“Synecdoche, New York”, is an amazing and challenging film by director Charlie Kaufman. It is a film full of uncomfortable and courageous truths about human beings, which we constantly try to ignore through illusions and stimulating beliefs of transcendence. The theater director Caden Cotard (Philip Seymour Hoffman), is a depressed man, whose life fades quickly. …
#3 Adèle Exarchopoulos & Léa Seydoux ‘I miss you. I miss not touching each other. Not seeing each other, not breathing in each other. I want you. All the time. No one else.’ This quote sets the scene in ‘Blue is the Warmest Color’. A vivid and beautiful story about young love which is both …
“American Beauty”, directed by Sam Mendes, tells us the story of Lester Burnham (Kevin Spacey), a middle-aged man who fears getting old, loses faith in true love, and is not respected by those who know him better. Lester is despised by his teenage daughter, ignored by his wife, and not satisfied with his work. “Somehow, …
This album was inspired by the 1971 American road movie ‘Vanishing Point’ directed by Richard C. Sarafian and is an attempt to write an alternative soundtrack to the film. Bobby Gillespie stated “The music in the film is hippy music, so we thought, ‘Why not record some music that really reflects the mood of the …
#2 Maria Bello & Viggo Mortensen Marriage can do terrible damage to the libido for the less imaginative of couples. The humdrum of life subtly taking over, missionary being the only option on the menu, or perhaps the kinkier of couples introducing a new friend, rubber or otherwise to their sex play. Thankfully, our two …
We currently live in deeply sad times in which we are overly subjected to electronic devices. “Her” is a monumental film by the interesting director Spike Jonze, where he tells us the story of Theodore, a man who falls in love with a computer voice. Theodore works for a company that hires professional writers who …
bUniversal Pictures producers Richard D. Zanuck and David Brown purchased the film rights for JAWS in 1973, before the book by Peter Benchley was published and became a huge bestseller. They were fascinated by the thrilling plot, though in retrospect they admitted that if they had given the novel a second read, they would have …
by Octavio Carbajal Gonzalez
‘I Stand Alone’ is a film directed by Argentine filmmaker Gaspar Noé; a brilliant director known for controversial films like “Irreversible” (2002) or “Enter The Void” (2009). Noé is famous and controversial for the brutality he exhibits in his films. Based on visual and narrative experiences far from conventionalism, Noé ends up depicting existential dilemmas and makes brutal and enriching social critiques.
by Octavio Carbajal Gonzalez “Lost In Translation”- a splendid and extremely endearing film directed by Sofia Coppola. It’s the story of Bob, an almost retired actor who arrives in Tokyo for work reasons; and Charlotte, a young woman who also is in that city accompanied by her husband, John. As the film moves on, we …
