Jean-Pierre Armand runs a sex shop (the ‘bottega del piacere – shop of pleasure). Caroline Laurie and Roberto Malone are customers who play with sex toys and watch videos. Lots of American and European archive footage is used, heavily and abruptly edited, with sometimes split-second cuts. However, the credits falsely imply that this is all original footage.
During the third act, the momentum stalls, largely due to the film’s obsession with Kubrick’s visual design. But all in all, Doctor Sleep is a cinematic success, defined by rich characters and high powered emotion.
Not only does the system prevent upward mobility, but it makes it incredibly easy to slide from comfortably middle class to unhoused.
I am an Armenian who has a mild form of epilepsy. I rarely see Armenian culture and epilepsy properly portrayed in film or TV. I delve into the how and why.
Laggies is a fantastic movie, filled with down-to-earth characters, transcendent themes, and witty comedy
The history of Hollywood is as ugly as it is beautiful. Most notably absent from Hollywood history are Black-produced films. “They’ve Gotta Have Us” explores the rise of Black cinema.
'Little Woods' rethinks the Western genre and examines the misogyny and classism inherent in the healthcare industry.
