Tag Archives: drama
Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me (1992): “Chug a lug, Donna.”
David Lynch’s Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me (1992) is quite the contentious subject for fans of the original television series. It serves as both a prequel and sequel for the series; allowing the viewer an insight into the final seven days of the life of the mysterious Laura Palmer (Sheryl Lee), and also some […]
Love & Pop (1998): Materialism with a cultural twist.
Hideaki Anno’s Love & Pop (1998) explores an activity that is apparently fairly popular in Japan, called enjo-kosai; compensated dating. Hiromi and her three friends are normal, middle-class teenagers in Japan, but they are not immune to the lure of fancy things. They decide to advertise themselves for compensated dating in order to have some […]
The Bling Ring (2013): “It all comes back to, like, bad choices.”
Sofia Coppola’s The Bling Ring (2013) is based on the true story of a gang of teenagers who made a hobby out of robbing celebrity homes; stealing roughly $3 million worth of jewellery, handbags, clothes, and cash, in under a year. Their victims include celebrities such as Paris Hilton, Lindsay Lohan, Orlando Bloom, Rachel Bilson, […]
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