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Between Sensitivity and Beauty: Herzog’s Fitzcarraldo

Pepijn Leonard J. Demortier July 24, 2022

Hypersensitivity forces beauty into a politically-correct straitjacket. It is hardly surprising that such straitjackets kill beauty, for what cannot breathe, cannot live.

Dismantling Narratives One Film at a Time: An Interview With Marijn Poels

David Boos July 21, 2022

“It’s not particularly about COVID, but about recognizing the patterns we are creating. I think that is the main topic in the film: people need to start seeing the patterns and recognize how they are being copied with every new global threat.”—Marijn Poels

Forgotten in the Promised Land

Jorge González-Gallarza July 20, 2022

Oriental Jews may well have been discriminated against throughout Israel’s early decades, but Michale Boganim’s latest documentary vastly exaggerates their current plight.

“Pandamned”: Unmasking an Empire of Fear

David Boos July 14, 2022

The 2-hour documentary “Pandamned”by Dutch filmmaker Marijn Poels is a colossal undertaking aiming to summarize and assess overall socio-political developments of the past few years.

British Government Fires Imam Over Support for Film Ban

Tristan Vanheuckelom June 18, 2022

The Lady of Heaven proved an affront to all branches of Islam for its showing of the prophet Muhammed—within the Islamic faith, any depiction of its founder is expressly forbidden.

The Northman: The Poetic Edda Meets Gladiator

David Boos June 9, 2022

Director Robert Eggers ventures into the world of Norse legends, blending the borders between myth and meticulously recreated reality. Spoilers ahead!

Acknowledging Inevitable Subjectivity: Akira Kurosawa’s Rashomon (1950)

David Boos April 24, 2022

70 years ago Akira Kurosawa won the Oscar for his film Rashomon. In our world, that demands us to constantly pick sides, the tale of four different versions of a story, that questions our perceptions of reality and our inevitable subjectivity, is as current as ever.

Wokish Cyrano de Bergerac Banned from France

Hélène de Lauzun March 12, 2022

Beware of those who would betray the proud Gascon. Obviously, Joe Wright, the American director who embarked on the highly questionable adventure of adapting Cyrano to the wokish style, must not have been aware of the risks involved.

Activism as Satire

David Boos February 20, 2022

Political satire is at its best when it transcends the limitations of partisan thinking. “Don’t Look Up” fails to do this.

Tag: film

Between Sensitivity and Beauty: Herzog’s Fitzcarraldo

Dismantling Narratives One Film at a Time: An Interview With Marijn Poels

Forgotten in the Promised Land

“Pandamned”: Unmasking an Empire of Fear

British Government Fires Imam Over Support for Film Ban

The Northman: The Poetic Edda Meets Gladiator

Acknowledging Inevitable Subjectivity: Akira Kurosawa’s Rashomon (1950)

Wokish Cyrano de Bergerac Banned from France

Activism as Satire

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