Andrei Tarkovsky painted his life on the canvas of memories, dreams, and nostalgia in his deeply personal and autobiographical film Mirror. Tarkovsky’s Mirror is one of the most beautiful films ever made. The film lacks proper narrative structure and flows through three time periods in the life of the protagonist named Alexei (Filipp Yankovsky, Ignat …
Jasmila Zbanic’s Quo Vadis, Aida? is a heartbreaking writ of the Srebrenica genocide. Under the command of notorious military general Ratko Mladic, 8372 Bosnian Muslim men and boys were brutally murdered, and countless women were raped by the Bosnian Serb Army of Republika Srpska (RS) on 11th, 12th, and 13th July 1995. These inhuman atrocities …
Kaouther Ben Hania’s The Man Who Sold His Skin raises serious objections against the exploitations of refugees not only in Syria but all over the world. The film also shows and mocks the bizarre form of art wherein a human body is tattooed for exhibition. It exposes the meanness of the artist, no matter even …
Alexander Nanau’s heartbreaking documentary Collective unravels the corruption in the Romanian public healthcare system and the deep-rooted nexus between hospital managers and the government. When an entire system is filled with corrupt government, politicians, bureaucrats, and their allies, the nation can not even provide the basic services to its citizens. Their lives are filled with …
Derek Tsang’s incredible Better Days strongly highlights the curse of bullying in schools. This curse is not limited only to China, but prevalent all over the world. This film violently but honestly shows the sufferings of young minds. The protagonist in the film Chen Nian (Zhou Dongyu) is brutally targeted and attacked by three school …
Thomas Vinterberg’s Another Round is a film that celebrates life. Though apparently, it looks like a film to celebrate alcohol, it goes beyond that. Life becomes boring and meaningless when it is engulfed by mid-life crises. No matter how many ways we try to restrict life under routines, it always tries to break the normal …
Florian Zeller’s multilayered film The Father deals with the sufferings at old age due to dementia. The way he has woven the film, it does not look like his filmmaking debut. No matter how many ways viewers try to connect the dots, the film always leaves unanswered questions. The non-linear story revolves around reality and …
Chloe Zhao’s Nomadland portrays a different face of America that is largely unknown but very much exists for ages. These nomads are purely American and carry a different tradition and culture. They embrace the bliss of nature and travel across the United States of America. This fate is not forced on them. In spite of …
Abbas Kiarostami received widespread critical acclaim over time not only in Iran but across the world. He began his filmmaking journey in the 1960s but started receiving international recognition from Where Is the Friend’s Home? onwards. He was one of the very few filmmakers who did not leave Iran after the Islamic Revolution in 1979. …
Abbas Kiarostami’s Certified Copy certifies the copies and strongly argues that even the originals are also copies. Nothing in this world is absolutely original. However, the copies are not less standard. There are times when originals are not accessible, copies fulfill our needs. In this film, Kiarostami has woven a story between a British art …