A surrealist exploration of life dealing with a psychologist inhabiting a world full of colorful characters. He ponders life, visits cafes and vaudeville acts, and monologues to the mute ghost of a deceased child patient, as well as a mysterious griffin, while coming to terms with the death of his young wife, struggling to experience the finer things in life, and trying to figure out what it all means.
At least we got the original cast back, right? Not even that saves it. None of them could bring a sliver of hope to this special. Rather, they bring dread as we witness the light leaving from their eyes.
Why is 'The Green Knight' so white? People of color are so removed from the origins of 13th century art. We’re looking toward the future, and part of that should be updating aspects of our stories to mirror those evolutions.
If Miguel Alexandre were trying to make a revenge story seem dull without using all the effective formulas that work great in this catchy genre, he could not have accomplished his purpose much better than he unintentionally has in Black Island.
The film reminds us to remember the people who had the courage and dignity that had made the world better, even when the memory was absent.
The differences in these films could not be more blatant, and yet Gus Van Sant has found a way to portray the same messages and use the same techniques in each.
'Ganja & Hess' is a 1973 experimental horror film, written and directed by the visionary auteur Bill Gunn. It was meant to be a straightforward blaxploitation film – but director Gunn had grander ambitions.
