No other movie has affected me more so than Lost in Translation - straight to my emotions, deep down into the very being of my soul. This film left an ache in my soul that lasted for several days and that continues to do so - this very day. Someone once told me that extroverts will hate it, and introverts will love it – and I tend to believe them. No other film, in my opinion, has divided movie fans,…
The Silence of the Lambs based on the novel by Thomas Harris - featuring Dr. Hannibal Lecter, (played by Anthony Hopkins who steals the film and was deserving of his Best Actor award) who is perhaps the most iconic character in film history and Agent Clarice Starling (played by Jodie Foster who really holds the film together and her performance is her greatest in my view). The film is a rare example of where a film wins several Oscars for…
It seems like horror films exploring the complexities and consequences of mental illness are becoming more common place nowadays. In this instance, "The Swerve", is a harrowing tale that follows a high school teacher in a quite and mundane town. On the surface, Holly (Azura Skye) is married with two teenage sons, and seems to live a happy life, but beneath the surface, Holly is experiencing deep and significant turmoil arising from a troubled marriage and memories that seem to…
“Love is an impulse. You can't rationalize it.”
"The Sea Inside" like “The Diving Bell and the Butterfly” follows a young man who becomes a quadriplegic, and the film would utilize evocative imagery and dream sequences to conceptualize the inner world of the protagonist. The film follows Ramón Sampedr (Javier Bardem), a Spanish sailor who became a quadriplegic after an accident and subsequently would fight a thirty-year campaign to end his own life. The film would follow Ramón’s daily struggles…
Edward Scissorhands (played by Johnny Depp) is about a man who has scissors for hands. The film begins with a friendly Avon saleswoman Peg Boggs (played by Kathy Baker) who visits this abandoned mansion on the edge of the town and discovers Edward and she takes him home with her. From there on we Edward trying to fit in with the locals and discover the world that has been closed off from him. The film poignantly depicts Edwards early years…
“Psycho” has been rightly regarded as a major work of cinematic art by film critics and scholars alike, who praise it for its wonderful direction, tense and edgy atmosphere, marvelous camerawork, haunting score and masterful performances. It completely revolutionized cinema and would change the horror genre forever. It would be one of the earliest films to set a new level of acceptability for deviant behavior, violence and sexuality in American films, and you could say that it is one of…
