Drama
The Taste of Things and Perfect Days find inspiration in the simplicity of everyday life
March 25, 2024By: Kiara Co, Peak Associate The Taste of Things and Perfect Days, a French and Japanese film respectively, are two uplifting 2023 releases with simple yet moving stories. Although I watched them both with English subtitles as they were not English films, they exemplified the universal language of cinema, which allows audiences from all cultures to connect on the shared emotional reactions and experiences of characters. Set in 1889 in a French countryside, The Taste of Things (Le Passion de Dodin Bouffant in French) is about a cook named Eugenie and her boss, Dodin, whose bond grows over many days…
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When the Guests Are Not Looking: the Audain Gallery’s freshest art installation
January 21, 2018By: Aritro Mukhopadhyay This new installation and performance piece showcasing the works of Richard Ibghy and Marilou Lemmens explores the audience’s relationship with art itself. Awfully contemporary for its time, When the Guests Are Not Looking delves into the economics of…
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Movies you may have missed: A Quiet Passion
May 13, 2017A Quiet Passion Review by Josh Cabrita Andre Bazin argued that photography fulfills the same desire that led the ancient Egyptians to embalm their pharaohs. That word, ‘embalm,’ and the role photography can play in preserving the dead, is particularly…
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CINEPHILIA: Son of Saul captures daily life in Auschwitz-Birkenau
January 19, 2016Most films we view emotionally and cerebrally but Son Of Saul, the holocaust drama from first-time director Laszlo Nemes, is experienced physically: it hits like a truck, leaving bruises under your skin; it pulverizes like a wrecking ball, smashing the…
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Check out my Fringe show
September 14, 2015Excuse me. Excuse me! Yes, hi, I was wondering if I could interest you in a flyer for my Fringe show. I know. You might be thinking, “Great, like I didn’t have enough Fringe plays to check out already.” Or…
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