• Top Black Mirror Episodes (#5 to #1)

    Picking up where we left two weeks ago, let’s take a look at the best of the Black Mirror bunch. Best is, of course, extremely subjective. I’m pretty sure there will be at least one major omission and definitely […]

    Dec 4, 2019
    Julian A. Leu
  • The Classic Star Wars is Back

    To be fair, I had pretty much given up on Star Wars. Even though I’m a big fan, I called the franchise in its current form a blatant cash cow in a previous blog. I complained about how disappointed […]

    Nov 26, 2019
    Julian A. Leu
  • Top Black Mirror Episodes (#10 to #5)

    It took me more time than it should have, but I finally caught up with Black Mirror last week, so I decided to go ahead and do something which will certainly span disagreement. I carefully listed all Black Mirror […]

    Nov 19, 2019
    Julian A. Leu
  • Parasite (2019) (Review)

    I’ve often reiterated the idea that Cannes Film Festival is much more appreciative of true filmmaking quality than the mainstream film awards, or at a very minumum than the Academy Awards. I am curious to see, based on the […]

    Nov 11, 2019
    Julian A. Leu
  • 6 Great Racing Films

    With all the hype surrounding Ford v Ferrari, I decided to make a list of great films which have one thing in common: fast cars. I decided to skip animations (Cars would have otherwise made a fine addition to […]

    Nov 4, 2019
    Julian A. Leu
  • The Idiosyncratic Ingenuity of Yorgos Lanthimos

    It was a rainy and cold October evening in Glasgow, back in 2015, when I decided to set forth to the cinema. The roughly 7-minute walk offered me the distinct privilege of making decisions based on nothing in particular. […]

    Oct 28, 2019
    Julian A. Leu