Movies
‘Nosferatu’ 100 years later: Plagues, politics, sex and vampires
March 23, 2022This month marks the 100 year anniversary of the debut of the German Expressionist silent horror film Nosferatu.
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Film ‘King Richard’ – A father coaches the Williams sisters tennis superstars
March 22, 2022Bop, bop, bop, across the net. Each strike sends the tennis ball over the net, while their father lobs it gently, one of the sisters must run with all her strength, and get it back over...
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‘Wheel of Fortune and Fantasy’: Rediscovering the wheel
February 3, 2022The films of Japanese film director and screenwriter Ryusuke Hamaguchi lodge in your brain and heart like small incendiary devices, ticking from his self-awareness toward yours. What did the character mean by that? How does that...
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‘Passing’: A beautiful tragedy with emotional bite
November 10, 2021Passing is a beautiful film that will tear you apart emotionally if you let it. The aesthetic of the movie will lull you in like a gentle breeze until you realize you’ve been thrown into a...
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The Toronto International Film Festival and the world
November 10, 2021One of the most revolutionary films at TIFF this year was Tug of War from the relatively unknown autonomous region of Zanzibar. There’s never been a major movie from this island that lies just off the...
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