Director: Nuri Bilge Ceylan “Not seeing a man for what he is, idolizing him like a god, and then being mad at him, because he’s not a god. Do you think that’s fair?” Inspired by three short stories by Anton Chekhov and some of Dostoevsky’s writings, Winter Sleep is the most ambitious film by the …
True, we love life, not because we are used to living, but because we are used to loving. There is always some madness in love, but there is also always some reason in madness. Friedrich Nietzsche For those who write, watching a film by Austrian auteur Michael Haneke requires preparation: sitting down, meditating for a …
Crisis creates art and prosperity leads to tastelessness. This has recurred throughout history. The most recent example was how mortgage fraud of the late 1990s/early 2000s and the United States housing bubble of 2001-2005 coincided with the rising popularity of reality TV. Reality TV features people whose own privileged lives share little to no resemblance …
Director: Francis Ford Coppola Born in Detroit in 1939, Francis Ford Coppola left his mark as one of the most important and influential American directors inside the cinematographic sphere. He is one of the most prominent figures in the movement known as New Hollywood, which was influenced by movements such as the Italian Neorealism and …
Director: Lars von Trier Currently, Lars von Trier is one of the most controversial filmmakers. He has been exiled from the Cannes Film Festival, denounced for sexual harassment and racism, and has been highly criticized and declared as mentally ill due to the themes of his films. At the same time, Von Trier is considered …
On April 20, 1999, two teenage boys wearing trenchcoats carried a disheartening arsenal of military weapons to Columbine High School located in Littleton /Colorado, and systematically murdered thirteen students. Although this singular incident was horrible, it was just one of the eight deadly school shootings in the United States between 1997 and 1999, a number …
