Movies

British director Danny Boyle is no stranger to success. His films include the cult classics such as Trainspotting and 28 Days Later. His film Shallow Grave was the most successful British film in 1995. Danny Boyles films take place in different realities and tackle with different psyches, but what his films have his common is his constant drive to draw out the humanity in these stories. Whether the film takes place in a post-apocalyptic world overrun with zombies or a junkie running from the mundane,...

How does time make itself felt in a shot It becomes tangible when you sense something significant, truthful, going on beyond the events on the screen when you realise, quite consciously, that what you see in the frame is not limited to its visual depiction. (Tarkovsky 1986 117) INTRODUCTION Andrei Tarkovsky was a filmmaker and screenwriter who left an indelible mark on the cinema and his influence has been felt across the globe. Tarkovsky was a risk-taker. He did not make films that catered to...

Albert Einstein once very popularly quoted Reality is merely an illusion, albeit a very persistent one. Little must he have known what would be made of this comment in the movie and television industry of today. In this paper, we are going to discuss the differences between the two very seemingly distinct genres of entertainment  Documentary films and Reality Television. Now, from the mere names, the two would give an allusion to being of more or less the same genre  a tape capturing...

Lauded by critics as one of the best and most memorable films that showcase the life of organized crime, it blends Drama, Action, Serious Humor and Suspense in a masterpiece that does not fail to disappoint, even for those who are not fans of the genre. Critics in IMDB (The Internet Movie Database (various)) branded it as flawless and perfect, praising its magnificent cinematography as well as its interesting plot. Adapted from a novel and screenplay by Mario Puzo of the same name, the film was...

The Fall a movie released in May 2008 is set in the 1920s in a hospital in Los Angeles where an injured stuntman Roy begins to tell another patient - a little girl Alexandria with a broken arm, a fantasy story about 5 mythical heroes. He mesmerizes her with the fanciful story that takes her far away from the hospital melancholy and transports her into foreign landscapes of her imagination. To keep the girl interested in the story he interlaces it with her family and people she likes from the hospital....

The Orphanage is a film produced by Guillermo del Toro along side a first time director, Juan Anotonio Bayona is a ghost film shot in the beautiful coastal areas of Spain. The film focuses on the character of Laura, played by Beln Rueda who once was an orphan herself. Laura together with her husband, Carlos, portrayed by Fernando Cayo, and their son Simon, played by the cute little boy, Roger Prncep stayed in a big, towering colonial mansion which was the orphanage in which Laura was part of before. Laura...

Ingmar Bergman s The Seventh Seal is a film that explores the themes of transgression, abjection and the very faith of mortal men during dark times. Questions of faith among those who are meant to hold Christianity high, degraded conditions of despair, suicide, disease and the horrors of war are among a few of the examples of abjection and transgression which appear throughout the film. In The Seventh Seal, the knight Antonius Block and his squire, Jons, return home to Sweden from ten years of...

Whats Eating Gilbert Grape was filmed in 1993 in Texas and was directed by Lasse Hallstrom. It is a critically-acclaimed film that featured family values. It is a story about a family living in the fictional town of Endora consisting of a morbidly obese mother, Bonnie her two sons, Gilbert and Arnie and two daughters, Amy and Ellen. Following the death of her husband, Bonnie had done very little and resorted to eating which caused her physical state. She never goes out and prefers to stay within...

Mediterraneo is a catching comedy about how war has altered the lives of eight soldiersironically, they have not even put their guns into good use. The story starts with the introduction of each of the characters who seemed like they were going on a war.  They were aboard a ship that had to take them to an island in the Aegean.  They arrived at the island, searched the village for any inhabitantsthey found not a single souland set up camp.  A few days later, they found out that they...