Birdman, black humour
Riggan Thomson: Sixty’s the new thirty, motherfucker! Caden Cotard: …and all those years in between. Private moments alone in the dark have a limited number of outcomes. But pre-dawn hours […]
Author Archives: Aequus
UH-OH! Overheard: The Problem with Sensors
I don’t know any sensors (at least haven’t had them tested) so I can’t say for sure that my opinion is of sensors necessarily, however I have a pretty good […]
Two Days, One Night (Deux jours, une nuit) | Going meta with Marion Cotillard’s Monday blues: A film analysis
“Some people are so rich they forget what it means to live with so little…” This naturalistic, socially grounded film reminds me of a rather intense discussion I once had […]
BBC’s Threads (1984) | Orwellian nuclear nightmare
Mick Jackson’s docu-drama opens with a warning: “In an urban society, everything connects. Each person’s needs are fed by the skills of many others. Our lives are woven together in […]
I’m So Excited (Los amantes pasajeros) | A testament of Spain’s la movida madrileña
I’m So Excited is every frame a Pedro Almodóvar film (Talk to Her, Volver, The Skin I Live In): bizarre characters are painted in warm, luscious hues; politically incorrect dialogue […]
BBC Nuclear War Film – Threads by Barry Hines (1984)
This is a wonderful in-depth commentary and analysis on Threads (1984).
Blackhat: No Longer in Control | Michael Mann, Alpha of Action Cinema
In cyber-security lingo, Black hat refers to a hacker who breaks into a computer system or network with malicious intent. Unlike a white hat hacker, the black hat takes advantage […]
Inkblot Test | Extended version (11 more cards)
This is an extended version of the projective inkblot test designed using Rorschach’s Technique. The original test is here: Rorschach Ink Blot Test: Projective Psychology >>> This extended version contains eleven test cards, […]
The most overrated films of 2014
The Act of Killing (Jagal) Synopsis: Anwar Congo and his friends have been dancing their way through musical numbers, twisting arms in film noir gangster scenes, and galloping across prairies […]
A list of good and mediocre movies seen in 2014 | WTF Reviews #2
Only Lovers Left Alive Vampires in existential reminiscence and survival in the now while contemplating the worth of living in the future. Immensely amusing to see the focus not much […]
Remembering excellent films of 2014
Boyhood (2014) This coming-of-age by Richard Linklater charts the growing years of fictional protagonist Mason, from the age of 5 to 18. I found the running time a tad too […]
Back from Hiatus | Great films I’ve seen (so far) in 2014
“How many films do you average per year?” The Bear probed suspiciously, doubtful of the fact that yours truly qualifies as a cinephile. Though my first instinct was reason that […]
WTF Reviews #1 Fast 6 | Haters will hate
Dominic Toretto: “You want bloody? We can do bloody.” BBC Science may have debunked the incredible Hollywood stunts and physics involved in Justin Lin’s thrilling runway scene but that didn’t […]
We Steal Secrets: The Story of WikiLeaks | Information wars
When political right and opinion are challenged by the threat of political crime, how far (and to what extent) is one willing to deviate? Edward Snowden’s tearing off the lid on classified […]
Side Effects (2013)
Capitalism, pharmaceutical lobbyists, addiction and stock market shenanigans are all evil, and camera shots literally refuse to stop reminding you how serious this film wants to be. Side Effects — […]
Paradise: Love (Paradies: Liebe)
IMDB Summary: On the beaches of Kenya they’re known as “Sugar Mamas” — European women who seek out African boys selling love to earn a living… When reading internet reviews […]
A Hijacking (Kapringen) | Silence is a weapon
Unbearably tense and anti-aesthetic. For his second directorial feature, Tobias Lindholm (co-writer of Jagten) delivers the kind of indifferent, matter-of-fact realism not experienced since the early days of Dogme 95. And because […]
World War Z
Max Brook’s muscular, world weary “oral history of the zombie war”, a thinly veiled geo-political mouthpiece on the world at large seen through the eyes of an agent working for the UN, has […]
