Alejandro González Iñárritu’s Birdman is a glorious and often mesmerizing blend
of realism and illusion. Like its character Sam Thomson (Emma Stone), the film
is a “beautiful mess.” Winding through the labyrinthine
On December 18th, the world lost a great performer. Stephen Colbert, the
notorious pundit turned pistachio salesman, threw off the surly bonds of earth
and etched his name among the stars. As the
A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night, the “feminist Iranian vampire-Western,” by
award winning, first-time feature director, Ana Lily Amirpour is a riveting
clash of stereotypes and genres.
A Girl Walks Home Alone
With the help of their wings they could fly away to distant regions, blessed
regions, where they really had their homes, for here they were but alien
sojourners. -Soren Kierkegaard
The great temptation
In November 2013, after fourteen years between films and at age 78, the
brilliant animated feature film director Isao Takahata released Kaguya-hime no
Monogatari in his native Japan. Under the title The Tale
