It’s difficult to say what’s harder to accept: the fact that the American Dream disappeared once with the era evoked in Fitzgerald’s novels or that the American Dream still exists, but it is it, in fact, a pact with […]
Which is more dramatic: a tragedy in itself or the painful revelation behind this tragedy? Director Blake Ridder may not be able to give a definitive answer to this question, but he does manage to create in ‘The English […]
A house in the middle of the forest. An unfriendly landscape. A lonely girl. All the classic ingredients of a horror. However, “Home” is not a cliché horror short film, despite its premises and the supernatural-gore elements that break […]
One of the qualities of a successful film is the courage and refinement with which the director tackles a delicate issue. When this issue involves concepts about morality, about the small and big compromises of the individual unable to […]
Most great sci-fi movies do not necessarily talk about the technological progress of a potential future, but about the depths of human nature. More precisely, the futuristic convention conferred by this cinematic genre outlines for some directors the ideal […]
Ignorance has always given birth to monsters. At the same time, history taught us that one of the most aberrant forms of ignorance has been sustained by the patriarchal view of the world. In this connection, ‘Ada‘ is a […]
The devil may not exist in the real world. Maybe it’s just another way to define the hidden side of each of us. But what happens when this subjective projection of our own dark thoughts materializes in order to […]
A quality horror doesn’t consist in its “spectacular” monstrous creatures or in the intensity of its jump-scares. In fact, a quality horror manages to give the chills without using cliché ostentations which are more or less justified by the […]
Struggling with your own self can be more painful than any other form of suffering. ‘Chasing’ is a short film that approaches this idea, starting from a man’s addiction to gambling that pushes him to the limit of self-destruction. […]
Catastrophic scenarios about the future of the planet are no longer a novelty, but the fascination with which we watch them always goes beyond these thematic prejudices. One such fascinating project not only through its dark and plausible atmosphere, […]