It’s no secret that the Cronenberg family has a deeply pessimistic view of humanity. More specifically, David Cronenberg and son, Brandon Cronenberg, have angrily taken aim at the systems put in place by humanity. While David has been honing this craft for over thirty years in the world of filmmaking, his son, Brandon, recently broke […]
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MOONAGE DAYDREAM Highlights David Bowie And His Endearing Mystique
Brett Morgen’s Moonage Daydream is unlike any documentary you may have seen. A large reason for this is because calling it a documentary seems like a disservice. After all, anything surrounding the enigma that is David Bowie is bound to exist somewhere outside the usual lines. Instead, Moonage Daydream serves audiences a multi-medium portrait of […]
CRIMES OF THE FUTURE Breaks Down The Barrier of Art
Why do we as humans like horror? There’s a rather simple draw to watching a scary movie, or something like taking a trip through a haunted house: the fear is all there is. There’s no directly present danger causing that visceral reaction in our bodies, aside from the simulated one in front of us. To […]
PLEASURE Is One Of The Most Brutally Honest Films In Years
It’s not every day that a film as painfully honest as Pleasure is released, and serving as a debut feature film only adds to its impact. Written and directed by Ninja Thyberg as an extension of her 2013 short film of the same name, Thyberg details a journey into stardom. More specifically and bluntly, Pleasure […]
PETITE MAMAN Is A Bold And Inventive Spin on Grief and Time
If Céline Sciamma’s Portrait of a Lady On Fire is about seizing on a possible missed opportunity and never looking back, Petite Maman is concerned with wondering of all the opportunities that are yet to come. Rooted in the universally familiar emotions of grief and childhood curiosity, Sciamma is able to craft a dual-sided coming […]
THE WORST PERSON IN THE WORLD Revels In The Journey Of Choice
Julie feels like she’s the worst person in the world. And in some ways, she is. But what Joachim Trier’s The Worst Person in the World does right is that it never demonizes her for it. To simply be human is beautiful. But in many ways, it is the worst. It’s constantly complicated and rarely […]