Tag: Cinematography
Midsommar Features the Breakup From Hell Amidst a Battle between Grief and Vulnerability
************************This review contains spoilers**************************** “Do you feel held by him? Does he feel like home to you?” The words above are spoken to a young woman in crisis. A crisis of being newly orphaned and a crisis of…
Read More »The Souvenir Tracks the Lifespan of a Toxic Relationship
Finding love can be one of the most arduous processes we embark on in our lifetimes. Trying to find the right person with which we click is a trial and error process that unfortunately can have dire consequences…
Read More »Climax is a Visually Stunning Assault on the Senses
Climax is the story of a French dance troupe preparing for a tour of the United States, a dream come true for the aspiring performers. The troupe is rehearsing in an empty school with a small celebration planned…
Read More »Rocketman: Reginald Dwight, Elton John, and the Tale of the Sad Clown
“When are you going to hug me?” Fame, fortune, the admiration of millions. These are things most people dream of having in their lifetime, with the expectation that their presence will alleviate any problems or worries they have,…
Read More »Shadow is the Kind of Inventive, Stylish, but Substantive Film America is Making Less Of
Shadow is a story based on the Three Kingdoms Chinese fable involving two Chinese kingdoms, the Yan and the Pei. The two were formerly at war but are now in the throes of peace following an agreed upon…
Read More »Teen Spirit Explores the Ability of Music to Foster Human Relationships
Music is one of the most unifying forces in the world. It is how an island in the Pacific full of non-English speakers have built one of the richest hip-hop cultures on the planet, despite never having visited…
Read More »Under The Silver Lake is a Paranoid Love Letter to Los Angeles and Film Noir
“We crave mystery because there’s none left.” The millennial generation is infamously underpaid, overworked, and lagging behind where their parents were at the same age in terms of life accomplishments and experiences. These conditions provide a recipe ripe…
Read More »High Life is an Examination of the Psychological Effects of Guilt Couched in Sci-Fi
************************This review contains spoilers**************************** Guilt is one of the more devastating emotions that humans can feel, one that can linger and fester over long periods of time and affect every level of our well-being and existence. As any…
Read More »Greta is an Enticing Thriller that Explores Our Growing Loneliness Epidemic
************************This review contains a mild spoiler**************************** “We were meant for love. Not this terrible isolation, Frances.” We are currently living in an era of human history that has connected people around the globe on an unprecedented level. A…
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Gentrification and Instability Lead to The Last Black Man in San Francisco
As the famous idiom says, home is where the heart is. But when one never really has a stable home, a place where they and their love ones can congregate and enjoy tranquility and all that life has…
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