For as long as we have been sentient, we have been pursuing the goal of trying to condense entire lives into single streams of thoughts – we all have a date in which we enter this world, and a date in which we exit, and everything in between becomes our legacy. For some people, they…
Category: Drama
Infinitely Polar Bear (2014)
Art is often known to be very personal, especially when it comes to stories about family. Countless writers and directors have drawn influence from their own lives, whether taking cues from their childhood or their journey to become the artists we appreciate and revere, which is not always the easiest way for someone to develop….
The Chronology of Water (2025)
The leap from actor to director is not always an easy one. While we can often view it as merely an attempt to assert one’s vanity in another position (usually because it is the result of an actor leveraging their fame to gain a large budget and an immediate bundle of credibility), there are instances…
The Love That Remains (2025)
Divorce is never easy – at its core, it is simply the legal decision of two individuals to end their marriage or partnership. It should technically be seen as nothing more than a transaction. Yet, this is obviously a brutal reduction of what can be one of the most daunting, challenging experiences anyone could have,…
Memory (2023)
It may be slightly inappropriate to start a discussion on a film by saying so, but there is a reason why Michel Franco is one of the most controversial contemporary filmmakers. It isn’t because the subject matter of his films is provocative or defiant of standards, nor is his filmmaking particularly challenging in a way…
Never Eat Alone (2016)
On occasion, we all come across those sensationalistic articles that proclaim that loneliness is one of the leading causes of death amongst the global population. Obviously, this is all just a ploy to get further readership, since it is really the adverse health effects normally linked to loneliness that has the impact, rather than the…
Sound of Falling (2025)
How do you distinguish a house and a home? The common approach is to view the former as merely a structure designed for human habitation, and that, over time and with some effort, it can transition into the latter. Many works have been formed around this very concept, which is why it is slightly too…
Golden Vanity (2023)
There is a very narrow boundary that divides vanity from glamour – even the term “vanity” has multiple meanings that circle the idea of otherworldly beauty, whether it be the more common description for those who are obsessed with their own allure, or to refer to that dressing table at which many people spend hours…
Peter Hujar’s Day (2025)
It was a day just like any other day – in fact, it probably would have been even less memorable had there not been a concerted effort to find out the events in as much detail as possible. On an ordinary weekday afternoon in December of 1974, journalist and writer Linda Rosenkrantz welcomed Peter Hujar…
The Mysterious Gaze of the Flamingo (2025)
It has often been said that there are two kinds of family that we all experience – the ones we are born into, and the ones we get to choose. Naturally, this requires some flexibility, since no domestic situation is going to be identical to another, but it is generally a good way of looking…
The Postmodern Pelican 