A lot of visual storytelling has conditioned us to the idea that big emotional moments happen in a music-soaring, climactic ways that dominate everything around them. But the truth is that in real life, life-shattering life events often happen quietly in the limbo period between dawn and the day or Continue Reading
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Second life art: New York artist explains why he paints pop culture icons into discarded old paintings
SNAPSHOT“It came to me at a thrift store. I wanted to take something that had been forgotten and change it in a way that didn’t affect its aesthetic and to see if that, in and of itself, would make it wanted again.” (artist Dave Pollot via Laughing Squid) Op shops, Continue Reading
Movie review: Godzilla vs. Kong
Humanity is rather fond of its position as the metaphorical king of the castle on planet earth. It informs how we treat the planet (poorly), each other (just as poorly) and our view of just about everything that comes across our path, with the general view being that we can Continue Reading
Movie review: The Big Hit (Un triomphe) #AFFrenchFilmFestival
Can art liberate you? It’s a big question but one with a great deal of rich humanity at its heart in the Emmanuel Courcol-directed film Un Triomphe / The Big Hit, which asks if it possible for art to liberate the spirit when the body has no choice but to Continue Reading
Mini-mass of movie trailers: Monday, Oxygen, Just Say Yes
Love and fear are in the air! Sound like a weird mix? Not in this post which showcases trailers for two romantic comedies and one film which takes claustrophobia to a whole other place none of us really want to go to … EVER. My recommendation? Watch the scary one Continue Reading
Movie review: Antoinette in the Cévennes (Antoinette dans les Cévennes) #AFFrenchFilmFestival
You could be forgiven for thinking that the Caroline Vignal-directed film, Antoinette in the Cévennes (Antoinette dans les Cévennes), is just one big long romantic screwball romp were you to rely on the trailer alone. Certainly there are elements of visual slapstick in the film – if you have ever Continue Reading
Fantastic characters and amazing creatures: The many faces of actor Doug Jones
SNAPSHOTDoug Jones is an actor mostly known for portraying inhuman creatures, usually via heavy make-up and/or visual effects in films and television series. He’s also the go-to colossus in the movies of monster king Guillermo del Toro, first appearing in Mimic and later portraying both the Faun and the Pale Continue Reading
Movie review: Raya and the Last Dragon
Animation by its very limitless nature is always predisposed to taking us to places that enchant and enthrall our imaginations. In a world that, for all its wonder and expanse, has quite firm parameters on what can and can’t happen, animation offers the chance for filmmakers to go all out Continue Reading
Movie review: The Thing About Harry #queerscreen
The Thing About Harry is a deceptively simple film. It looks for all the world, which is quite appropriate because it is, like your usual pleasantly-delivered, joyously light and fluffy romantic comedy replete with attraction, misunderstanding and eventual coming together, the kind that makes the heart swoon and the world Continue Reading
Movie review: Nomadland
There are movies, and they are surprisingly few and far between (despite what the endless awards ceremonies may decide and confer), which says an extraordinarily moving amount about the human condition in a voice barely above a whisper. As a society, we tend to associate loud and vocal with important Continue Reading