Director: Alejandro González Iñárritu Alejandro González Iñárritu was born in Mexico City in 1965. He is now considered as a remarkable director that delivers passionate cinema, impressive productions and extremely enlightening stories. He focuses on deafening dialogues, overwhelming atmospheres and onslaught violence. Iñárritu possesses a unique seal that delivers the mastery of the brightest and …
I have seen many films that deal with drug addiction; among them memorable films like ‘Requiem For a Dream’ or ‘Trainspotting’ have to be highlighted. However, I was blown away when I discovered this shocking and propulsive movie. The perspective that this film takes on the issue of drug addiction is totally different from everything …
My guess is that many people don’t recognize the name Meiko Kaji. However, assuming they have ever seen a Quentin Tarantino film, especially the KILL BILL series, they have already been greatly influenced by her. Meiko Kaji is the actress and singer who stared in three highly memorable Japanese cult film franchises in the early …
10. Mommy (2014 / directed by Xavier Dolan)In a fictitious Canada, a new law allows parents to lock their problematic children inside a special center. But Diane “Die” Despres (Anne Dorval), a widowed mother, decides to educate her hyperactive and violent teenage son Steve (Antoine Olivier Pilon) herself. Steve has insanely violent episodes and suffers …
Director: Bobcat Goldtwaith Recovering alcoholics with coulrophobia, brew yourself some chamomile tea and go rewatch Steel Magnolias. For the rest of us normal folks, Bobcat Goldthwait’s 1991 Shakes the Clown will entice you to down an entire bottle of Wild Turkey in one go and then sucker punch a mime in the head. If you …
Director: Nuri Bilge Ceylan Three cars are driving on a winded road through the rural Anatolian landscape, over hills and through plateaus, with their yellow headlights being the only illuminators of the unfolding night. Two of the men inside the car are convicts that have confessed to a murder and are accompanied by a group …
Director: Werner Herzog Born in Munich in 1942, Werner Herzog is a German director, documentarian, screenwriter and actor. He is considered as one of the most influential directors inside the Arthouse cinemasphere. Herzog grew up inside a divided and devastated Germany, which was slowly recovering from World War II. People of his generation reached maturity …
So, there was this brilliant scientist who thought it would be a good idea to make a “smart home” back in the 70s. This was over forty years before Alexa was born. The smart home was tied into an AI system being developed, called “Proteus IV” It did all the stuff I ask my own …
#9 Naomi Watts & Laura Harring. Mulholland Drive is the gift that keeps on giving. Like most of David Lynch’s non-linear storylines, there is something new to be seen or deduced with each viewing. Long before Black Mirrors ‘Bandersnatch’ got everyone’s panties in a twist, Lynch had been inviting us all to choose our own endings by travelling through …
Director: Jonathan Glazer Under The Skin is an unclassifiable and amazing rarity, its one of those odd masterpieces that cinema delivers us very sporadically, a unique and brilliant sci-fi thriller directed by Jonathan Glazer and based on Michael Faber’s homonymous novel from the year 2000. The film has received a curious acclaim from critics and …
