Having set myself the commitment of watching an international film every day during lockdown, there was one specific region that I found myself wanting to come back to time and time again. This region, of course, is usually famous for its ancient architecture and fascinating myths of gods and goddesses; but what really drew [...]
In a Lisbon slum a woman arrives to mourn the death of her long absent husband. By day she gradually attempts to fix his dilapidated home but by night she struggles to come to terms with his sudden disappearance while they lived in the Portuguese colony back in Cape Verde. Things are in stasis: [...]
A leading figure of South Korean cinema and winner of the Best Picture at the 2020 Academy Awards, Bong Joon-ho is one of the most original directors working today. He is that rare type of filmmaker who has achieved mainstream success while remaining a respected auteur among critics. His films are inhabited by dichotomies [...]
Throughout the twentieth century, Argentine cinema reflected the waves that afflicted the socio-political landscape with periods like the Golden Age era and New Cinema that paralleled government upheaval, oscillating between increased liberalism and heavy censorship. The 1970s had scarred the nation, a period referred to as “la guerra sucia” (the dirty war) where political [...]
Emerging out of the independent aesthetic of 1990s American indie cinema, mumblecore described a newfound focus on the real, the natural, and the young. Loosely grouping a style of film made from 2002 to the present day, the launch of mumblecore was both aesthetically and culturally meaningful, signifying a shift in what was important [...]
