Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter... And Spring: Life just is, but what is it?
Anyone aware of Kim Ki-duk knows how obscure, metaphorical and mysterious his films are. Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter… And Spring is no different. If...
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Zorba the Greek: A celebration of life(?)
A young, borderline austere Englishman visits a small village in Greece to claim his inheritance and finds a middle-aged man who helps him learn...
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Idlers of the fertile valley: Allegory for the present times?
Idlers of the fertile valley is a 1978 Greek drama film revolving around a father, his three sons and a maid who takes care...
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Harakiri: Your morals and ideals are all a facade
Harakiri the 1962 Japanese gem is much more than a simple story of a ronin (a Samurai who no longer serves a feudal lord)...
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Rashomon: You decide
Rashomon is another 1950 Japanese masterpiece by Akira Kurosawa. It follows an incident in which a bandit kidnaps, rapes a woman and later kills...
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Sansho the Bailiff- 1954 Japanese period drama that feels surprisingly like Bollywood 80's films
Sansho the Bailiff is a film set in medieval Japan based on a story of the same name. This story is in turn based...
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As simple as it can get: Intouchables(2011)
Intouchables is a 2011 French comedy film based on the memoir (You changed my life) by Abdul Sellou. The film went on to break...
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Cinema Paradiso: For the love of Cinema
Having watched this masterpiece a few weeks back and still having it revolve in my mind till now surely tell me that this film...
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The powerful female leads in Studio Ghibli movies
Japan’s anime is famed worldwide not just because of the animation style but also for the storytelling techniques. Perhaps the most well known Japanese...
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