Tanya Wexler’s Hysteria makes its point as a lighthearted comedy about the invention of the vibrator once a woman breaks out into an aria from “La Traviata” after receiving hands-on stimulation from her doctor. Hysteria is not the average romantic comedy, nor is it a biographical account of how the vibrator was invented in London, […]
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Film Rave: Lovely Molly
A hand-held camcorder accepts the task of portraying the first-person account of an event. It records the action, and by doing so records to memory what happened on a specific day, at a specific time. Lovely Molly‘s director Eduardo Sanchez pioneered the use of the first-person camera, commonly called found-footage, in his debut film alongside […]
Cinema Fearité Presents Audrey Hepburn In ‘Wait Until Dark’
Audrey Hepburn and Alan Arkin star in Wait Until Dark, a horror movie that has a terrifying game of cat and mouse finale you have to see.
Film Rant: Romeo and Juliet In Yiddish (Dir. Eve Annenberg 2011)
According to Wikipedia, mumblecore is a term used to describe American independent films produced in the 2000s characterized by low budget production values and amateur actors. Those looking for an example of the genre need not look any further as “amateur” can certainly be used to describe this particular interpretation of Shakespeare’s classic tragedy. Everything […]
Film Rave: Tonight You’re Mine (Dir. David Mackenzie 2011)
The rock music festival, a staple event in every culture, country, and a right of passage for many a youth yearning for days on end of unadulterated partying, live-music, and the possibility to connect with like-minded attendees. There are a few such festivals that take place every year, made iconic over time for the spectacle […]