by Joseph A. Hazani February 9, 2015
With Bird People, are we to stipulate that the two main characters in the film, who merely run into each other in passing while at an airport hotel, prefer and out of body experience than to animate the flesh and blood they were born with? What can explain the magical fancy the film pivots on as it draws its curtains, when the female French maid spends an evening flying around as a....
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by Joseph A. Hazani January 31, 2015
Wetlands attempts to be a provocative coming of age film of a young German girl and her flaunting sexuality. It’s best to understand the cultural context where the Germans are probably the most sexually comfortable people on the planet, who allow prostitution freely. So it’s not to say that the filmmakers are trying to stab at a typical American conservative that is reserved and....
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by Joseph A. Hazani January 24, 2015
There is a constant paradox of being an individual and being an individual that needs society to function. Because by definition of individuality, there is no compromise in one’s uniqueness compared to anyone else. And yet, as an individual, in order to live a better uniqueness requires compromising toward other individuals. It can be beneficial to live in isolation from anyone....
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