Pink flamingos while not John Waters’ grandest achievement in story pacing (Female Trouble, Multiple Maniacs) The film is much more than just shock value, under all the grotesque imagery, innuendos and notorious stomach turning moments it has monumental importance to cinema. Breaking barriers of cinema itself, showcasing raw talent, launching Divine into popular media and having genuine, heartfelt messages. The rebellious edge, political undertones, overacting, sensation performances, sexual fetishes, iconic speeches are all a combination of Water’s determination to bring…
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Execution in Autumn 1972
Execution in autumn is an exquisite analyse of accepting fate told through remarkable cinematography, portrayals of relentless desperation and authentic period sets. Director Lee Hsing has exceptional control here letting the audience firmly know the tone, characterizations of prisoners straight away in a speechless opening segment before the blood red titles appear. The first frame of a man shot overhead, strutting back and forth in a desolate wooden cell being shackled tightly on wrist & heels instantly created unease. Rattling of…
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Turning Red 2022
Turning Red’s vibrant world, sharp animation, superb characters and stellar comedy surprised me at its approach to this particular story, of which I’ve seen many times previously. Diverting from the typical Pixar trend of trying to make its audience cry turning red is simply a riveting story about embracing your inner self, acknowledging your flaws and improving yourself. Let’s firstly talk about the red panda in the room here the controversy of the film, I found it to be utterly…
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The Grand Budapest Hotel 2014
The Grand Budapest hotel seamlessly weaves depressing subject matter with black comedy to create a gorgeous experience that still fascinates me in a period of passionless cinematic mediocrity.
Wes Anderson's whimsical feature lets the imagination of a creative mind flourish supported by camp performances, hugely adding offbeat, priceless moments bouncing off Fiennes's most impeccably quirky role. I thought the hotel in the whole storyline is a disguise to cope with the immense cruelty of war times in glossy rich upper-class…
