Leap Year
When the Romantic Comedy Turns Battle With the Elements When the most beautiful film, Leap Year (2010), is a romantic-comedy movie set in beautiful Ireland, starring Amy Adams and Matthew Goode, One might think it was a beautiful experience to shoot the movie, and every scenery postcard worth. But It was a harsh experience for […]
Hotel Desire (2011)
A Moment in Berlin That Made a Difference Hotel Desire starts with an ordinary morning in Berlin. Antonia, a single mother and a hotel chambermaid, sends off her son to spend the summertime with the father. At work, she later on, she bumps into one of the guests, a blind and a world known portraitist, […]
Picture of Beauty
A Film That Exceeded Expectations When Picture of Beauty was announced, it brought with it some anticipation mixed with some anxiety. Here was a period drama, a genre reputed for its ability to illustrate beautiful cinematography, that also wished to delve deep into examine human passion, repression, and the cost to one’s self to express. […]
My Mistress
The Whispers Before the Curtain Rose The announcement of My Mistress provoked conversations of an intensity that one would not expect from an Australian independent film. The premise of ‘a dominatrix and a teenage boy copulating’ was always going to create an explosive reaction, be it indignant or the opposite. At film festivals, it was […]
Fidelity
The Transformation of Fidelity from a Title to Something Else Conventionally, Fidelity is referred to as a quiet storm, yet beneath the surface, the film is of a woman who grapples with unbridled passion, devotion and the searching of a fractured self. For many, the movie is emblematic of something much larger, giving the viewer […]
Vernost
A Life in Silence with a Break Lena’s work in the field of obstetrics and gynaecology earned her a reputation coupled with the respect of her patients and peers alike which she appreciated. Her work in the field of obstetrics and gynaecology earned her a reputation coupled with the respect of her patients and peers […]