Directed by Denis Villeneuve and written by Aaron Guzikowski, Prisoners is a complex rumination on morality, trauma, guilt, faith, religion, and psychology, in the garb of the conventional detective story or suspense thriller. Throughout the film, the viewer is shoved into the shoes of the characters — all the clues are hiding in plain sight, ...
Directed by Denis Villeneuve and written by Aaron Guzikowski, Prisoners is a complex rumination on ...
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Hayao Miyazaki’s Howl’s Moving Castle (2004) traverses several themes — humanity, selfhood, compassion and belonging. However, the film derives its most enduring message from its ideas of war and its evils. Miyazaki identifies as a pacifist. He has said of the film: “I wanted to convey the message that life is worth living, and I don’t think ...
Hayao Miyazaki’s Howl’s Moving Castle (2004) traverses several themes — humanity, selfhood, compassion and belonging. However, the ...
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Darren Aronofsky’s Black Swan is a beautiful tale of paranoia, obsessive chase for perfection and the dark world behind the blinding stage lights. The director’s fifth feature film, similar to his last project The Wrestler, is an exploration of what goes behind the highly competitive and physically demanding world of performance arts: professional ballet. Aronofsky ...
Darren Aronofsky’s Black Swan is a beautiful tale of paranoia, obsessive chase for perfection and ...
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Dipankar Sarkar
