"I'm entitled to my opinion!"

That phrase alone is a perfect extract of today's selective narrow-mindedness and drastic mentalities that so exacerbate differences. Each person is entitled to their opinion, yes—but what when they believe themselves so entitled as to impose that personal opinion on others, even with extreme consequences?

An excellent compilation of the sort of opinions and prejudices that get to shape major choices in many places of the world.

As it's easily visible from a glimpse, the…

How can a story that is intrinsically originated by religious imposition and cultural erasure be beautiful?
Somehow, this one is.

The setting is familiar regardless of where it is placed: There’s the culture that was and the one that arrives, and then how the lifestyle of the first is entirely displaced, if not intently suppressed, by the other. Were that not enough, the invaders feel entitled to indiscriminately submit the peoples that belong to that place in body and soul—whether…

How good can a film about a family bear running around finding obstacles and making friends be? How is it that people like it so much? So... seriously? That's what I'd wondered for a long time, ever since it came out until now. And it's indeed funny and heartfelt, as Paddington truly brings the best out of people, and the film knows how to make that happen in this adventurous quasi-criminal script. It even made me laugh out loud a…

Some things lead me to think this is not so good, but it also it works well enough to consider it accomplishes all it's aiming for.
The opening scenes are blatantly formulaic, a very obvious introduction into what's going to be the minimum knowledge about the protagonist, never to be mentioned again. 
However it gets past that blandness fairly quickly, and Alice's investment in getting to sing makes one follow her attempts with interest. What carries it on is Christina…

Black & white.
A film that remembers films as creations meant to bring people happiness, and resembles them.

Colour.
Focus, highlights, fuzzy frames versus sharp contrast. A world in the eyes of those who see a landscape for the first time. Beautiful.

Design.
Locations, liveliness, chaotic scenarios and soothingly introspective ones. The finest costumes and an array of elegantly combined backgrounds to match them—gorgeous to see.

Haruka Ayase.
Pure Audrey Hepburn-like presence, presented as and acting like some of Hepburn's iconic…