There is a moment in Endless Poetry (Spanish: Poesía sin fin) where Pequeñita (Julia Avendaño), one of the main characters’ girlfriends with dwarfism, encounters someone equally in stature to her – the stranger simply says “You are small. I am small. Together we can grow” – this is one of the most touching moments I…

What is there to say about There Will Be Blood? It has been a decade since it was released, and it is still, by far, the greatest film of the twenty-first century. I am not simply saying this because I am a huge fan of Paul Thomas Anderson – in fact, There Will Be Blood…

I think Mrs Dalloway is one of the greatest books ever written – extraordinary in its approach to looking at humanity, with a keen sense of humour and a unique structure. It seems to be a book that is pretty much unfilmable, because most of what I liked about Mrs Dalloway can only be garnered…

I recently read Virginia Woolf’s beautiful, poignant and highly influential novel, Mrs. Dalloway, and needless to say I adored it. I am firmly in the school of fans of Postmodern literature, so to read an undeniably Modernist novel such as Mrs. Dalloway allows for one to see where the likes of David Foster Wallace, Don…

Ida is a film that has a lot going for it – it is a picturesque piece of filmmaking, with some amazing cinematography. It has two very impressive lead performances. It makes great use of black-and-white photography, and it is quite a unique film. However, Ida is a film that suffers from the same symptom…

Death and grieving is not a stranger to cinema. Many films are fascinated with the idea of exploring death and how the loved ones who are left behind deal with the death. It is also a very sensitive subject, because its likely that each and every one of us has lost a loved one, and…

I truly believe Paul Thomas Anderson is one of the greatest filmmakers working today. As film lovers, we need to recognize the fact that we live in the era of Anderson and know that we are in the presence of a cinematic genius. Even though I have watched all of his films no less than…

Where do I start with The Headless Woman (La mujer sin cabeza)? This was an extraordinarily strange film and I am really not sure what to make of it. I certainly don’t know how to make sense of what this film is about or what it was trying to say, but I certainly do think…

There comes a point in the life of every cinephile where they watch Mulholland Drive for the first time. I remember seeing it quite a few years ago, when I was just a neophyte film lover. I decided to revisit it, and I will be completely honest and claim that there are two facts that…

I’ve recently grown fascinated with coming-of-age stories, and I adore how some of the superior works in the genre are able to capture the naivety of youth and combine it with the themes of isolation and identity. One of the more memorable coming-of-age stories in recent years is Closet Monster, not only a wonderful story…