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SXSW Review: In the Court of the Crimson King

When it comes to the world of Prog Rock every fan will have their preference as to which band holds the crown as their favorite. Opinion is all that matters when it comes to what a single person likes. But when it comes to King Crimson, I think it is hard to deny that they…

Netflix’s The Andy Warhol Diaries Takes Us On A Journey Inside The Artist’s Mind

The most important artist of all times is homaged by a Ryan Murphy Production, in Netflix’s The Andy Warhol Diaries. Every episode is introduced by eden ahbez’s song Nature Boy, that not only captures the hippie era that Warhol traversed, but also epitomises his essence of a wandering soul who wanted to love and be…

Film Review – ‘Gold’ Treads Familiar Territory in Its Visit to a Bleak Future

The future doesn’t look especially bright, with any number of ways that humanity can destroy itself. Chief among them is the eradication of our environment, which could, in a frighteningly short time, make the planet uninhabitable. Whether that happens before another global war or the collapse of society for a different reason remains to be…

Film Review: Going Back in Time with, “The Adam Project”

Quick; if you could go back in time, what would you do? Though the popular answers will range from placing a bet on a sporting event to killing baby Hitler, the one thing no one comes up with is; maybe try to heal some emotional wounds. While The Adam Project– the second team up of…

Song For Cesar, The Chant Of A Movement That Inspires To This Very Day

The ontology of the farmworker movement comes to life within the thorough documentary by Abel Sanchez and Andres Alegria, Song for Cesar. The film retraces in detail the life and legacy of the labour leader and civil rights activist Cesar Chavez. The picture captures an epoch and all the main social actors that defined it,…

Film Review – ‘Turning Red’ is Another Positive Cultural Spotlight from Pixar

Tradition is often at war with modernity, and people, particularly teenagers and young adults, sometimes feel a pull towards the latter at the expense of the former. Ancient customs and religious heritage may feel antiquated and counterproductive to societal progress, but there is a reason they have endured for so long and remained the fabric…

Film Review – ‘Asking for It’ is a Sophisticated, Thought-Provoking Exploration of Gender Inequality

Throughout human history, it has been an unfortunate reality that those with power are able to get away with taking advantage of and mistreating those with less. In modern times, the idea of privilege has helped to reframe the natural advantages that certain people have over others that they may not realize because they have…

A Balance, Battles Between Familial Love And Virtue

Winner of the New Current Award at the Busan International Film Festival, the Jury Award of the 2020 Pingyao International Film Festival edition and an official selection at Berlinale, Yujiro Harumoto’s second feature film, A Balance, is currently part of the the third ACA Cinema Project series. The New Films from Japan programme, is organised…

TV Review – Netflix’s ‘Pieces of Her’ is a Constantly Engrossing Mystery

People tend to show their true selves in moments of crisis. Everyone would like to believe that, when the time comes, they will be able to react instinctively and quickly, bravely stepping in to protect those around them from whatever threat is present. Yet it’s impossible to know until it happens, and the aftermath of…

Blue, A Cinematic Encomium Of The Defeated

ACA Cinema Project — which organised the recent “Flash Forward” film series at Japan Society — returns with the theatrical release of Blue, directed by Keisuke Yoshida showing at New York’s IFC Center. The filmmaker who was named ‘The Master of Psychological Drama’ and was honoured with a special Director in Focus programme at 2021’s Tokyo…

TV Review – HBO’s ‘Winning Time: The Rise of the Lakers Dynasty’ Tells an Engaging Sports Story for All

Who doesn’t love a good comeback story? Knowing that things ultimately turn out well for the underdogs isn’t usually a detractor because watching them go from nothing to whatever celebratory accomplishment they achieve is the real reason to tune in. HBO’s newest series, Winning Time: The Rise of the Lakers Dynasty, foretells its subjects’ fate…