There are two kinds of independent films – those that keep to the pre-determined structure of a film, which is the most popular – think of the nihilistic dialogue, the quirky characters and the offbeat humor. Then you get the independent films that try to revolutionize independent cinema altogether. Tangerine fits into the latter category,…
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…
Star Wars, Episode VI: Return of the Jedi (1983)
So my journey into the world of Star Wars is halfway complete, and it goes without saying that I am have truly entertained by these fantastic films, and am fully engrossed in the Star Wars universe. The final film of the original trilogy, Episode VI: Return of the Jedi, is probably by far the greatest…
Star Wars, Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back (1980)
So it was impossible for me to resist watching the second film in the original Star Wars trilogy after being absolutely blown away with the first film. Approaching Star Wars, Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back was even more daunting that the previous film, because it is well-documented that it is the best in the…
Star Wars, Episode IV: A New Hope (1977)
One of my biggest sins as a film-lover is that I have never really watched Star Wars. It was not as if I had anything against the franchise, or that I was opposed to watching them, but it was just a matter of never getting around to seeing them. An entire franchise, with two trilogies,…
7 Chinese Brothers (2015)
This is a very tricky film. I personally loved it because everything involving Jason Schwartzman is automatically brilliant in my books, and it seems almost a yearly ritual for him to star in one of these mumblecore indie comedies as a meandering intellectual intent on finding the meaning of life, as long as, you know,…
Natural Born Killers (1994)
I was opposed to seeing this film for the longest time. As an enormous Quentin Tarantino fan, I have been reluctant to watch this film, because the idea that someone would take a script that the young, idealistic genius wrote and completely mangled it beyond recognition was a travesty, and Tarantino himself certainly agreed, because…
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…
Unfriended (2014)
Horror films are the only genre of cinema where there is a huge gap in regards to originality. Many horror films stick to the same cliched conventional tropes, while others are entirely original and unique and revolutionary. Unfriended definitely belongs in the realm of the latter, and is one of the most impressive horror films…
The Great Beauty (2013)
What can I say about this behemoth of a film? Finding words for something like The Great Beauty is an extraordinarily difficult task. I could list an entire dictionary of terms to explain what I felt about The Great Beauty – complex, hilarious, meaningful, brilliant, twisted. It is a film unlike any you will ever…
The Postmodern Pelican 