The Echo of Life in Silence There are some movies that hollow out a person’s insides without shouting or screaming, and silently destroy them. “Awakenings” is one of these movies. Adapted from a true story set in 1969, the film was inspired by the memoirs of neurologist Oliver Sacks and offe...

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The Comedy of Family, Anarchy and Forgiveness John Hughes’ “Uncle Buck”, which he added to the family-comedy universe of the late 80s, although it may seem like one of the typical “crazy relatives” comedies of the period, is essentially an allegory of family dynamics, a sincere film about the t...

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Mother, Home, and Destruction: The Sacred Collapse of Feminine Creation Darren Aronofsky’s Mother! is a story about a home that at first glance is like a nightmare. But underneath, it is both mythological, sacred, and violently political. The film is not just the story of a woman (or...

Whisper in the Dark: Skinamarink and the Void That Cinema Is Afraid to Some films do not tell; they suggest. Some films are not watched; they are experienced. Kyle Edward Ball’s experimental horror production Skinamarink is not a “film” in the classical sense, but rather a swept-under-...

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There are some films where watching them is not just following a narrative; it is integrating with a state of mind, a feeling, a void. Donnie Darko is one of these films. Richard Kelly’s 2001 cult production may seem like a time travel fantasy at first glance, but it is actually an identity labyr...

“In Praise of Youth, Death to Old Age" Logan’s Run, released in 1976, may at first glance seem like a classic dystopian narrative, equipped with the colorful science fiction aesthetics of the 70s, but deep down it asks dark questions about the meaning of human life, social manipulation and t...