While it is certainly true that the vast majority of artworks are designed to be enjoyed by a wider audience, even those which tackle more niche subjects, there are some that exist primarily to target one specific group, usually being made by those within that community for their peers. However, this does not disqualify those…
Category: Romance
The Well-Digger’s Daughter (1940)
When it comes to sharp but meaningful satire, few writers were more adept at capturing the social and cultural milieu more than Marcel Pagnol. As both a playwright and filmmaker, he is responsible for several of the most important texts in the history of French literature, being an influential artistic force in both theatre and…
Crossing Delancey (1988)
Some people believe in fate, whereas others see it as merely thinly-veiled faith in some higher power that seemingly has a plan for all of us, an idea that has been increasingly viewed with incredulity as time has progressed. However, there’s something quite appealing about putting all your trust in something that we cannot see…
Reality Bites (1994)
Whenever the subject of great filmmakers of the past thirty years comes up, one name that is rarely mentioned despite a solid body of work is Ben Stiller, someone who is undeniably familiar to the majority of us, but who barely receives the attention he deserves for his forays behind the camera, at least not…
We Used to Know Each Other (2019)
Being in love is a wonderful experience, but maintaining it is another matter entirely, which is something that the protagonists of We Used to Know Each Other have to learn for themselves. A very simple independent comedy directed by Robert G. Putka, who wrote the screenplay in conjunction with Hugo de Sousa, who also happens…
Seven Chances (1925)
There are some artists whose work is singularly impossible to describe since even attempting to condense the impact they made on their medium into a single coherent sentence is a challenge, primarily because understanding their brilliance requires us to address several different elements that went into the creation of their work. There is a reason…
Mauvais Sang (1986)
An enigmatic young man runs down the street – we can’t tell if he’s overcome with joy or panic, and the use of David Bowie’s “Modern Love” doesn’t make his state of mind any more clear, and only creates more dissonance between the tone and what is being asserted in this particular moment. Yet, despite…
Queer (2024)
William S. Burroughs is a writer whose work has divided the reading audience for decades – some view his style as being experimental, daring and unconventional to the point of being borderline revolutionary, while others perceive his novels and short stories as bloated, self-indulgent works designed to confuse and frustrate with their impenetrable style and…
We Live in Time (2024)
We tend to view life as a single stream of events, occurring in linear time and aiming to reach a particular destination – and the fact that we are obsessed with chronology to the point where we tend to focus on every unit of time. The great irony of this universal tendency is that in…
Hot Saturday (1932)
Discussions about the Pre-Code era are certainly not elusive around these parts. This period of Hollywood history is one of the most fascinating, since that brief period between the silent era and the implementation of the Hays Code was home to some of the most boundary-pushing, daring works, the likes of which we wouldn’t see…
The Postmodern Pelican 