Art

HERO

I can’t find peace in the surroundings When there is no room left for my mind To go beyond the limits of material excesses And float free in the cosmos of the divine How can we measure a man’s worth If he can’t be a hero without a cape How …

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The ‘F’ Word… Fear

Of Loss… They said it’s an awful habit; an addiction. They said it’s wrong. And yet, as he stared down at the little stick burning between his fingers, he recognized its beauty. Such beauty. He took a puff, feeling the smoke swirl in his mouth, his lungs, and devoted all …

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Acting Reality

Thrown onto this stage,  The seemingly endless play of life, Unknown to most of us. We are the ignorant cast.   There are those who control, The invisible strings on our backs, The masters plotting our every move, Driving us back and forth like machines.   Then there are those …

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Coraline says we’ve all been programmed!

Coraline (2009) 100 min  |  Animation, Fantasy   IMDb: 7.7, Rotten Tomatoes: 90% “Not just a children’s movie, Coraline goes beyond to subtly raise important questions for adults as well. Let us analyze it in an offbeat context of how everyone is being constantly programmed & how setting free is yet another …

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The Understated Brilliance of Hugo Weaving

You might not know him by name, but you definitely know this fine actor. Here’s a clue: More nerdy enthusiasts might immediately recall his portrayal of ‘Lord Elrond’ as well, in the ‘The Lord of the ‘Rings’ franchise: Or you might even have spotted him as the ‘Red Skull’ in …

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Exploring World Cinema #1: Themroc

Themroc (1973) | France IMDb: 7.2 Director: Claude Faraldo 100 min  |  Comedy “A roller coaster ride in to examining human sexism, sexuality, modernism, exploitation, abuse of power, banal rat-race & other cultural/societal limitations which restrict our experiences.”   Themroc is an unbelievable film. Firstly, it has no language, and secondly, …

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Digging Cinema Fossils #1: A Page of Madness

A Page of Madness (1926) Kurutta Ippêji IMDb: 7.7 Teinosuke Kinugasa 70 min  |  Drama, Horror  |  Japan   “A film that must have been an excellent, visionary one in its entirety, but in its incomplete and wordless mystery, it becomes a challenging enigma.”   To begin with, this is …

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