AFIFest: The Universal Theory – Sci-fi Noir
Timm Kröger’s The Universal Theory (Die Theorie von Allem) opens with a brief segment of a 1974 TV...
Tag: Black and White
Fear – When I was a stranger…
?We are hospitable people?but Bulgaria belongs to Bulgarians.? What does it mean to welcome the...
The Tragedy of Macbeth – What’s done cannot be undone
?Unnatural deeds do breed unnatural troubles.? Shakespeare may seem daunting to many. The language...
Two Gods – Who Will You Follow?
?Surely we belong to God and to Him we shall return.? In Zeshawn Ali?s Two Gods we see the...
Last Call – Dylan Thomas Rages
?You think your self-destruction is grand theater?. You?re just a performer in your own pathetic...
Frantz – Is It Ever Right to Lie?
The foundation of the story is the devastation that war brings. Everyone in this story suffers from the war. Anna and Frantz?s parents (and many of the townspeople) grieve the loss of the young men killed in the war.
Bleak Street – And Is It Ever
The black and white cinematography of Bleak Street sets the mood. There is no brightness or cheer in the Mexico City neighborhood in which it is set. This is a world in which gray is the dominant color.
In the Shadow of Women
What is the cost of infidelity within a marriage? Should it just be assumed that a man will wander? What about a woman? In the Shadow of Women takes a look at such questions in the lives of a young couple.
Aferim! – When Everyone Knew Their Place
It is a bit of a road trip film in which a constable, Constandin, has been dispatched by the local aristocrat to find and return a runaway Gypsy slave. As Constandin and his son travel to various areas, they have a series of encounters with different people: Christians and Jews, Russians and Turks, Romanians and Hungarians