How does one begin to describe a city? Do you examine the architecture and how it has evolved? Or is it a case of exploring the culture through the generations of people who have called it their home? Perhaps the most effective approach would be to simply choose one aspect and allow the rest to…
Tag: history
The Testament of Ann Lee (2025)
There are some topics that are naturally more suitable to the cinematic form, based on their universality and the fact that we can usually relate to them thoroughly in one way or another. However, there are also those that are the inverse – regardless of how hard one may try, it’s very difficult to explore…
Meet Wally Sparks (1997)
As a culture, we are predisposed to enjoying some of the less intellectual sides of society, which mainly manifests in the form of the entertainment we consume. This obviously doesn’t apply to everyone, but I’d argue we all have our self-professed “guilty pleasures” that we tend to keep concealed from prying eyes. The most common…
12 Years a Slave (2013)
The measure of a great film is one that not only entertains but also allows a degree of discussion to happen between audiences about the messages of those films. One film that has caused a lot of discussion in the masterpiece 12 Years a Slave. While not in any way a perfect film, 12 Years…
The Postmodern Pelican 