drama
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Blinded By The Light: or how Bruce Springstein saved my LIfe.
The brilliant filmmaker Gurinder Chadha , a British filmmaker of Indian descent, has over the past 25 years so succinctly captured the real essence of second generation of Asians who made the UK their home. With them having feet in both extremely different cultures, Chadra’s narratives reflect the whole generational aspect of racial bigotry…
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Orpheus’ Song: Porn scenario gets a touch of magic
Orpheus’ Song is a deceptive movie. It borrows from buddy movies, porn scenarios and classical myth to create a movie that gently simmers in a touch of magic. Philipp (Sascha Weingarten) and Enis (Julien Lickert) are work out buddies in Berlin. That oddly fraternal situation where it’s OK to focus on each other’s narcissism and…
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Marriage Story : a tale about getting divorced
It’s been 15 years since filmmaker Noah Baumbach made his breakthrough movie ‘The Squid and The Whale‘ which netted him an Academy Award Nomination for Original Screenplay. In the years since he has helmed several intriguing and enjoyable movies such as Margot At The Wedding, Greenberg and Francis Ha, yet none of them captured…
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Queen & Slim : a black ‘Bonnie & Clyde’
The jump from directing Beyonce’s music videos to helming her 2 1/2 hour first feature film seemed to overwhelm Melina Matsoukas resulting in an intriguing but uneven film. Hyped everywhere as a ‘black Bonnie & Clyde” which was kind of a spoiler as to how this thriller would end, but saying that this, and…
