Love is a contradiction. Despite being a universal experience if we consider the various kinds of love – romantic, familial, platonic and everything else in between – it is still often very difficult to define precisely. This hasn’t stopped countless individuals in every conceivable field of study from trying their best to understand what it…
The Comedy Man (1964)
There is nothing quite as disheartening as putting your heart and soul into your chosen vocation, and discovering that it is not intended to be your permanent career. This is particularly prevalent in the world of the arts – some people have a brief burst of success but find themselves fading faster than they rose,…
Paper Tiger (2026)
Certain filmmakers immediately become major successes, viewed as the defining voice of their generation. Others take a bit longer to reach the levels of acclaim and appreciation that their talents deserve. James Gray has always felt like he occupies the latter category, and whether it’s because his films tend to be thornier, more complex character…
Bedside Manner (1945)
Some films are just too ambitious for the era in which they were made – whether narratively or visually; there are occasional instances of a film having very strong ideas that just aren’t given the attention they deserve by virtue of the era in which they were made. In the case of Bedside Manner, it…
Girls Like Girls (2026)
There’s a common tendency among novice filmmakers when it comes to choosing what they will do for their directorial debuts, based on the idea of writing what one knows the most about. This often leads to many choosing to tell stories that hit quite close to home, since this is one foolproof way to prevent…
No Grave for Us (1979)
It is an unimpeachable fact that art begets other art – creativity cannot emerge out of pure imagination, and every work of art that we encounter was inspired by another, even if subconsciously. To exemplify this, we can draw our attention to what is supposedly a relatively linear process in terms of the creation of…
Lake George (2024)
For decades, cinema has had a peculiar relationship with the film noir genre. At one point, it was arguably one of the most popular genres in Hollywood, but much like the western and musical, it faded away during that ambiguous period towards the end of the Golden Age, and was revived in the early 1970s…
In the Blink of an Eye (2026)
We are all connected in some way or another – this isn’t just the malarkey we find scattered across motivational social media pages and adorning tacky decorations in your local craft store, but a legitimate fact. While we may be a planet of over eight billion people (and that’s not even accounting for double that…
The Admirable Crichton (1957)
While it may not be universally agreed upon, it is generally accepted (usually begrudgingly) that society is built on a steady order, where everyone has their place and is required to stay within it to allow for everything to run as smoothly as possible – but like everything, even this well-maintained order sometimes shifts and…
No Other Land (2024)
“They have destroyed our homes. We have no other land” These chilling words were captured by Basel Adra while witnessing the destruction of the homes of civilians in Masafer Yatta, a region in the southern part of the West Bank and one of the many locations where Israeli military forces set out to destroy for…
The Postmodern Pelican 