Castaway
Oh how much do we take for granted. I’m talking about civilization of course. Being thrusted into such plush surroundings makes us forget of the eons long perpetual investments man has made in bettering his habitat. This is all in an effort to at the least protect himself from the wildness of nature as
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Nymphomaniac
In Nymphomaniac we are told a short story on the history of a particular woman not so much battling an addiction as expressing herself uncontrollably sexually, without shame in it. The main course of the tale is told to an asexual man who rescues her from an alleyway and attempts to revive her. Such
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Togetherness
Togetherness is a TV series that realizes the very tepid nature of young families. There is no more excitement, no more energy that clearly is shown deep underneath what appears to be the well-put together couple at the center of the film. While their friends are seemingly ship-wrecked, with one having been evicted as
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The Conversation
I was inspired to watch this film after viewing an interview with Francis Ford Copolla where he produced this film in between his Godfather movies. He downplayed it’s littleness. Indeed it does have a very narrow focus, with a very simple narrative, but it cannot be denied how difficult the cinematic sculpture around even
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Frank
Frank depicts the wishfulness of a frankly hackneyed mediocrity that seeks to achieve musical fame. To be fair, it is not overt what his desires are, beyond making music. So while he is unimpressive at best (truthfully he is atrocious), the protagonist does have a genuine desire of becoming an accomplished musician versus an
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The Two Faces of January
While there isn’t much depth below the excitement and thrill found in The Two Faces of January, it does allow us to probe the notion of the chain of being which leads people toward their undoing. I often meditate upon the adage that wise men learn to avoid trouble, and it is no wonder
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