In Theaters
Sputnik is a film I knew very little about before watching it. Okay, I guess the title is a bit of a giveaway but I hadn’t watched any trailers or read any reviews. It was just the simplicity of the poster above that made me believe this film was worth watching, and when that happens, […]
Sputnik 2020. Find Earth and Reep.
While they’re renowned for their sparkling dialogue and witty repartee, Woody Allen’s films don’t tend to be especially remarkable for their visual beauty. Manhattan is one of the few exceptions that proves that rule, however, since Allen’s collaboration with cinematographer Gordon Willis made this the most visually ravishing film of his entire career. Rather than […]
Sinema izleyicisine karşı takınılması gerektiği tavır sinema tarihi boyunca tartışma konusu olmuştur. Film, izleyicisine ne tür bir deneyim sunmalıdır? Onu mutlu mu, yoksa mutsuz mu etmelidir? Filmlerin amacı duyguyu yansıtmak mıdır, yoksa izleyicinin kendi içindekine dokunmak mıdır? Sinema, estetiği itibariyle iyi ve güzel masalsı bir dille mi anlatmalıdır, yoksa bizi suratımıza yumruğu mu patlatmalıdır? Gaspar […]
Rahatsız Ediciliğin Doruk Noktası: Climax
İsmet Özel “Modernlik insan yaşamına yaraşır bir hayata manidir”[1] der. Bunun Amerika’yı yeniden keşfetmek olduğunu söylemek haksızlık olacaksa da modernitenin bizim yaşamımıza getirdikleri ve götürdükleri sonucunda yaşamımızın aldığı hâlin ne olduğu meselesinin her bireyin zihnini kurcalaması gerektiğini ve kafası çalışan pek çoklarının da zaten kurcaladığını düşünüyorum. Açık olan bir şey var ki bu mesele Oslo, […]
Böyle söyleyince hangi film hakkında konuşacağımı tahmin edip edemeyeceğinizi bilmiyorum. Ancak bildiğim bir şey var o da Türkiye’de filmlerinin isimlerinin oldukça kötü çevrildiği. Meşhur “filmlerin adı motamot çevrilmiyor, filmin konusuna da bakıyorlar” geyiğini döndürmeye de gerek yok, bu filmi izleyen herhangi biri “Çeviride Kaybolmak”ın filmin konusu bakımından da filmin isminin kelime anlamı bakımından da “Bir […]
Captain Kidd (Tom Hanks), a Civil War veteran, travels the landscape of 1870s Texas, bringing literal news of the world to all the towns on his route. For ten cents, he will read you the news from whichever newspapers he’s got in his saddlebag. He’s been on the road a long time; it’s a lonely […]
Director: Christopher Landon Starring: Kathryn Newton, Vince Vaughn, Celeste O’Connor Review Author: Tony Synopsis: Millie is a high school student forced to survive the cruel world of high school while comforting her damaged mother following the recent death of her father. To make matters worse, the town’s infamous serial killer, The Blissfield Butcher, has reemerged. After a faithful […]
Getting into the business. So this is about big-time drug dealers in Arkansas. There is a hierarchy in the occupation, and at the top of the pyramid is a man named Frog (Vince Vaughn). Two up-and-comers (Liam Hemsworth, Clark Duke) are starting to prove themselves, but they have yet to meet the man in charge. […]
Southern Drug Kingpin – Arkansas (2020)
Billy Madison was Adam Sandler’s most vital film, but Happy Gilmore was his most polished. In fact, Billy Madison nailed Sandler’s comic persona so purely and perfectly that it was almost a dead end, forcing Sandler to scramble for ways to reinvent and reimagine his toddler persona over his next few films. Billy Madison was […]
As I watched David Fincher’s latest film, Mank, my main feeling was one of wanting to like the film more than I actually did. I mean, really, the film sounds like it was specifically made to appeal to me. It’s a film about the Golden Age of Hollywood, which is an era that has always […]
The Films of 2020: Mank (dir by David Fincher)
Your Honor: Çocuğu İçin Kendi Hayatını Hiçe Sayan Bir Baba (Bölüm 4-5-6 İncelemesi) İnişli çıkışlı bir başlangıç yapan dizinin devamını merakla bekliyordum. Ya dananın kuyruğu kopacaktı ya da kopacağı yerde bir dönüm noktası yaşanacaktı. Neyse ki ikincisi oldu, merakımın iyice arttığı bölümlerin genel olarak olumlu incelemesiyle karşınızdayım. Daha önce ilk üç bölümü incelediğim yazıya buradan […]
Your Honor: Çocuğu İçin Kendi Hayatını Hiçe Sayan Bir Baba (Bölüm 4-5-6 İncelemesi)
Disney+’s new spinoff series is unabashed, off-kilter, and unlike anything Marvel has ever attempted.
WandaVision Promises a New Beginning for the Marvel Cinematic Universe: Review
Amores Perros (2000) Director – Alejandro G. Iñárritu (The Revenant) Cast – Gael García Bernal, Emilio Echevarría, Goya Toledo, Vanessa Bauche Plot – The lives of a group of Mexican citizens are bounded together unknowingly through an horrific car crash. “If you want to make God laugh… tell Him your plans” Review by […]
Classic Review – Amores Perros (2000)
Adopt a Highway (2019) Director – Logan Marshall-Green (feature debut) Cast – Ethan Hawke, Elaine Hendrix, Anne-Marie Johnson, Christopher Heyerdahl Plot – Released from prison after a 21 year stint, Russell Millings (Hawke) discovers an abandoned baby in a dumpster behind the burger joint he works at, offering him an unexpected chance at […]
Film Review – Adopt a Highway (2019)
An American Pickle (2020) Director – Brandon Trost (feature debut) Cast – Seth Rogen, Sarah Snook, Molly Evensen, Jorma Taccone Plot – Preserved in a vat of pickles in New York in the early 1900’s, Jewish immigrant Herschel Greenbaum (Rogen) reemerges into modern day society where he meets his last living relative Ben […]
Film Review – An American Pickle (2020)
Sound of Metal (2019) Director – Darius Marder (feature debut) Cast – Riz Ahmed, Olivia Cooke, Paul Raci, Mathieu Amalric Plot – Drummer Ruben Stone (Ahmed) has his life turned upside down when he begins to lose his hearing, putting in jeopardy his future plans and relationship with long term girlfriend Lou (Cooke). […]
Film Review – Sound of Metal (2019)
Ikiru (1952) Director – Akira Kurosawa (Seven Samurai) Cast – Takashi Shimura, Shin’ichi Himori, Nobuo Kaneko, Minoru Chiaki Plot – Diagnosed with terminal cancer, long-serving government office worker Kanji Watanabe (Shimura) begins to search for meaning in a life he realizes has been one he has wasted up to the point of him […]
Fatman (2020) Directors – Eshom Nelms & Ian Nelms (Small Town Crime) Cast – Mel Gibson, Walton Goggins, Marianne Jean-Baptiste, Chance Hurstfield Plot – Angry with his lump of coal for Xmas, young boy Billy (Hurstfield) employs the services of Skinny Man (Goggins) to track down Santa (Gibson) and end his life for […]
Some Like it Hot (1959) Director – Billy Wilder (The Apartment) Cast – Jack Lemmon, Tony Curtis, Marilyn Monroe Plot – Musicians for hire Joe (Curtis) and Jerry (Lemmon) go undercover as female band members after they witness a mob hit. Complicating matters is the fact both men find themselves attracted to fellow […]
Classic Review – Some Like it Hot (1959)
