Hardships implied through fantasies, and pain through longing: sometimes the hurt cuts too deep and the only way to cope is to flee by imagining an easier world where we’re prosperous and happy. Everyone fantasizes about a better life but,…
Movie Review: ‘The Diary of a Teenage Girl’
Judging someone is easy. Understanding before contempt goes against our instincts. I think many of us lack the impulse to sympathize with other’s choices before critiquing their lifestyle. Sure, they “may have had it coming for them” but self-righteous judgment…
Movie Review: ‘Best of Enemies’
Two men debating the platforms in the Democratic and Republican conventions during 1968 would set the stage for decades of argument over foreign policy and fiscal politics. Like fortune tellers, they prophesied a polarizing, ideological divide in American society: one…
Ten Films to See at TIFF 2015
The Toronto International Film Festival brings close to 400 films from around 70 countries every year. In terms of diversity and quality, TIFF is second to none. Based on the July 28 announcement of the galas and special presentations, these…
Movie Review: ‘World of Tomorrow’
“That is the thing, Emily Prime, you only appreciate the present when it is the past.” In a future where we can live forever, transferring our consciousness from one empty clone body to another, we have the ability to almost cheat…
Movie Review: ‘Phoenix’
Nelly Lenz (Nina Hoss), a Holocaust survivor, visits a doctor’s office to have her face recreated after a gunshot wound left her visage and psyche disfigured. For her new face and identity, the doctor gives her two choices: to look…
Movie Review: ‘Paper Towns’
There is an ideal image of happiness and success: suburban family, good job, outgoing personality, etc., etc. Our lives are formed and developed like a production line, with strict rules and schedules. We come out the other end an unremarkably…
