There seems to be a trend lately to give every actress nearing (or over) the age of 70 a film to showcase her talents. Charlotte Rampling proved her brilliance in the heartbreaking 45 Years. Lily Tomlin commanded the screen in Grandma, and Blythe Danner was beautifully delicate in I’ll See You in My Dreams. Sally…
Category: comedy
Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back (2001)
At this point, I don’t need to elaborate on why I adore Kevin Smith or the View Askewniverse, because it just isn’t really necessary – other than finding that he and I share a very similar sense of humor with certain things, Smith’s films always are very funny, endearing and in particular, his View Askewniverse…
Mallrats (1995)
I am way too fond of Kevin Smith for my own good. I just think he’s an absolutely tremendous director, and his films are just so endlessly entertaining. Clerks is the very pinnacle of independent comedy that I love, and every film he did since that has been varying shades of brilliance. Clerks was risky…
Withnail & I (1987)
I remember a few months ago going absolutely mad for a film called How to Get Ahead in Advertising. It was a film that completely blew my mind – it was such a zany, insane and bizarre film, and it featured Richard E. Grant in one of the most committed and most entertaining performances I…
Chasing Amy (1997)
I, like many others, remember a time when Ben Affleck was not Batman, or someone constantly in prestige projects. The first time I ever saw Ben Affleck in a movie was when I was much younger, in Jersey Girl (a film that has received a fair share of critical hatred – but I thought it…
Stardust Memories (1980)
Woody Allen is a conundrum. Not only is he one of the greatest filmmakers of all time, he is also a prolific filmmaker that really does not fit with the standard his contemporaries such as Martin Scorsese and Steven Spielberg set. Allen has made a film almost every year since 1969 (if my film knowledge…
A Mighty Wind (2003)
I am really in a very nostalgic mood these days, and because of this I have revisted a few of my favorite films that I feel have shaped me as a cinephile and as a person. If there is one filmmaker that I hold very dear to my heart, even if he isn’t as universally…
Land Ho! (2014)
Have you ever watched a film that took you completely off-guard? A film that you did not have high expectations for, but found yourself being blown away by how entertaining and brilliant it is? I certainly encounter a film like that from time to time, and it is honestly such an amazing feeling. What is…
Trading Places (1983)
There is nothing quite as wonderful as a good comedy from the 1980s, is there? One of the brightest directorial minds in comedy is John Landis, who directed quite possibly my favourite film of all time, The Blues Brothers, and my favourite horror film of all time, An American Werewolf in London. Landis’ filmography in…
The Darjeeling Limited (2007)
One of the great parts of studying Literature in university is that one is exposed to so much literature we would otherwise not seek out by ourselves. Last year, I did a course on Indian literature, where we studied some wonderfully notable Indian writers. However, one really stood out to me – R.K. Narayan, who…
The Postmodern Pelican 