by Octavio Carbajal González “The Killing of a Sacred Deer” , a remarkably gleaming and grotesque film, brought to us by the peculiar and extraordinary Greek director Yorgos Lanthimos, is directly based on the Greek tragedy “Iphigenia in Aulis” by Euripides.We are introduced to Steven Murphy, who is a respected cardiologist and surgeon. His wife …
For the legendary Russian filmmaker Andrei Tarkovsky, reality must be portrayed in all its richness, splendor and complexity. Reality must include our dreams, memories, and projections of the future. The universe of Thai auteur Apichatpong Weerasethakul is a mixture of Tarkovsky’s reasoning elements with some aspects of Thai culture: the belief in reincarnation, the intimate …
After flirtations with the plastic soul-funk of a surprising Young Americans (1975) and a phenomenal Station To Station (1976), David Bowie decided to move from Los Angeles to Europe. He finally settled down in West Berlin, sharing an apartment with his friend Iggy Pop. Both thought that the German city would be a good place …
During the exciting first years of the 90s decade, the USA were experiencing the angry and furious fever of grunge bands like Nirvana, Pearl Jam, and Soundgarden. On the other side of the Atlantic ocean, an underground musical genre with a radically opposite sound had been fascinating England for some years: it was a mysterious, …
Beautiful depictions of sex and violence, vibrant colours, astonishing soundtracks and uncomfortable steadicam shots are often associated with the films of French-Argentine director Gaspar Noé. Hailed as a unique voice in cinema by some, and perceived as a mere provocateur by others, Noé remains as controversial today as when he exploded onto the seventh art. …
Japanese director Takashi Miike‘s name should be familiar to most film enthusiasts, since he is one of the most creative minds in the Asian film realm. The extremely hard-working screenwriter, director, and producer has created over 100 cinema and TV productions, at times realizing up to four films a year. Through films like Ichi The …
Thomas Vinterberg is a Danish director and screenwriter, known for being one of the co-founders of Dogma 95 alongside filmmakers such as Lars von Trier, Kristian Levring, Jean-Marc Barr and Søren Kragh-Jacobsen. The cinematographic movement sought to rescue the purity of cinema through a list of rules that, among other guidelines, dictated filmmakers to focus …
There are three hitchhikers sitting in the back seat; Mexican immigrants in mariachi suits looking dimly into space. A girl with big glasses (Greta Gerwig) turns around euphorically to them and asks the men how life is in the USA. Without looking back, one of them replies sadly: “The USA is like a big, fat …
On the morning of Pentecost Sunday on May 26, 1828 a strange 16-year-old young man arrived at the city of Nuremberg, Kingdom of Bavaria. The boy could barely speak and stand upright. He carried with him a letter from an unknown author, addressed to the chief of the local garrison, which assured that the young …
Guillermo del Toro was born on October 9, 1964 in Guadalajara, Jalisco in Mexico. He was raised in a Catholic household and described his first years in life as “morbid”, stating that they made him absolutely intolerant of authoritarian figures. Del Toro developed an interest in making short dark fantasy films with his father’s Super …
