On occasion, we all come across those sensationalistic articles that proclaim that loneliness is one of the leading causes of death amongst the global population. Obviously, this is all just a ploy to get further readership, since it is really the adverse health effects normally linked to loneliness that has the impact, rather than the…
Tag: cinema
Bravo Bene! (2025)
I’ve always been fascinated by public figures who are extremely famous in certain parts of the world (particularly in their home countries), but remain entirely obscure to outsiders. Not only does this allow us to make some fascinating observations on the nature of fame and celebrity (indicating that geographical and temporal borders are often much…
Pin de fartie (2025)
Pinpointing an artistic movement to a particular work or moment in time is difficult, since we’ve come to learn there’s nothing that can be considered truly original – as Roland Barthes said, “a text is a tissue of quotations drawn from the innumerable centres of culture”, which is the very foundation of postmodernism as a…
Nouvelle Vague (1990)
Where does an artistic revolutionary go once the world has caught up with their ingenuity? Some are put out to pasture, fading into obscurity through struggling to come to terms with a rise in popularity, indicating that they were no longer symbols of the avant-garde and instead highly influential remnants of a bygone era. Others…
Nouvelle Vague (2025)
There are few moments in cinema history more vital than the birth of the French New Wave, and regardless of how one feels about the movement or the artists involved in it, we cannot ignore the impact made by these filmmakers and their cohorts in crafting an entirely new cinematic lexicon. As time has progressed,…
Devil and the Deep (1932)
There are some themes that we can consider universal when it comes to understanding the root of what drives us to create art – and while there are the more obvious choices, such as love, family and death (the trio of topics to which nearly every work of art can be traced), others are slightly…
It Was Just an Accident (2025)
How far would you go to get revenge on someone who you consider to have ruined your life? We often find ourselves in conversations about whether retribution is something that should be punished when it becomes violent, or if authorities should look the other way in situations where it can be justified. This is a…
The Méliès Mystery (2021)
For as long as we have been celebrating the history of cinema, there has been a concerted effort to cite someone as the proverbial “father” of the medium. There is a debate around who we can consider the first true pioneer, so it would seem that the most appropriate solution is not to label an…
Time to Leave (2005)
Saying goodbye is never easy, but it’s often worse to lose someone without having the opportunity to express your love and affection, even if it is for the last time. This is one of the few blessings given to those who are diagnosed with a terminal illness – in cases where a disease can be…
Go Fish (1994)
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…
The Postmodern Pelican 