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
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
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