The 1960s, a time of free love and drugs aplenty. The “hippie subculture” of this era took root around 1965, spawning a worldwide counter culture movement that still has remnants in today’s society. How this new subculture was established, and spread so quickly around the globe, can be attributed to a variety of factors. Ask […]
2011
Film Review: Mysteries of Lisbon (Dir. Raúl Ruiz 2010)
That Raúl Ruíz describes his new film as his most theoretical might seem a bit daunting. He’s made over 100 movies in 30 years and they’re all pretty theoretical, from The Hypothesis of the Stolen Painting (1979), to Time Regained (1999). Plus, the new one’s a four and half-hour nineteenth-century drama. The theoretical aspect […]
LAFF Film Review: Senna
Formula One driver Ayrton Senna was a marvel to watch on the track. His instincts spot on, his ability to wow an audience guaranteed, and his off-track demeanor always one of composure and graciousness. Senna was not a proud champion, but a very proud man; one who would go on to break records on the […]
LAFF Film Review: The Bad Intentions (Las Malas Intenciones)
It is nearly impossible to ever pass up a film from Argentina (or partially in this case as Las Malas Intenciones is a combined effort of Argentina, Peru, and Germany). Why? Because they are more times than not excellent. The Bad Intentions keeps up the momentum of Argentinian cinema, and Germany and Peru as well, […]
LAFF Film Review: The Guard
Sgt. Gerry Boyle is an Irish Guard, aka policeman, in a small town in the West of Ireland. As the man in charge he takes little, if anything, seriously. When his newest recruit and he discover a dead body of a man they do not recognize it is with dark humor, and a general sense […]