Tag Archives: drama
Compliance (2012): “I’m just trying to do my job.”
Based on a true story, Craig Zobel’s Compliance (2012) is a film that will inspire you to think more carefully about orders that you receive from figures of authority. The film takes place in a fast food chicken restaurant, where manager Sandra (the amazing Ann Dowd) receives a call from “Officer Daniels”, claiming that one […]
Three Colours Trilogy (1993; 1994): A revolutionary triplet of films.
I recently had the privilege of watching the three films that make up Krzysztof Kieślowski’s Three Colours Trilogy: Blue (1993), White (1994), and Red (1994). The three films contain separate storylines, but also have interconnecting moments, elements, and events. In this review, as opposed to my previous reviews of each individual film, I will consider […]
Three Colours: Red (1994): “Justice doesn’t deal with the innocent.”
The Three Colours trilogy, directed by Krzysztof Kieślowski, consists of three films: Blue (1993), White (1994), and lastly, Red (1994). This conclusion to the trilogy confronts the French Revolutionary ideal of fraternity, or brotherhood. It lays bare the connections between all three films and, true to Kieślowski’s directing style throughout the whole trilogy, is a mesmerising visual […]
Three Colours: White (1994): Love, revenge, and equality.
Krzysztof Kieślowski’s Three Colours Trilogy comprises three films: Blue (1993), White (1994), and Red (1994), based on the famous ideals of the French Revolution: liberty, equality, and fraternity. This is my second post whilst making my way through the trilogy, and will focus on White. After finishing the trilogy I’ll be posting an overall review […]
Three Colours: Blue (1993): “I don’t want any more friends, belongings, love. They’re all traps.”
Krzysztof Kieślowski’s Three Colours Trilogy comprises three films: Blue (1993), White (1994), and Red (1994). The three films are based on the famous ideals of the French Revolution: liberty, equality, and fraternity. I’ll be posting separately about all three, and then posting an overall review comparing and contrasting them as a trilogy.
“Is it worth paying for a ticket?”: Captain Phillips (2013)
I don’t know about you guys, but here in Australia, cinema tickets are outrageously expensive. As a result, I feel like I have to be really picky with the films I choose to watch. If I’ve paid money to see a film and it turns out to be boring or just plain bad, I get […]
I Wish (2011): Quick-shot review!
Hirokazu Koreeda’s I Wish (2011) is a bittersweet story told from the separate perspectives of two brothers. Koichi and Ryuunoske are two young boys who have been split across different houses and cities after the breakup of their parents; one living with their mother, and one with their father. They regularly keep in touch on […]
if…. (1968): “Violence and revolution are the only pure acts.”
Winner of the Palm d’Or at the 1969 Cannes Film Festival, Lindsay Anderson’s if…. (1968) is a strange film which shines a light on the trials and tribulations of life at a boarding school for boys. It is the start of a new term at the school. Mick Travis (Malcolm McDowell) is the ringleader of […]
The Elephant Man (1980): “People are frightened by what they don’t understand.”
David Lynch’s The Elephant Man (1980) portrays the true story of John Merrick (John Hurt), named as such due to his physical deformities which included malformed bones, sagging skin, and swollen growths over 90% of his body. In the film, Merrick is being displayed at a ‘freak show’, for all of 19th century London to […]
The Taste of Tea (2004): A sip of whimsy and charm.
You might be able to tell that I have a special obsession with Japanese film. I find that the surrealism and humour of Japanese film tends to be in a class of its own, and The Taste of Tea (2004) is no exception to this. This charming film follows the movements of the Haruno family during […]
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