The First kiss in The Movie
byThe Kiss arrived in 1896, when movies were still a captivating new concept. Auguste and Louis Lumiere had just begun showing off their cinematograph—a hand-crank…
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Toronto Film Festival and All the Crying Men
byCrying male protagonists appeared in the first two films that I saw in this year’s TIFF. It came to my mind that maybe I should look for a trend, the unexpected snivelling…
American Sniper and Its Ideological Contradictions
byFrom an ideological standpoint, it is too easy to damn Clint Eastwood’s American Sniper, but from a cinematic perspective, the film relies on skilfully…
Oscar-nominated Leviathan
byLeviathan, the new film by Andrey Zvyagintsev, is about political corruption in northern Russia. But unlike many other political films, it is not a…
Toronto TIFF 2014 and Emersonian Walk
byI Had a daily pass for 20 films for Toronto International Film Festival and it cost me $10 each. This year every movie I…
Wondering more about the Coen Brothers’ latest film
byThe Coen Brothers are no help and never will be. Go ahead and ask them. Fresh Air’s Terry Gross recently tried. She asked them…
Blue Melancholia is Approaching
byIt’s not about death, or the end drawing near. It’s not about love or hate among sisters, fathers, mothers, sons, daughters or husbands and…