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SXSW Film Festival Review – ‘The Cow’ Brings Audiences on a Weird and Winding Journey

Movie characters always seem to think that it’s a good idea to head into the middle of the woods late at night. No one expects that will lead to their eventual death at the hands of a deranged serial killer or their sacrifice to the devil, to name a few possibilities, but it still doesn’t…

Murina / FIRST LOOK 2022, MOMI : A Stunning Debut Film Indicts Toxic Masculinity

The premise of this film is not out of the ordinary: it’s yet another saga about a troubled teenaged girl on the cusp of adulthood seeking to escape an abusive father and deceitful mother. online pharmacy albuterol over the counter with best prices today in the USA And the narrative is not particularly unique either: …

SXSW Review: Tony Hawk: Until the Wheels Fall Off

Babe Ruth, Michael Jordan, Wayne Gretzky, Serena Williams, Tom Brady; every sport has a figure everyone around the world can say they know, even if they have no knowledge of the sport in the first place. When it comes to skateboarding, it’s undeniable that Tony Hawk is that recognizable figure. Though the world knows his…

Deep Water, Employs Heliciculture As An Allegory For Human Behaviour

The director of Fatal Attraction, Unfaithful and Indecent Proposal, Adrian Lyne, returns to the big screen with psychological thriller Deep Water, starring Ben Affleck and Ana de Armas. The film, distributed by Hulu, is based on the eponymous novel by Patricia Highsmith, known for penning also the famed book, adapted for the screen, The Talented…

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…