Little Women – Mature Women
Gerwig is perhaps the first of Alcott’s adapters who could read between the lines – as if Alcott’s novel had to wait for the right times and sensitivity. As if it had to wait for a woman.
Gerwig is perhaps the first of Alcott’s adapters who could read between the lines – as if Alcott’s novel had to wait for the right times and sensitivity. As if it had to wait for a woman.
The film by the South African director can be seen as a lost work of blaxploitation from the 70s. There is some charm in it, but also some doubt.
“The Father’s Shadow” it is not a typical coming-of-age story in which one should expect a cheerful solution to problems or at least an effective transition through the process of growing up. Gabriela Amaral creates a gloomy film, and the dark tension is not only due to the proximity of death…
Rambo remains, of course, a great, undemanding entertainment. The problem is that the further into the forest (jungle), the harder it is to swallow the bitter taste of ideology.
Ad Astra presents the “near future” of human civilization, when the colonization of nearby planets will become a way to acquire valuable resources and expansion of space appropriated by man, the expansion of capitalism.
When I went to watch Parasite I expected many things. I expected the Korean artist to have fun with film genres, just as he did in his previous works. I expected – as in Snowpiercer – a strongly outlined class conflict and a clear devaluation of the forces (mainly the capital) behind capitalism as a system.
Many words have already been said about Midsommar, the latest film by one of the leading creators of A24 stable, Ari Aster. You can focus on the analysis proposed by the creator himself, that is – as Aster puts it – “apocalyptic breakup movie”, a parabola of toxic relationships, or a grotesque film that is entering the foreground and a surprisingly apt trip towards cultural anthropology.
Best F(r)iends is a story – attention, attention – “based on facts.” Apparently, the script idea came from Wiseau’s and Sestero’s old journey together, when Tommy suspected his companion of plotting to take his life.
To realize how difficult it is to record solid material in a small space, it may be enough for one to imagine using a crowded elevator (or – remaining in the climate of the Cutterhead – in the subway bursting with people). There is not enough space to catch your breath, let alone fit your camera.
In the background of the exhibition of the characters (violent suicide, church burning, artificial cluster of radical ideologies and knifing), there will be a place for context. Perhaps the purpose of presenting flourishing in the 1980s.