With the exception of Charles Dickens’ seminal words “it was the best of times, it was the worst of times”, or Vladimir Nabokov’s “Lolita, light of my life, fire of my loins”, I would argue that there has not been a more iconic and noteworthy set of words to open any work of literature than…

It is quite a surreal and amazing feeling when you have expectations for a film that aren’t particularly high, and it ends up being one of the most dazzling experiences one has ever had. Honestly, I initially didn’t think too much of A Serious Man. I am not sure why I wasn’t that keen on…

There are few filmmakers who I am more excited to see how their careers develop than Yorgos Lanthimos. Ever since I saw The Lobster, I have realized that he is a monumental talent. Even in his breakthrough film, Dogtooth, I saw traces of a truly remarkable filmmaker, and I was curious to see how he…

Something I love about foreign-language cinema (meaning films from countries other than the USA or United Kingdom) is the fact that it can be so brilliantly strange, bizarre and wonderful, and that it doesn’t need to stick to any conventions to be seen, which is something that keeps many original ideas from being made in…

“Power to the people who punish bad cinema” – that remains one of my core mantras after seeing this very weird film. John Waters took perhaps his most courageous leap of faith with this film – it wasn’t about trailer trash or suburban life in Baltimore. Instead, it was a satire on the film industry…