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…
Category: Romance
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 