If I were to make a list of the most well-photographed films ever made, “The Tree of Wooden Clogs” would probably be right up there. The photographic images in this film are on par with the greatest paintings ever made. The warm lighting and earthy texture within each perfectly composed shot are so vivid, richContinue reading “The Coziness of “The Tree of Wooden Clogs””
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Life After Death In Roberto Gavaldón’s “Macario”
“We’ve got to be nicer with the dead, because we spend more time dead than alive. Anyway, we all are born to die. What do we learn here? A bust, and sometimes not even that…lots of work, many troubles… When we’re born, we’re carrying our death in the liver, or in the stomach, or hereContinue reading “Life After Death In Roberto Gavaldón’s “Macario””
Chaos in Mike Leigh’s “Naked”
Mike Leigh’s “Naked” could very well be the director’s most brilliant exercise of his unorthodox filmmaking approach. The script was created as the cast improvised during eleven weeks of rehearsal before shooting. Instead of just making a film about chaos, Leigh applied “chaos” in the actual making of his masterpiece. This may sound like anContinue reading “Chaos in Mike Leigh’s “Naked””
The Last Supper in Luis Buñuel’s “Viridiana”
Perhaps the most controversial shot in Luis Buñuel’s “Viridiana”- The composition of the shot is an imitation of Da Vinci’s The Last Supper, only it was re-enacted by homeless beggars. The Christ like figure in the middle was depicted by a street beggar who is blind. The shot implies that blindness is at the coreContinue reading “The Last Supper in Luis Buñuel’s “Viridiana””
The Harsh Reality of Slums in Luis Buñuel’s “Los Olvidados”
“The great modern cities: New York, Paris, London, hide behind their magnificent building homes of misery that shelter malnourished children without hygiene, without schools, a harvest of future delinquency. The society tries to correct this evil, but the success of its effort is very limited. Only in a future where children’s and adolescent’s rights areContinue reading “The Harsh Reality of Slums in Luis Buñuel’s “Los Olvidados””
The Odyssey in Theo Angelopoulos’ “Landscape in the Mist”
In Theo Angelopoulos’ “Landscape in the Mist”, two kids run away from their home in Athens in search for their father whom they were told lives in Germany; but beneath the surface this film is about so much more. The journey they embark on is a metaphor of life itself. We all travel through timeContinue reading “The Odyssey in Theo Angelopoulos’ “Landscape in the Mist””
The Vital Importance of Lukas Moodysson’s “Lilya 4-ever”
Lukas Moodysson’s “Lilya 4-ever” chronicles the life of a sixteen year old girl after she gets abandoned by her mother who flees to America to escape poverty in Sweden. The viewer is quickly plunged into a downward spiral of human trafficking, Scandinavian sex slavery and betrayal. Based on the true story of a Lithuanian girl,Continue reading “The Vital Importance of Lukas Moodysson’s “Lilya 4-ever””
The 10 Best Films of 2018
It’s a been a while since I’ve posted anything on this blog, but I figured it’s about time I get back to it. I do plan on writing more often throughout the year, and I’ll do my best to make up for my recent absence from ‘The Cinephile Fix’ with some upcoming film reviews andContinue reading “The 10 Best Films of 2018”
The 20 Best Films of 2015
Any list should be useful in containing films you’re not familiar with. In that sense, the purpose of this list is not to list movies in order of preference, but rather function as a suggestion to seek out significant films that might have flown under your radar. The goal is to call attention to moviesContinue reading “The 20 Best Films of 2015”
The Improbable Death of “The Cinema”
As the means of how we attain movies evolves, enthusiasts busy themselves with various concerns about the bleak future of cinema. Studio executives, theater owners, filmmakers, and film critics distress about new emerging threats that menace the foundations of the way we consume cinema. The “death of cinema” drumbeat erupts every few decades, but theContinue reading “The Improbable Death of “The Cinema””
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