What happens when a decent man convinces himself that the No Other Choice title is not a metaphor but a moral alibi? Park Chan-wook’s No Other Choice (2025)—a satirical, black-comic … Read more
What if the most shattering film of 2025 is not about the playwright’s genius, but about the private grief that forged it? Chloé Zhao’s Hamnet (2025) arrives as a historical … Read more
What if one family’s road out of poverty could map a nation’s conscience? John Ford’s The Grapes of Wrath (drama; released January 24, 1940) distills John Steinbeck’s novel into 129 … Read more
What if a heist didn’t steal a thing but planted it—right in your sleeping mind? Christopher Nolan’s Inception film is a 2010 science-fiction heist epic that I keep returning to … Read more
What if the year’s most explosive blockbuster were also a bruised love letter to community, fatherhood, and the stubborn hope that refuses to die? I walked out of One Battle … Read more
Have you ever pondered the infinite possibilities of space, the future of humanity, or what it truly means to sacrifice everything for a cause greater than oneself? Christopher Nolan’s Interstellar … Read more
What does it mean to be human in a world of our own artificial creation? This is the haunting, central question that Ridley Scott’s 1982 science fiction masterpiece, Blade Runner, … Read more
What makes a film truly timeless? 2001: A Space Odyssey, directed by Stanley Kubrick, answers this question with a resounding testament to the power of cinema. Released in 1968, this … Read more
I still remember the first time City of God film (2002) pinned me to my chair like a sudden squall—urgent, propulsive, and impossibly alive. It’s a Brazilian crime drama directed … Read more
Life Is Beautiful (1997), directed by Roberto Benigni, stands as a unique cinematic masterpiece that blends humor and tragedy in the backdrop of the Holocaust. This heartwarming yet heartbreaking film … Read more
What if a film was not a story you watched, but a trance you entered? This is the central question posed by Claire Denis’s monumental 1999 film, Beau Travail. It … Read more
I still remember the hush before the tunnel, like the world took a breath and waited. Hayao Miyazaki’s Spirited Away (2001) is an animated fantasy from Studio Ghibli about a … Read more
I still remember the first time I heard that lonely harmonica drift across the opening credits like wind over empty rails. The film is Once Upon a Time in the … Read more
This film, Do the Right Thing (1989), grabbed me by the collar before anyone spoke. Do the Right Thing (1989) is Spike Lee’s comedy-drama set over one scorching day in … Read more
What does it mean when silence speaks louder than words? In 1966, Ingmar Bergman released Persona, a Swedish psychological drama that is often described as one of the most complex … Read more
What if the greatest cinematic thriller ever made consisted not of car chases or heists, but of a woman peeling potatoes, making meatloaf, and polishing shoes? This is the radical, … Read more
I walked out of Weapons 2025 with my pulse low and my mind racing. Zach Cregger’s follow-up to Barbarian takes the bones of a missing-children mystery and builds a hushed, … Read more
Here’s the hard truth: The Birth of a Nation (1915) is both the movie that turbocharged modern cinematic storytelling and a work of racist propaganda that helped popularize the Ku … Read more
Franz 2025 is a daring, often playful Franz Kafka biopic from director Agnieszka Holland that swaps the usual cradle-to-grave formula for a kaleidoscopic, time-hopping portrait. It’s anchored by Idan Weiss … Read more
What if the world you knew—your job, your home, your friends, your entire identity—was stripped away overnight, all for the sake of a one-dollar bet? This is the provocative question … Read more
What makes a corporate raider and a Hollywood Boulevard sex worker the beating heart of a modern fairy tale? Pretty Woman 1990 answers with disarming clarity: chemistry, wit, and a … Read more
What do you call a comedy that quotes Dostoyevsky like a stand-up routine and turns pacifism into slapstick? For me, Love and Death (1975) is that rare subject that rewards … Read more
What does it mean to be truly unstoppable? Is it a quality reserved for mythic heroes and legendary figures, or can it be found in the most unassuming among us? … Read more
What happens when a love story refuses to behave like a love story? That, to me, is the radical promise of Sairat (2016)—Nagraj Manjule’s Marathi-language social romantic tragedy that begins … Read more
What does it truly take to succeed? Is it talent, relentless drive, or simply the willingness to surrender a piece of your soul? These are the questions that lie at … Read more
American Psycho 2000, directed by Mary Harron and based on Bret Easton Ellis’s 1991 novel, remains a polarizing classic in cinema. Its dark, satirical commentary on 1980s yuppie culture and … Read more
The Lord of the Rings trilogy, directed by Peter Jackson, is not just a cinematic achievement—it’s an emotional, captivating journey through the heart of Middle-earth, a world created by the … Read more
The Second Time Around (1961) is a charming Western romantic comedy starring Debbie Reynolds as Lucretia Rogers, a recently widowed mother who moves with her children from New York to … Read more
Stephen Hawking, Felicity Jones, Eddie Redmayne, and Jane Hawking at an event for The Theory of Everything (2014)
Back to the Future (1985), directed by Robert Zemeckis, is a sci-fi adventure that has become a cultural touchstone. The film follows teenager Marty McFly (Michael J. Fox), who is … Read more