David Ehrenstein condemns melodramas like Coming Home for perpetuating the illusion that they can affect social change instead of creating…
This essay will explore the duality of Cronenberg’s works, as a statement on man’s curiosity and an open window to…
Wong Kar-Wai is considered influential. In the Mood for Love (2000) was a big commercial success for him. How does…
Hou Hsiao Hsien’s depiction of life in Flowers of ShanghaÏ explores the inherent contradictions in the era’s Chinese society.
In Felicidades,several lives intersect on Christmas Eve in Buenos Aires as they all strive not to spend the holidays alone.
In I Don’t Want To Talk About It which precedes her sudden death in 1995, Maria Luisa Bemberg explores the…
he City and the Dogs, based on the popular novel of the same name by Mario Vargas Llosa, is an…
Knocks at my door explores the political instability that has plagued Latin-American countries and Third-world countries in general.
Although separated by more than a decade, Funny Dirty Little War and Macunaïma both try to provoke social change by…
The most striking aspect of the movie Araya is its beautifully contrasted black-and-white photography. Benacerraf effectively conveys her love of…