Tae-Pyung, a hot university student, faced with the first crisis in his life, army duty. As soon as he enters the army, his girlfriend runs away, but he endures his duty for 2 years. After graduating from the university, he gets a job but he is only getting more and more exhausted with a repeated routine and the stress from work. To make matters worse, the news of his other girlfriend's pregnancy shook his whole life since the marriage would press him in another way. Tae-pyung, caught in the biggest dilemma in his life, tries to find a way to get back his prime time in his own peculiar way.
An impressive narrative structure, a perfect use of the continuous shot technique, and great interpretations make "Boiling Point" one of the best films of 2021.
A brief look at two Barry Jenkins films that have established him as one of the greatest filmmakers of our time.
While the camera is objectifying her body to invoke a sexual response in male viewers, Lara Croft still defies the expectations of women in action films.
I write for a diversity-focused film review blog, so I’ll be honest: I really wanted to like Pretty Lethal. Starring Maddie Ziegler, Lana Condor, Iris Apatow, Avantika, and Millicent Simmonds, Amazon Prime’s new thriller seemed like it would be a girl power movie about dancers with a horror action twist. Sort of a Suspiria for teens. But with shallow and unlikeable characters, a confusing plot, an overreliance on violence, and cringey dialogue, any fun the movie started out with was quickly lost. What was left was a faint echo of greater horror movies about dancers made before.
The genres of science fiction and fantasy are not exclusively masculine territory. Over the last few decades, female directors have brought to the screen some of the most visually stunning, intellectually daring, and deeply moving works of speculative fiction. From big Hollywood productions like Wonder Woman and Captain Marvel to independent low-budget films, women filmmakers are making a name for themselves around the world.
