"While I'm singing" shows the daily life of a brave, curious and eccentric troubadour in his insistence on conquering a dream. Juan María Pampín is a hairdresser, but he defines himself as a plastic artist and sculptor of human hair, although his true passion is music. His persistent, witty humor and sharp conclusions about human existence draw a blurry line between the hilarious and the tragic. The director, Julián Montero Ciancio, raises the blinds of this hairdresser (and of her career with her debut feature) that goes far beyond normality. Welcome to the party.
The 2019 film, Vai, takes us through eight stories across the islands of Oceania. The settings are unbelievably beautiful, the cast is beautiful, the languages are beautiful, and the stories are beautiful…but heartbreaking.
This incarnation of Animal Farm is filled with the generic plot points, immature humor, cardboard characters and visual flaws that you have come to know from today’s lesser children’s films.
Having Sersi be the central force in Eternals is unprecedented in its viewpoint and focus, from demonstrating a gentle type of leadership, to being overlooked in a group setting but succeeding in the goal at hand anyways, to having romantic options, to strength and integrity, and majority screen time - for a group that's given less screentime than aliens.
The gentle, emotional nuances of Evan’s coming-of-age story would have been so beneficial to have incorporated into the life of a POC character. Showing a Black, Asian or Latino young man that is afforded the space to be vulnerable, flawed and sensitive while driving a compelling and widely-loved narrative would have been a game changer.
'Alice' is a genre trifecta: one part revenge drama, one part historical account, one part throwback to Blaxploitation—kinda 'Django' meets 'Roots' meets 'Foxy Brown.'
How closely should film adaptations follow their source material? Let's take a deep dive into "Norma Rae", and find out.
