Tailors, cutters and seamsters are professions that very few seem to notice until their services are required, despite them being the foundation of society in many ways; their clients usually run the gamut from politicians to everyday workers who employ them in an effort to look as good as they possibly can, whether it be…
Tag: drama
Everybody’s Fine (1990)
The great polymath and intellectual Johann Wolfgang von Goethe once famously remarked “there are only two lasting bequests we can hope to give our children. One of these is roots, the other, wings.”, a statement that has lingered in the minds of many parents as they endure the emotional challenges that come when they realise…
Is This Thing On? (2025)
Finding a romantic partner is easy, but keeping them is much more challenging – a sentiment that often arises whenever the subject of romance is discussed. There are as many films about falling in love as there are about maintaining that spark. Unfortunately, as idealistic as we may want to be when it comes to…
Plainclothes (2025)
There is something to be said about the most dangerous people being those hiding in plain sight. These seemingly friendly strangers cross our paths randomly, but secretly have ulterior motives, which contributes to the belief that there are some people whose entire purpose is to cause trouble or expose those whom they view as being…
Daddio (2024)
It may not be a regular occurrence (and has becoming increasingly more rare considering how internally we tend to live our lives in the digital era), but there is something profoundly beautiful about encountering a stranger with whom she share only a few moments, but which you still carry deep within your heart for a…
National Anthem (2024)
Some people are born to be a part of a community, others have to spend their formative years navigating a hostile world to find a sense of belonging. In both cases, it is clear that we all exist to fit in somewhere, even if only on the margins, and finding the right place for ourselves…
Catching Fire: The Story of Anita Pallenberg (2024)
As far as counterculture icons go, Anita Pallenberg is certainly one of the most fascinating, despite not being as widely known or revered as some of her peers. Someone whose career path was as layered and complicated as her ancestry, she was Italian-born of German parents, and who spent almost her entire life oscillating between…
There Was a Father (1942)
No one would weave a story together quite like Yasujirō Ozu, a filmmaker whose work I have proven to be a strict adherent to, and who continues to surprise me the further I venture into his career, which is brimming with unimpeachable masterpieces and hidden gems. The subject of today’s discussion occupies the latter category,…
Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (1958)
There are few names that evoke the same kind of passionate reaction in terms of capturing the very spirit of theatricality than Tennessee Williams, who wrote his final play over forty years ago, but whose spectre still lingers in the culture. This is particularly true since his work tackles themes relating to American life, exploring…
Desert Blue (1998)
While it is accompanied by challenges, there is something genuinely compelling about that ambigious space between adolescence and adulthood, where we spend a few years trying to find our footing in the world, being mature enough to understand some of life’s harshest realities, but still possessing a kind of naivete that prevents us from entirely…
The Postmodern Pelican 