Tag: Foreign
Portrait of a Lady on Fire is a Well-Executed Film We’ve Seen Before
“‘Tis better to have loved and lost than never to have loved at all.” is a famous quotation about the perils of love lost, but is really true? Loving someone deeply but being unable to have them can…
Read More »Pain and Glory is a Portrait of How the Past Can Impede Our Present and Future
Unresolved trauma can construct roadblocks for one’s mental health and impediments toward progress within any part of our lives. Often times, people struggle to move forward and embark on new, productive paths due to the inability to reconcile…
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 »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 »Shoplifters is a Superb Family Drama Full of Mystery and Uneasy Moral Questions
************************This review contains spoilers**************************** Family plays an indelible mark in who we are as individuals. A good one can set a person up for life before they ever even leave the womb while being born to bad circumstances…
Read More »Roma Examines The Societal Barriers That Separate Women and What Can Unite Them
************************This review contains spoilers**************************** “We are alone. No matter what they tell you, we women, we are always alone.” Roma follows a wealthy family and their nanny Cleo (Yalitza Aparicio) in 1970s Mexico City as both try to…
Read More »Cold War Depicts an All-Too Common Tainted Love Affair
************************This review contains spoilers**************************** “You’re the drug running through my veins……and the crash right after.” Cold War follows the relationship between two Polish lovers, Zula (Joanna Kulig) and Wiktor (Tomasz Kot) in postwar Europe. The pair embark upon…
Read More »Burning’s Intriguing Mystery Cannot Overcome It’s Overwhelmingly Slow Pace
************************This review contains spoilers**************************** Burning follows a young Korean man named Lee Jong-soo (Ah-In Yoo) who works as a delivery boy to make ends meet while his farmer father stands trial for an assault case. While making deliveries,…
Read More »Why Suspiria is an Enduring Horror Cult Classic
Suspiria is the 1977 cult classic Eurohorror film made by legendary director Dario Argento. In the film we follow Suzy Bannion (Jessica Harper) an aspiring ballerina who travels to Germany from the United States to attend the best…
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The Traitor Explores Guilt and Consequences in an Epic Mafia Tale
Guilt and consequences are two of the toughest burdens to bear. Our choices can, and often do, come back to haunt not only ourselves, but those around us. From Italy comes an epic tale of a mobster faced…
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