Most of the reviews about Jafar Panahi’s new movie “It was just an accident” start with a brief summary of his life and the circumstances and hardship that he has experienced under Iran’s oppressive regime. I was familiar with most of his story, his imprisonment and his ban from filmmaking, but “It was just an accident” was the first movie of his that I’ve seen. Coming into it with fresh eyes and no prior knowledge about his other movies it…

Walking out of the movie theater with the lyrics of “American girl” I was overwhelmed with emotions. The future belongs to the next generation, always has always will, father time remains undefeated. The future can be a biracial American girl who can’t wait to go to a protest, can’t wait to fight for the less privileged, the minorities of this world. It doesn’t matter if it safe or not or if you have to drive 3 hours one way, staying…

“Sentimental value”, Joachim Trier’s newest feature opens with the camera panning over the city of Oslo. It’s showing the beauty of the city, but the shot ends on a cemetery. We cut to a beautiful house where two little girls are running around. One of the girls, the older daughter is writing a school essay about the importance of the house to her family. We see her parents arguing all the time and the effects of that on the children.…

Park Chan-wook is one of those directors that whenever you are watching one of his movies you are always aware of his cinematic moves and tricks. You always know that he is behind the camera, no matter the subject or period his movies are unmistakably his. His visual style front and centre, it’s part of the storytelling, it enhances the story and the theme that he is trying to tackle. In ”No other choice” there are several transitions, superimpositions and…

Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein is one of those seminal books that most people know or at least heard of. If not that they have probably seen some of the movie adaptations made through the years. Personally I have seen, the James Whale “Frankenstein” and Mel Brooks’ “Young Frankenstein”, but I have never read the book. Having seen most of Guillermo’s movies, the Frankenstein story echoes through many of his movies. In “Crimson Peak”, the lead character is a young woman, a…