
The cinematic year of 1994 might carry varying degrees of weight a quarter of a century later. The visceral landscape, our resonating view of film,…
Back Shelf Cinema: Thérèse (1986)
Our faithful, endearing protagonist, is Thérèse Martin. Or Thérèse de Lisieux. Or even The Little Flower of Jesus. And being titled, Thérèse, the film aims…
Watch: 4 Minute Video Counting Down the Best LGBT Films Ever
As voted for by many of you, here are the results of the humongous poll to find out what you all collectively believe to be…
A Pure Review of Tess (1979) Somewhat Faithfully Presented as an Editorial
A review of possibly the most treasured film of the year – personally speaking – was intended to close the chapter that is 1979 in…
