Tag: Masterpiece
Rewind – 2007 in Film: Fatih Akın’s The Edge of Heaven
The opening moments of the 2007 film, The Edge of Heaven (Auf der anderen Seite, German; Yasamin Kiyisinda, Turkish), sees one of the principal characters,…
Masterpiece Memo: Pedro Almodóvar's Hable con ella / Talk to Her, 2002
*** Potential spoilers ahead *** Spanish comedy-melodrama, lascivious, vibrant, organic, is Pedro Almodóvar‘s forte. Though it is fair to declare that he is the master…
Review: Alfonso Cuarón‘s Roma
A filmmaker at the top of his craft. An autobiographical narrative featuring the people, language, and locales of his homeland, all captured in mesmerising black-and-white…
Innocence Lost: Peter Weir's First Masterpiece, Picnic at Hanging Rock
“You must learn to love someone other than me, I won’t be here for long.” – Miranda In among the American heavyweight movies of 1975,…
Bee's Bergman Diary – Wild Strawberries
When I was told that we were celebrating the 100th Birthday of Ingmar Bergman, I was a little embarrassed by the sheer lack of Bergman…
A Dream-Like Nightmare: The Master Review
In my opinion, Paul Thomas Anderson’s latest three films feel like they are a part of an unofficial experimental trilogy. They each have a less…
Spielberg's Ark: The Masterful Schindler's List
In Language and Silence (1967), Cambridge University’s George Steiner famously suggested that, because the Holocaust “lies outside speech as it lies outside reason,” the proper…
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Okay, listen up. I just quickly wanted to update everyone with the upcoming events at the site in the coming months. The year in film…
