Without a shadow of a doubt, music and film can sometimes go gloriously hand in hand. A good song, a good soundtrack or a good score can significantly enhance the power that a film can have on the viewer. I personally have a favourite song (Dylan's 'Knockin' on Heaven's Door' in Pat Garrett and Billy … Continue reading An Unexpected Musical Interlude

As the end of this rampantly fucked-up 2016 approaches, critics will most likely bombard the media with lists of the best film releases of the year. One of those releases that is bound to feature regularly is The Revenant, released back in January to thunderous acclaim. Remember that one that had the bear in it?...and … Continue reading Adaptations Part 1: The Revenant and Man in the Wilderness – The Story of Hugh Glass

Inspired by current world events i.e. the full disintegration into oblivion of the American intellect, I have decided to focus my first blog post on the obsession between movies and the end of the world. Things are going to get a bit Book of Revelation… Halfway through Adam Curtis’s mind-blowing documentary on the current socio-political … Continue reading The End of the World as They Show It

In short, this is an incredible achievement in cinema. The vision and the fearlessness to go through with it. Linklater has managed something amazing. And there I was thinking he was just a spliffster who makes an odd good movie now and again. It's very simply but poignantly done. The actors are obviously growing and … Continue reading Archive Review – Boyhood (2014 Richard Linklater)

Imagine if there were a celestial-being watching us from above, from the side, from below, from within, from every possible point of view. Rather than watching (which probably evokes a sense of creepiness here), perhaps it is more appropriate to imagine it viewing us unobjectively. Samsara, with all its zen invocations by virtue of its … Continue reading Archive Review – Samsara (2012 Ron Fricke)

What exactly does one want from a work of art? To understand it completely? To be entertained? To be able to giddily talk about it to others in complete and unabridged detail afterwards? I expect the personal experience for everybody who goes to watch a film depends on the self. Unlike other individuals, I am … Continue reading Archive Review – The Master (2012 Paul Thomas Anderson)