Explanation to all the complicated, hard-to-get films across the globe. If a movie confused you, come read about it and discuss it here.
After almost 9 years since Primer, Shane Carruth returned with his next film, Upstream Color. Once again, Shane played multiple roles in the creation of this film – producer (one of), director, writer, actor (one of), music director, cinematographer and editor (one of). The film was made with a tiny budget of $50,000, wow, talk … Read more
The Discovery is a philosophical sci-fi film brought to us by the newbie director Charlie McDowell. Jason Segel & Rooney Mara play the leads in the film. I say philosophical because the film takes a shot at presenting a rendition of after-life and the consequence of its knowledge. The theory is not most compelling but … Read more
Annihilation is brought to us by Alex Garland who debuted with his direction of Ex Machina. Annihilation a science fiction thriller which stars Natalie Portman in the lead role. The film has an interesting concept and purposely leaves bits unexplained. Since Netflix took this over, the film moved out of the big screens. It does … Read more
Kill List is directed by Ben Wheatley. It stars Neil Maskell, MyAnna Buring, Michael Smiley and Emma Fryer in the lead roles. The film was made on a shoestring budget of $800,000 and is a good effort. I finally took the time out to watch the film after many requests for an explanation. The film … Read more
Under The Skin is a Sci-FI Drama directed by Jonathan Glazer. It stars Scarlet Johansson in the lead role. The film also sees Jeremy McWilliams who is a real-life bike racer. The film consists of a mix of both scripted as well as candid shots. Apparently, they later took permissions from each of the candid … Read more
This article is about the 2011 movie by the name Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy and not the BBC series or the book. The film is directed by Tomas Alfredson who also brought us Let The Right One In. There is a very strong star cast featuring Gary Oldman, Colin Firth, Tom Hardy, John Hurt, Toby … Read more
Tommy Wirkola brings us What Happened To Monday which has Noomi Rapace starring in seven roles. The seven of them are sisters, identical septuplets. What Happened To Monday (or Seven Sisters) is a Science Fiction film set in a dystopian future where people are forced to have just one child per family because of limited … Read more
So, I’m going to break the first two rules of Fight Club. Fight Club is a masterpiece brought to us by David Fincher. The film stars Edward Norton, Brad Pitt and Helena Bonham Carter in the lead roles. It also stars Meat Loaf and Jared Leto in smaller but effective roles. You must watch this … Read more
This article is related to the original Canadian-French film directed by Pascal Laugier. There was also a Hollywood remake in the year 2015. However, I believe the central plot confusion exists in both films. I got a bunch of suggestions from you guys to watch this film and explain it. So I watched it. And … Read more
Mother! is written and directed by Darren Aronofsky. It stars Jennifer Lawrence, Javier Bardem, Ed Harris, Michelle Pfeiffer, Kristen Wiig and many more. It also involves people seeing stars at the end of the movie wondering what they have just witnessed. This is not the first time Darren has done this to his audience. Here’s … Read more