Cinema

The Seventh Seal

This week of cinema has been devoted solely to the surreal and the beyond – between Scorsese’s “It is accomplished” and Bergman’s “It is finished”,

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The Last Temptation of Christ

The Last Temptation of Christ is a paradigm-breaking film. The character isn’t man. He had his tribulations, his sorrows, his lacerations, but no, he isn’t man.

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Autumn Sonata

I’d be amongst the most lucky and unlucky individuals when it comes to Autumn Sonata for a good reason. I had the tremendous opportunity to watch

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Aguirre : Wrath of God

The way Herzog opens this film is unquestionably an instant hallmark of near-celestial film-making. The mist is wafting across the unfathomably high mountains of the

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A Silent Voice

Sometimes, I feel sorry for those who dismiss anime as a genre that deals with childish themes. Anime usually gets this rep because its Western

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Persona

A rusted nail is driven through a stiff palm. A coffin that belies the jester that lies inside it. The whirring of a tape that

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