The Ages of Lulu
Exploring Desire and Identity Bigas Luna’s is accredited for the 1990 made The Ages of Lulu (Las edades de Lulú). The film explores the concerns and complications of one’s awakening and the sense of identification. The film is devoted to the erotic tale of Lulú. Lulú is able to travel and experiences a range of […]
Sexual Chronicles of a French Family
When Secrets of a Family became common vernacular The European drama ‘Sex Chronicles of a French Family’ was released in 2012. This drama was under the direction of the film makers Pascal Arnold and Jean Marc Barr. During this time there was a lot of controversy around the film. The film was neither a scandalous […]
Swingers Sex Party
Whispers Before the Storm Some films debut quietly, while others are born into a world of curiosity, conversation, and even a little scandal. Swingers Sex Party falls into the latter. Before the release, this film was not just another erotic drama; it was touted as a brave look at contemporary relationships and the fantasies people […]
Fair Game
When Reality Collides With Cinema Hollywood has always served us political thrillers that hover in the realm of fiction and reality. However, they were raw and different in the case of Fair Game (2010). Featuring Naomi Watts and Sean Penn, the film wasn’t merely a cinematic adaptation of history, it served as a memoir of […]
Hooking Up
The Chaos of Connection: How Hooking Up Tried to Redefine Modern Love Coming into late 2018, we expected to see Hooking Up as a new rom-com that would attempt to challenge the genre. Having Nico Raineau as the director, paired with the rom-com veteran Brittany Snow, and one of the most sought-after comic actors in […]
Don Jon
The Man Behind Don Jon: When Fantasy Meets Reality When Don Jon was released in in 2013, audiences didn’t quite know what to expect from Joseph Gordon-Levitt’s directorial debut. Gordon-Levitt, having been the focus in 500 Days of Summer, Looper, and Inception, was about to step behind the camera to create something reflective of the […]
Shortbus
A Compassionate Interrogation of Love, Sex, and Affinity John Cameron Mitchell’s Shortbus (2006) is, and is still, the only film like it. Most certainly, it is the only film like it made in the mid-2000s. It is a innovative risk that is still expected in parts of the industry. It was made with the intention of trying […]
Disclosure
Power, Desire, and the Dark Side of the Corporate World Very few 1990s thrillers so boldly combined sexual tension, corporate ambition, and moral ambiguity as Disclosure (1994). Not only does the film, directed by Barry Levinson and based on a novel by Michael Crichton, provide suspense, but it also captures corporate culture, interpersonal relations, and […]
Raven’s Touch
Where Pain Meets Possibility In 2015, when Raven’s Touch entered the indie film scene, there were no expectations for it to linger. Directed by Marina Rise Bader and Dreya Weber, it is not a loud declarative, but rather a whisper, a whisper of healing, a soft cinematic exhale for those who have ever carried invisible […]
Little Children
The Beauty and Brutality of Ordinary Lives Little Children (2006) is one of the few films that highlights the quiet storm underneath the surface of suburbia seamlessly. Todd Field directed the film based on one of Tom Perrotta’s novels. It is a rare kind of drama; one that does not simply show people breaking the […]