Archive for the ‘Movie’ Category

‘Woman of Straw’ (1964) Film Review

Posted on February 5th, 2025 by Joseph A. Hazani

What to do with a family that promotes such malfeasance in human form? What to make of a character that is obnoxiously rich, and enjoys the downpour of his earnings power in the twilight of his corporal experience by being a dirty bastard towards his help? To make such obscene gestures with regards to the […]

‘Who Framed Roger Rabbit’ Film Review

Posted on January 19th, 2025 by Joseph A. Hazani

In a spectacle that is delightful for all ages, a healthy medium of the childishly innocent with the practically knowable tendencies of evil-doing brings out a cinematic performance which is par excellence. It is in this perspective of originality in considering cartoons as performers with real lives on the side which helps illuminate an imagination […]

‘Attica’ Film Review (1980)

Posted on June 10th, 2024 by Joseph A. Hazani

What is justice? The perennial query into the self-examination of human goodness arrives at such a cinematic climax with the splendorous depiction of inmates which stage a civil protest while interned with the historical portrayal in the film Attica. It is in this emphasis of their ability to affirm their basic human rights, of being […]

Devil in a Blue Dress (1995) Film Review

Posted on June 5th, 2024 by Joseph A. Hazani

What people will do for money. What people will do for power.   It is the unfortunate inadvertence of the protagonist, Mr. Easy Rawlins, portrayed by Mr. Denzel Washington to find work in a vulnerable position of needing to keep up with the mortgage on his home in a distinctly African-American Los Angeles neighborhood – […]

‘Made in Britain’ Film Review

Posted on June 5th, 2024 by Joseph A. Hazani

What is a society supposed to do with the unruly? Those who, before reaching the age of peak maturity, are already down a dark road of constant rebellion? To the point where the society is healthier if they were quarantined. Indeed, is this not the precept of penitentiary?   And yet, how unfortunate for a […]

‘Broke’ (2016) Film Review

Posted on February 9th, 2024 by Joseph A. Hazani

What does it mean to be a has-been? Does it necessarily imply one is no longer needed in humanity, especially once the body’s wear and tear become that noticeable in making one obsolete in one’s trade? Where is the humanity in giving someone the dignity of being human after they are no longer useful towards […]

Marie Antoinette Movie Review

Posted on November 23rd, 2023 by Joseph A. Hazani

Luxury or decadence? Is there a difference? When the choices for more become overbearing, how is an aristocratic woman supposed to respond?   When it is possible to be self-contained in an isolated world, beyond the wood shoed touches on cobblestone which have constant needs for feeding, there is danger lurking.   So then it […]

‘Mutiny on the Bounty’ Film Review

Posted on October 8th, 2023 by Joseph A. Hazani

In what is an otherwise wonderful historical period piece, the hot contest for right action or rightful conduct among men ignites with a sea voyage of moral turmoil in Mutiny on the Bounty. It is in the requirement of obeying commands, to maintain order, to persist with lawful conduct which has graced the Oceans with […]

Akira Kurosawa’s ‘Dreams’ Movie Review

Posted on August 24th, 2023 by Joseph A. Hazani

In a stunning meditation on the idea of Natural Piety to human desires, Akira Kurosawa’s Dreams reveals to us the idea of cinema, as that which is sufficiently informed by a higher-moving power than mere playhouses. The mythical reality sternly imposed upon the Japanese soul through this anthropological masterpiece catapults us towards a higher view […]

‘Dark Crystal’ (1982) Film Review

Posted on April 25th, 2023 by Joseph A. Hazani

Mr. Jim Henson portrays a terrifically fantastical storyline which echoes in a way which is accessible to pre-adolescence yet reverberates with the story of the Exodus – the idea of the physical liberation of people from unjust affliction. The necrosis of a world bent towards a social order of dominion, of absolute power over others, […]