A heart-rending tale of the dark side of the American dream, and the price of freedom.
There is much beauty in the world, and sometimes even more in pain. This film is a striking tragedy that makes you think long and hard about the plight of illegal immigrants. In this case it isn't the Central American's that most might think, instead it's about Chinese immigrants, both of which are illegals, living in New York.
The story is about Nansan (Tony…
Sometimes brilliant creativity is born from duress. Sometimes it's born out of escape. And sometimes it's born out of spite. Gentleman Broncos gave me pangs of each of these ways.
Jared Hess is one of those divisive filmmakers that most people either absolutely love or absolutely hate. For me, I generally like his films. He has a way of finding the beauty in a world of ugliness, and this film really personifies that notion. A simple story about Benjamin (Michael…
An understated tour de force.
Past Lives is a beautiful piece of cinema, which draws upon the forlorn emotions of loves long since past. It had me nearly in tears several times, as you live through these people, the situations that we all seem to have at least once in our lives. Being able to capture that in such a way, that we understand it, is an enormous feat to put upon anyone. It was accomplished so well here, using…
This is what happens when you take a reddit post, and try to make a story out of it.
Dream Scenario for me was one I was looking forward to, because it had the intrigue of a copypasta, while also trying to be relevant. While Nic Cage was good as usual, I thought the film left little for the viewer to care about, because you don't become that emotionally invested in Nic Cage's character. I liked some of the dream…
