If you put aside his prowess for the visual form, his depth of knowledge of both acting and directing in practically any medium, and his masterful control of character, whether central or peripheral, Orson Welles was simply a gifted storyteller – all of his films, whether his towering masterpieces or his more obscure works of…
Author: The Postmodern Pelican
Charlie Bubbles (1968)
Middle-aged Charlie Bubbles (Albert Finney) resents how famous he is. A world-renowned author who has dominated London as one of its great artists, he’s amassed fame and adoration from countless fans who are endeared to his unconventional style of writing and ability to tell a story that resonates with all of them. He decides that…
Un soir, un train (1968)
Mathias (Yves Montand) is a mild-mannered linguist who is passionate about his work at a Belgian university, where he teaches a course that implores his students to look beyond the simple use of language and consider the semiotics of the environment around them, as they live in multimodal linguistic landscapes where meaning can be derived…
Faces (1968)
Faces tells the tales of a deteriorating marriage and portrays the intersecting stories of two people coming to terms with their newly-found independence. Richard (John Marley) is a successful businessman who requests a divorce from his wife, with the final blow to their already-fragile marriage being his encounter with Jeannie (Gena Rowlands), who may or…
Standing Up, Falling Down (2020)
Two very different individuals collide unexpectedly, entering into the life of a complete stranger and finding an unconventional kinship is shared between them. One of them is Scott (Ben Schwartz), a young man who had been trying to realize his dream of becoming a famous stand-up comedian but was forced to leave Los Angeles when…
Abigail’s Party (1977)
Beverley (Alison Steadman) has invited a few friends over for the evening, much to the chagrin of her husband, Laurence (Tim Stern), a mild-mannered real-estate agent who would prefer a quiet evening of light classical music. Their guests are their new neighbours, upbeat Angela (Janine Duvitski) and her droll husband Tony (John Salthouse), as well…
The Invisible Man (2020)
When we are introduced to Cecilia (Elisabeth Moss), she’s about to attempt to escape, which isn’t a rare occurrence in horror films. However, the difference is that she’s trying to run away from her home, which houses her boyfriend, Adrian (Oliver Jackson-Cohen), a beloved technological innovator who has amassed enormous wealth and massive respect from…
Big Daddy (1999)
His recent output has made us collectively reevaluate the career of Adam Sandler, where his skills as a comedic actor, which were previously subjected to enormous disdain as a result of his vast amount of seeming-lacklustre work, being given another chance, with the clear conclusion being that, despite often appearing in awful films, Sandler as…
The Cremator (1969)
Karel Kopfrkingl (Rudolf Hrušínský) is a mild-mannered man who has a passion for his career – he runs a small but renowned crematorium in Prague, where many of the city’s most established individuals briefly reside after their death, put under the meticulous care of a man who adores his chosen profession. His work is extremely…
Onward (2020)
Regardless of how you feel about the company, Pixar is fully in command of their craft, as demonstrated by their most recent cinematic offering, the crowd-pleasing fantasy comedy Onward, another in their endless line of impeccably-produced animated adventures that sometimes tends to avoid deviating too far from a familiar structure, while still be entertaining enough…
