by Joseph A. Hazani July 10, 2016
In yet another tale of nihilistic Manhattan depravity, James White depicts a rowdy, restless, and agonized young man in the crutches of dealing with a world that quite simply does not give a damn. The self-destructive tendency of James, at first hinted when the film begins and then slowly but surely collects damning evidence, shows the underbelly to megalopolitan life. A life which, despite....
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by Joseph A. Hazani June 13, 2016
Consider this another exhibit of the European man’s nihilism – and it is particularly interesting how Colin Farrell is so drawn to the dying breaths of European culture, with this being sequential to his work in In Bruges. Yet here, as opposed to examining the question of man’s mortality and the worth of justice, we have the examination on man’s sexuality and the worth of posterity. And....
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by Joseph A. Hazani June 11, 2016
What moves someone to be what they will be? If the answer was so simple, we would not have those drowning in distractions. We would not have others in painful anxiety about their lives. We would not have resentment in the world. All that would be left were those immersed in self-satisfaction, for they had the answer on how they should lead their lives towards a destination of upmost happiness.....
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