Tag: Foreign

What Ikiru Can Still Teach An Overworked Society Six Decades After Its Release

“They say there’s something noble about suffering and it’s true. Misfortune teaches us the truth.” Studies consistently show that Americans are overworked, over-stressed, and under rested as a result of our workplace culture. In addition to spending more…

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Metropolis: A Masterpiece Ahead of Its Time

Image: F.W. Murnau Foundation

“Head and hands require a mediator. The mediator between the head and hands must be the heart.” Metropolis is a futuristic city, ruled by its wealthy creater Joh Fredersen (Alfred Abel). His son Freder (Gustav Fröhlich) discovers the…

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Hounds of Love Shines While Tackling Tough Subject Matter

Hounds of Love takes place in 1987, following serial killer couple John and Evelyn White (Stephen Curry and Emma Booth) in Perth, Australia. While searching for their next victim, they happen upon Vicki Maloney (Ashleigh Cummings), a high…

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Sing Street Sets a New Standard for the Coming of Age Film

“For our art, Cosmo. You can never do anything by half. Do you understand that?” Sing Street is a story about a high school boy in 1980s Dublin, Ireland named Conor (Ferdia Walsh-Peelo) who decides to start a…

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