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…
Tag: film
Big Boys (2024)
At some point, we all experience some kind of awakening in various forms, where we suddenly realize where we fit into this confusing and challenging world, and take the necessary steps to integrate ourselves into our respective niches or communities, should they be available. For some, this is a smooth process in which one slides…
The End (2024)
The consequence of life is death, which is a price we all inevitably have to pay. For about as long as we have been conscious beings, there has been discussion around what precisely the meaning of life is, a debate that has been raging for millennia. Yet, despite some of the most intelligent and insightful…
Lost on a Mountain in Maine (2024)
The story of Donn Fendler has captivated readers for years, with many being enthralled by his accounts of being a young boy who went hiking with his father and two brothers on Mount Katahdin in the late 1930s, but somehow found himself separated from the group, leading to nine gruelling days in the wilderness of…
Mercy (2014)
Home is where the heart is, but it’s also often where the trauma lies, which is a concept many of us come to realize far too late in life. We all carry our challenges, but there’s something about the home in which we grew up that feels particularly difficult to overcome, even if our experiences…
Riddle of Fire (2024)
Each one of us possessed a different childhood, but often we find that, regardless of background or circumstance, some qualities are nearly universal. No matter where you go in the world or how far you look into the past, a sense of childlike wonder and curiosity has always been a part of the process of…
Small Things Like These (2024)
Some artists set out to explore cultures and their people, while others are more focused on defining events and how they changed the course of history. Claire Keegan has shown herself to be fascinated by both concepts, with her small but substantial body of work being some of the most brilliant writing on the subject…
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…
Slither (2006)
Why is it always the small towns and quaint hamlets that are favoured by science fiction and horror writers when it comes time to choose the setting for their works? What is it about these charming little villages that makes them so appealing as far as tales of alien invasion and supernatural possession tend to…
Grey Bees (2024)
The subject of war is so frequently examined from every possible angle, whether in endeavours that veer towards the academic or artistic, that it seems like just about every potential story has been told, especially when it comes to conveying the message that war is not something to celebrate or view positively, but rather a…
The Postmodern Pelican 