Adore
When Desire Burrows Beneath the Bonds of Friendship Adore (2013) written by Anne Fontaine which is an adaptation of the novella The Grandmothers by Doris Lessing does not consider the entire novel to be a mere love story. Instead loving one’s mother, a friend and loving a friend’s mother are all with a single element […]
9 Songs
When a Love Story Broke Boundaries Michael Winterbottom’s 9 Songs took the movie industry by surprise in the year of 2004. It was marketed as a love story set to live music with remarkable intimacy. At the center of the story was Matt (Kieran O’Brien), a glaciologist from Britain, and Lisa (Margo Stilley), an exchange […]
The Ages of Lulu
A Film That Broke Spain’s Silence During the 1990s, Spain was still immersed in the cultural reverberations of the Movida. Franco’s dictatorial regime had, at long last, given way to free artistic expression, sexual exuberance, and social defiance. Enter: The Ages of Lulu (Las edades de Lulú), directed by Bigas Luna and adapted from the […]
Sexual Chronicles of a French Family
When Secrets of a Family became common vernacular The European drama ‘Sex Chronicles of a French Family’ was released in 2012. This drama was under the direction of the film makers Pascal Arnold and Jean Marc Barr. During this time there was a lot of controversy around the film. The film was neither a scandalous […]
Swingers Sex Party
Whispers Before the Storm Some films debut quietly, while others are born into a world of curiosity, conversation, and even a little scandal. Swingers Sex Party falls into the latter. Before the release, this film was not just another erotic drama; it was touted as a brave look at contemporary relationships and the fantasies people […]
Fair Game
When Reality Collides With Cinema Hollywood has always served us political thrillers that hover in the realm of fiction and reality. However, they were raw and different in the case of Fair Game (2010). Featuring Naomi Watts and Sean Penn, the film wasn’t merely a cinematic adaptation of history, it served as a memoir of […]
Hooking Up
A Road Trip Comedy That Does More Than Make You Laugh ‘Hooking Up’, which was released in early 2020, coincidentally came out just before the pandemic began and closed theatres all around the world. Although it may appear to be absurd, there is no denying that it is the tale of two people – a […]
Don Jon
Unique Love Story Theaters during 2013 marked the sights and sounds of the premiere of Don Jon. Unlike most add-on romantic comedies that follow a set and monotonous pattern, this movie was Joseph Gordon-Levitt’s directorial debut, and mapped fiber between love and addiction of modern-day, as well as the disconnect between fantasy and reality. The […]
Shortbus
Trailer Promises Something New – Shortbus Perhaps the most interesting fact about Shortbus, the film’s plot, the director’s history, and the generous nudity in the trailer are the themes of art and intimacy that overlap in the film’s exploration of sex. These themes have never been shown in the movies that have come before it, […]
Disclosure
The excitement before the storm The period immediately before the release of the book Disclosure, written by Michael Crichton, can best be summed up as the beginning of the 1990s. It was a time when the world of books and movies was getting more and more integrated, and the greatest thrillers didn’t have an easy […]