Japan, 2021 Drama/Roadtrip Independent Trailer Kaze no Denwa got released this weekend, but only for a couple of days, in very limited screenings. This means that this movie was not exclusively made for profit, but was conceived with another goal in mind. The picture acts as a memento of 2011’s Fukushima catastrophe, a topic most… Continue reading Voices in the Wind
Gaza Mon Amour
Palestine, 2021 Comedy Author Work Trailer (sort of) The epithet that this movie adds to a toponym with otherwise tragic connotations such as Gaza already reveals a big chunk of the spirit of this movie. Naturally, it follows the trail of other renowed movies that establish the budding of an endearment between two individuals in… Continue reading Gaza Mon Amour
Big Wednesday
USA, 1978 Drama/Post-Western Mainstream Trailer The first time I heard about this movie was two years ago. I was at the yearly seaside family holidays, and it was a windy day. Big waves were crashing in the edge of the beach, and the younger sister of my mother was having a cigarette apart of the… Continue reading Big Wednesday
Sun Children
Iran, 2020 Coming of Age/Drama Low-key Mainstream Trailer At this point, you will surely know about my attraction towards movies from Second World countries, and also the kind of affinity I feel towards Iranian culture in particular. Furthermore, after seeing the poster of this movie’s local advertising campaign and the high praise it denoted, I… Continue reading Sun Children
Futurama
USA, 1999-2013 Comedy/Sci-Fi/Mindfuck Mainstream Trailer Normally, when people remember witnessing something when they were young, it usually becomes magnified in their minds. Thus, other people that didn’t effectively “grow” with that element in their lifes are usually indifferent towards it. Perhaps it’s my case too, but I think this show deserves a post because I… Continue reading Futurama
A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night
Iran-USA, 2014 Postmodern/Horror/Thriller Author Work Trailer The reasons that made me pick this movie were three things: Firstly, I have a particular liking towards Iranians and their culture; secondly, the title and the eyecatch picture gave me an irresistible hunch that this could be an interesting watch; and thirdly, reading it was a vampire movie… Continue reading A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night
Tremble all You Want
Japan, 2017 Ironic Psychological Comedy Romance Drama (yes) Author Work Trailer This. This baby here has been the most tasteful, most perfectly shot, most intriguing, most lovely, but also the most mysterious and the most ungraspeable movie of all the JFF+ Festival 2021 Edition. It has been all this to the point that I don’t… Continue reading Tremble all You Want
My Mexican Bretzel
Spain, 2020 Postmodern Author Work Trailer This particular movie caught my attention during my weekly check-out on the movie roster of my usual theatres. It promised “a delicious melodrama in the style of how they were made in the age of Golden Hollywood, without any dialogues, and collage-ing footage from the 40s-60s together”. This thing… Continue reading My Mexican Bretzel
We’re No Angels
USA, 1955 Comedy Mainstream Trailer Today’s is a very special Corner post. It’s Christmas day, so I am going to talk about a Christmas movie. But, you all know I am sort of unconventional, so I want to talk about an underknown classic from 1955. And, it’s starring Humphrey Bogart, who was born a December… Continue reading We’re No Angels
Pot-pourri of Autumn 2020 movies
Emma (UK, 2020) – Romance, Comedy – Mainstream This is another nice example of the recent female directors make adaptions of classic novels trend that I wish never fades away. I honestly never read anything Jane Austen, and I committed the sin of disdaining her for believing her work being overly cheesy and languid. However,… Continue reading Pot-pourri of Autumn 2020 movies