“CONTEMPT” (1963) Reviewed ★★★★

Tragic chronicle of the demise of a system, of an industry of lies and illusions which could no longer, according to its “auteur”, continue to keep its audience spellbound in its once magical… Continue reading →

“THE TURIN HORSE” (2011) Reviewed ★★★★★

Of all contemporary international directors, few filmmakers can match Béla Tarr for sheer commitment and passionate, almost stubborn dedication to a singular artistic vision. There is no such thing as indifference for those… Continue reading →

A Brief Commentary on Susan Sontag’s ‘Against Interpretation’ in Relation to Last Year at Marienbad

Susan Sontag’s article ‘Against Interpretation’ tackles one of the most crucial issues art is facing in today’s society. This is the issue of interpretation. The main factor which determines Sontag’s position in regards… Continue reading →

The Surrealist Manifesto in Relation to The Works of Luis Buñuel

The Surrealist Manifesto, fathered by André Breton, has been widely regarded as the foremost essential guide in comprehending Surrealism as a movement. Be that as it may, artists were free to interpret the… Continue reading →

An Interpretive Evaluation on Nicolas Winding Refn’s Drive

Nicolas Winding Refn’s Drive (2011) is a difficult work to provide an analysis for seeing as how it not only blends within several genres, but also in how its overall framework lends itself… Continue reading →

The Golden Age of Mexican Cinema in Relation to Pedro Infante

The Golden Age of Mexican Cinema has been identified as lasting from the mid-1930s to the end of the 1950s, originating at its core in the heart of Mexico City. Many important artists… Continue reading →

An Interpretive Analysis on François Truffaut ‘s ‘Tirez sur le Pianiste’ In Relation to André Bazin and Sergei Eisenstein

François Truffaut’s Shoot the Piano Player (1960) is a French New Wave film which demonstrates representations of both André Bazin’s ‘realist’ approach to cinema and Sergei Eisenstein’s ‘imagist’ innovations with his practices in Soviet… Continue reading →

A Brief Look Into the 1920s With ‘The Passion of Joan of Arc’ (1928)

It seems that even decades into the past the medium of cinema was still confronted with drastically variant perceptions of a single film. The Passion of Joan of Arc is no exception, even… Continue reading →

Rainer Werner Fassbinder’s ‘World on a Wire’ (1973)

“I think, therefore I am“, says Fred Stiller (Klaus Löwitsch), quoting French philosopher René Descartes. Our protagonist, Fred Stiller is the newly appointed Technical Director of Simulacron, a highly advanced computer system which creates a miniaturized… Continue reading →