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To the Wonder is Terrence Malick’s visual poetry on the mysteries of love and human soul. A review by MOHAMMED NOUSHAD. Certain films allow you to read many layers of a life articulated using a loose storyline but its eloquent poetic narrative. In a sense, they are easy to interpret and very difficult – almost impossible – to review. Terrence
» Read moreFilm Review / By Justin Chadwick / 2010 / English / 105 minutes. Of course, it is never too late to dream. THE FIRST GRADER is an inspired film about education, based on the world’s oldest primary school student’s inspiring true story. Maruge was 84 when the Kenyan government announced free education for all citizens. When the small kids
» Read moreThe Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind. What a beautiful name for a film! The temptation was irresistible, and the film was pretty engaging. But not as lovely as the title, which is originally taken from a quote by Alexander Pope. A psychological thriller mixed with science fiction, this film made me wonder what could happen if this possibility of
» Read moreHE WAS A QUIET MAN by Frank A. Cappell is about a man who desperately wanted to be loved, or to be behaved nicely by those around him. At least, he wanted you to acknowledge his hopeless existence. His colleagues, neighbors, the woman he wanted to love, his boss, nobody but did so. And what the protagonist plans to do
» Read moreThe Constant Gardener sheds some light on the unauthorized drug trials of poor Africa’s victims. But its focus on romance lets the darkness loom large on predators. The Constant Gardener is primarily a White love story set in Africa; it has a very serious and often angry premise for the romance: cheap trials of big pharmaceutical companies wherein the African
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