I don’t know about you, but I am a sucker for an underdog story. And they will always make me cry. Big dollops of tears streaming down my face, snot sticking to my upper lip as it pours out my nose, and that struggle for air as happiness fills you with unquestionable glee. I live for that stuff. You know: When they all cheer for … Continue reading Step – Review
When I first wrote about the trailer for Fun Mom Dinner, I claimed that no parent would ever act like that, be they the father or the mother. A couple of days after publishing it, I spoke to a friend (himself an expectant father,) and he informed me he knew plenty of people who could be described in similar ways to the characters that were … Continue reading Fun Mom Dinner – Review
by Ren Zelen Park Chan-wook’s new film The Handmaiden, based on the novel Fingersmith by Sarah Waters is, like the book, a cleverly constructed and erotically charged thriller. While Waters sets her story in Victorian England, Park sets his film adaptation in 1930s Japanese-occupied Korea. By replacing the class system of Victorian England with the hierarchical dynamic of occupier and occupied, Park has tapped into … Continue reading The Handmaiden – Review
by Ren Zelen With a resume containing Bend It Like Beckham and Angus, Thongs and Perfect Snogging, director Gurinder Chadha may not have seemed to be the immediate choice to bring a tragic, historical epic to the screen. However, when the director made a short introduction at the London screening of her new film Viceroy’s House, she explained her personal connection to this ambitious project. … Continue reading Viceroy’s House – Review
