I have studied English Literature at university, and one course I enjoyed the most was that on satire – and through encounters with various notable satires of the past, I have discovered that one aspect of the arts that has always remained constant is that of comedy. The view that the past was dour and utterly serious…
Category: Romance
Maggie’s Plan (2016)
Has there been an actress in recent years as divisive as Greta Gerwig? Many people will not know who I am referring to, mainly because she has almost exclusively stuck to independent comedies. She is certainly an acquired taste, and while many people think she is the very definition of why independent cinema is becoming…
Truly, Madly, Deeply (1990)
I was one of many people around the world absolutely dumbfounded to discover that beloved thespian and character actor Alan Rickman had died. He was the ultimate actor – he managed to become a fan-favorite of the biggest film franchise of all time, all the while balancing a healthy amount of comedic and dramatic fare,…
Carol (2015)
I recently watched Brooklyn, and I was somewhat disappointed in it. I was hesitant about Carol, a film that shares a lot of themes with Brooklyn, such as the 1950s setting, the story of a girl out of water, finding unexpected love and a job that allows her to grow as a person. The two…
Brooklyn (2015)
Period dramas can either be dreadfully boring or wonderfully entertaining, depending on the approach taken. There are some period dramas that tell a true story, and others that tell fictional stories set in the past. Brooklyn falls into the latter group, and while it certainly was not dreadfully boring by any stretch of the imagination,…
I’ll See You in My Dreams (2015)
There is nothing quite like an authentic indie comedy. A film that strives to do nothing than just tell a small, intricate story, with no cliches or big-budget effects. With independent films becoming so popular today (or perhaps with the billion dollar budgets of blockbusters, nearly everything else is an independent film in comparison), there…
In the Mood for Love (2000)
It was about two years ago when my perception of cinema was completely changed, when I saw a film that broke the boundaries of what a film could make one feel. The film was Chungking Express, a bizarre and brilliant masterpiece of cinema. The mind behind that film was Wong Kar-Wai, a filmmaker who has…
Eagle vs Shark (2007)
Oh boy, what a sweet little film. You will probably remember a few weeks ago when I lost my mind over a film called What We Do in the Shadows. Turns out, the director of that film, Taika Waititi, is actually a pretty brilliant filmmaker, so I sought out some of his other films as…
The Lady Eve (1941)
Its always wonderful to finally watch a legendary film, one that has its place in the pantheon of iconic cinema. Being the huge comedy fan I was, I was very much anticipating the experience of watching one of the greatest comedies of all time, and one of the first and finest examples of the romantic…
The Perks of Being a Wallflower (2012)
There are a few genres of film that are very formulaic – action films, romantic films – and unfortunately, teen-oriented films. They all have the exact same protaganist – an old soul teenager thrust into a world of popular people, to which he or she vehemently fails to be a part of before finding fellow…
The Postmodern Pelican 