Reviews Whose Life Is It Anyway? (1981): Pleading Death 31 Oct 201631 Oct 2016 Sane people can have the desire to die, it's an indisputable fact. In arguing why, "Whose Life Is It Anyway?" tries to balance a dispute so personal, that it seems…
Reviews Amores perros (2000): Self Redemption 4 Aug 2016 God, the turn of the millennium was such an awesome time for mainstream movies. One of the guys who has since become the Hollywood auteur is Alejandro G. Inarritu. Two…
Reviews Bacalaureat (2016): Defying Compromise 21 May 201610 Jan 2017 Films rarely put forward leading characters that they then choose to vehemently punish throughout. But this is Mungiu, who has already proved more than adept at creating authentic and ruthless…
Reviews Local Hero (1983): Nothing Local About It 28 Mar 201628 Mar 2016 I just love how desultory film exploration works: one day, you're watching a 'modern' rom-com, the next you're sticking your head into a small British thing of the 80s which turns out…
