Drama, Movies

Birdman

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Alejandro G. Iñárritu always uses the power the comes with the director’s chair to push the envelop of the art of film. Birdman is no exception. The film is an exploration of the dark corners in the psychological life of a Hollywood star. A formerly very successful Hollywood actor (Michael Keaton) who stared in “Birdman” [Read More]
Movies

Boyhood

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Very seldom does a film receive raving reviews like this: Boyhood is an epic masterpiece that seems wholly unconcerned with trying to be one. Claudia Puig – USA Today Richard Linklater’s coming-of-age tale is the best movie of the year, a four-star game-changer that earns its place in the cultural time capsule. Peter Travers -Rolling [Read More]
Drama, Movies

Gone Girl

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If you engaged and your wedding date is coming up soon, you should not watch Gone Girl. You may cancel your wedding afterwards. I read that what people like about this film is that it portrays the trials and tribulations of married life so well. How often have we heard, “Marriage I hard. It [Read More]
Drama, Movies

Begin Again

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It is difficult to write about this film. There were moments when I hated it because it descended into cheesiness of a soap opera. But there were moments when I loved the film because at the core it is fueled by a love of music and the beauty music brings to our lives. Can you [Read More]
Drama, Movies

Ida

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After a long break I had a chance to see Ida last night. I don’t know where I learned about the film. It was on my list of movies to see. Ida is a film about an 18-year-old girl who is about to take her vows as a nun. The mother superior of the convent [Read More]
Drama, Movies

Omar

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The conflict between Israel and Palestinians is back in the news. On this backdrop, Omar is an even more poignant drama. The film reminds us of the spy-thrillers made during the cold war. Omar is a young Palestinian baker in love with the sister of one of his friends, which whom he secretly exchanges love [Read More]
Drama, Movies

Rio Bravo

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This John Wayne western is a real treat. Why. It has a diverse set of characters who gradually reveal themselves or change. It has suspense. It has danger. This is one of the best westerns I have seen.

Documentary, Movies

Man on Wire

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There must be hundred of films about bank robberies. I have never seen anything like the Man on Wire. Our hero is a French man. What he doing is also strictly speaking illegal, but even though he gets caught he never goes to prison for his transgression. The man is unique and watching him develop [Read More]
Comedy, Movies

The Great Dictator

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It would be interesting to learn about the reaction of moviegoers who saw the The Great Dictator when the film was first released in 1940. It was still five years before the Great Dictator, Hitler, took his own life with as the Russian army was approaching his underground bunker in Berlin. The world had not [Read More]
Documentary, Movies

Searching for Sugar Man

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I learned about this documentary in the wake of a sad event: Its maker, Malik Bendjelloul, committed suicide two days ago. The film won the Oscar for best documentary in 2012. For this reason the death of Malik Bendjelloul was covered in all the major newspapers the world over. The film is about a singer and [Read More]