Summing Up Three Distinct Fates Into One Through Three Colors: Krzysztof Kieślowski’s Genius Approach to the French Flag… Three Colors Trilogy(1993)
Liberty is the core of nature’s distinct spirit. If we exclude natural selection and other ani…
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Smiling Despite the Disasters on the Road as the One Who Leads a Nation From One Side of the Road to the Other: Jafar Panahi’s Ongoing Role Beyond Film… His Taxi (2015)
The camera! It is what makes a film holy. And our source of holiness—the camera—opens its eyes on th…
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Mirroring the loop we all are in and showcasing our hesitation to go back or forward: Getting Lost in “Exit-8” by Genki Kawamura.
The movie starts with a familiar scene: Protagonist is doomscrolling. He is on the metro, and everyo…
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Why the Truth Will Never Be Revealed Between Two People: Nuri Bilge Ceylan’s Palme d’Or-Winning Masterpiece Winter Sleep (2014)
From childhood to death, arguing with someone is a regular habit we all share. However, victory in t…
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A Depiction of Post-Modern Human Psychology through Partial Stockholm Syndrome, Shifting Agendas, and the Simplicity of Manipulation: Sidney Lumet’s Dog Day Afternoon (1975)
Sometimes, simple problems spark the biggest incidents that we cannot get over even after a long tim…
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Quest on Searching for Truth with its temptations, falsehoods, and essence: Tolstoy’s Mastering Nuance “Father Sergius”
The story begins with the demanding youth of a nobleman, Prince Stepan Kasatsky. After losing his fa…
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Rejecting what everyone expects, journeying to unknown space, and making one of the best movies ever with an unprecedented inner reality: Andrei Tarkovsky’s masterpiece, Solaris.
Just imagine that your country, which has not cared about you until now, suddenly provides you with …
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All we do is acting. Usually as ourselves, and sometimes as what we want to be—A Close look at “Close Up” by Abbas Kiarostami
“For me, art is the experience of what you’ve felt inside,” he said. He always lived to let hi…