Guilt is a sobering emotion. All of a sudden, wrong doings committed, less than favorable acts performed, all is brought to the forefront, ensuing self-doubt, self-reflection and possibly, ultimately change. On the Waterfront shows us a man who’s neither good…
Movie Pick of The Week: First Position (2011)
Amongst all of the Oscar bait films, film festival darlings, and foreign favorites, it’s easy to miss some gems of movies, to not know exactly what film is worth seeing other than the obvious. Sometimes it’s fun to pick a…
The Film Canon: Rashomon (1950)
This film was like s stage production. One act, followed by act two, all wrapped up in the climatic third and final act. It reminded of a modern film Closer, which was in fact a movie deriving by a play.…
11 Awesome Feel Good Movies
11. The Intouchables (2012) Often times, stories about the power of friendship are overwrought, yet this film keeps the perfect balance of the sweet and realistic. After a paragliding accident leaves him a quadriplegic, Philippe hires a young man, Driss,…
The Film Canon: City Lights (1931)
Charlie Chaplin has a plethora as films that are the worth the viewing time. From Gold Rush to Modern Times to his controversial The Great Dictator, but it’s City Lights which Chaplin wrote, directed and starred in that inspired the…
Underrated Films Part Two
12. A Guide to Recognizing Your Saints (2006) Unique in style, tone and storytelling, this film is about the importance of family and the marks that they leave with you for the rest of your life. Physically you may distance…
