Election follows the path of despair for one unfortunate soul who is oblivious to his own unhappiness and dissatisfaction with his life. He masks his own self-loathing in an attack on a teenage girl who overachieves at everything she does. What’s terrific about the film is that it could have been presented with much […]

Max, a famous comedian, is stunned to see the behavior of the parents of the teammates of his son’s baseball team. It stuns him so much he receives creative inspiration to make a film satirizing them. He begins then to interview each parent to learn how they tick, and ultimately to make an attempt to […]

The cover for the movie and the title suggest a Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas type of surrealism. But in actuality this film is incredibly intimate, with the most consistently tight camera work you will see capturing a very strong rendition of the reality of presumably college students or just young kids seeking to […]

In a charmingly finished story, we are introduced to the need for unconditional love that forms the bedrock of every human life. Or at the very least our ideal of a necessary validity to our existence. And this comes in the face of having to deal with modern technology, like inanimate intelligence that can act […]

  Pride is one of the seven deadly sins. So is Lust. Which is the more severe of the two? Philomena tries to expose the former as the most damaging in the annals in history. And its measure is successful.   We are introduced to an elderly Irish lady having flashbacks of a past life. […]

It’s after the war in Los Angeles. Peace time feels completely cerebral. In its vacuum of serenity, there exists the games of politics. What is striking with this vision of political tinkering is the intimate exposure to the Catholic Church and the organization of its leaders, and the necessity for the church to generate revenue […]

The Kids Are Alright is actually a coming-of-age film that genuinely passes itself off as a mild melodrama. The plot itself is highly original, with the writing and acting top shelf. I came away thoroughly impressed with the entire production.   The great thing about such a film is that it is able to successfully […]

Where do musicians find inspiration for their songs? And most especially, what makes that inspiration so galvanizing that they sacrifice their livelihood to express it? Would most people understand and appreciate that spiritual necessity?   Goh is a singer/songwriter who scrapes by singing songs. The problem with such musicians, or really in the creation of […]

In Bruges is a challenging work of art. it teeters between the European nihilistic epoch whereby the European man has lost his conviction and his faith, he has lost his religion to time and museums, and actually fundamentals. Principles. Ethics.   The entire scene is built around this cacophony of charming quaint tourist trap Bruges […]

Louie above all else is a man trying to get his shit together. He’d probably now adore being reclusive not for the sake of himself, but more nobly out of the sake for his daughters. And it is this juxtaposition between quote -post 70s New York rot and ostentatious sexuality and grotesque sense of status […]