Being a die-hard Francophile, I had often read about Jeanne du Barry, the illegitimate daughter of a seamstress who rose…
Browsing: History
“A forgotten past is a past that is yet to be. A forgotten history is a memory missing from our…
Don’t walk into “The Taste of Things” hungry, because you’ll be bolting out midway through the film to devour the…
Historical films possess an aura that enhances their film-likeness compared to other films. Experiencing how things were before we were…
With the end of Rodrigo Duterte’s presidency and his attacks on democratic institutions like a free independent press, some Filipinos…
“Society of the Snow” (directed by J. A. Bayona and written by J. A. Bayona, Bernat Vilaplana, and Jaime Marques)…
Michael Mann’s “Ferrari” throbs with danger, navigating a whipsawing course of hair-raising thrills and bone-chilling hazards while maintaining a steady,…
One of the things I love about the New York Film Festival (NYFF) is their curation for each section of…
Alfonso Gomez-Rejon directs this retelling of the race between Thomas Edison and George Westinghouse as they compete to bring light…
Season 2 of “Rocket Boys” is set in a new age India that’s busy ushering in the latest, spell-binding technology…