My Mom’s New Boyfriend
A Peculiar Espionage Romantic Comedy When My Mom’s New Boyfriend came out in 2008, it did itself as a light hearted romp with comedy and spy thriller elements. It tells the story of young FBI Agent Hank (Colin Hanks) who is mortified at the prospect of his mother, Marty (Meg Ryan) dating the enigmatic art […]
Loving Adults
A Marriage on the Edge of Collapse When Loving Adults premiered on Netflix in 2022, it joined the canon of Nordic noir with a uniquely intimate and unsettling twist. Based on Anna Ekberg’s novel Kærlighed for voksne, the film tells the story of Christian (Dar Salim) and Leonora (Sonja Richter), a married couple whose seemingly […]
Get Out
A Visit That Became a Nightmare When Jordan Peele’s Get Out hit theaters in 2017, it was marketed as a psychological horror-thriller, but audiences quickly realized it was something far deeper. The story followed Chris Washington (Daniel Kaluuya), a young Black photographer visiting the suburban home of his white girlfriend Rose Armitage (Allison Williams). What […]
Last Tango in Paris
A Paris Apartment and a Story of Broken People Last Tango in Paris, a film directed by Bertolucci Bernardo, utterly shocked the world back in 1972. This, for the film’s unique twist on both death and the sexual acts which lie at the center of it. The film features Paul, a widower and American old, […]
3-D Sex and Zen: Extreme Ecstasy
When Fantasy Met Flesh When 3-D Sex and Zen: Extreme Ecstasy made its debut in 2011, it certainly was not another Category III movie from Hong Kong cinema, it became the first 3D erotic film in history, which in turn, drew the world’s attention. This film is based on The Carnal Prayer Mat, a classic […]
Live Flesh
When Film Characters Came to Life Live Flesh / Carne Trémula (1997) by Pedro Almodóvar is not just a movie but rather a living and pulsating work of art full of love and betrayal, and focused around a changing Spain. It is built on the one of the novels by Ruth Rendell and, like other […]
Cruel Intentions
The film that became a cultural phenomenon Cruel Intentions released in 1999, and wasn’t just another edition in the teen drama genre. It took a unique approach to power, high school, and seduction having its sharp, sexy, and subversive angle. Under the direction of Roger Kumble, the film was and still is a loose adaptation […]
Basic Instinct 2
“Basic Instinct 2” which was released during 2006 was another follow up to its 1992 predecessor which led to some expectations surrounding the movie. Paul Verhoeven was the director of the original movie which helped in the overnight stardom of Sharon Stone in addition to bringing sex related issues and violence in the limelight. Over […]
High Art
High Art: The Struggles of Reel Self-Sacrifice The memory of the movie ‘High Art’ directed by Lisa Cholodenko is attributed to the touching but also raw perspective of love, ambition, and addiction. The movie, which depicted the life of a young assistant in a photography magazine, maintained a character, Lucy, was a famous photographer buried […]
Original Sin
Original Sin: Between Desire, Destiny, and the Shadows of Real Life Original Sin, upon its debut in 2001, was much anticipated even before its premiere due to the magnificent geek suspense that surrounded it. With the beauty of the American screen, Angelina Jolie and Antonio Banderas did not only act in the movie, but ‘wore […]