But as interesting as the single-shot technique may be, the really interesting thing about La Casa Muda— and the aspect of the film that leaves audiences either impressed & thoughtful or totally infuriated — is its approach to its narrative. And it’s here that the movie invites comparison ...
The movie’s other problem is structural, and is a consequence of the risks it takes by breaking all the narrative rules. The twist in the plot leaves us with no frame of reference. The only way the second part of the story can be taken at face value is… if the entire first part ...
(1895) is usually remarked upon for its windswept background as it is for being a prototypical home movie. Moving pictures in two senses of the words. "Falling Leaves" adds a third, metaphorical sense in its melodramatic appeal. Moreover, the baby here attempts to arrest that movement, ...
Falling in Love in Niagara: Directed by Marita Grabiak. With Jocelyn Hudon, Dan Jeannotte, Masa Lizdek, Jinesea Bianca Lewis. After her fiancé leaves her before their wedding, Madeline goes to Niagara Falls to honeymoon without him. There, she reconnect
An astonishing number of viruses are circulating around the Earth's atmosphere – and falling from it – according to new research from scientists in Canada, Spain and the U.S.
threading through happy chatter to stand alone in the cold night air, thinking I could cry unnoticed in the dark. But then one, then two friends found me and took turns pulling me into their softness, wrapping me in such tenderness, weaving ...
For their wedding, which is now less than a week away, Hope wants the bride and groom to practice at the venue. But as is the norm, Adriana is unable to attend the lesson. This leaves Eric and Hope to fend for themselves as they find they are again alone. ...
The boat race during Dragon Boat Festival is a t4custom to try to save the patriotic(爱国的)p5Qu Yuan. Qu Yuan drowned(溺死)on the fifth day of the fifth lunar month in 278 B. C. People at that time threw bamboo leaves f6with cooked rice into the water. Therefore the fish could ea...
At three I awoke into my now customary restlessness. I considered the previous afternoon and the tea leaves of the canvassing app. In that upper middle class neighborhood, we were directed to perhaps only one out of every twenty or thirty houses. Sure, many households may have already voted...
When Night Is Falling: Directed by Patricia Rozema. With Pascale Bussières, Rachael Crawford, Henry Czerny, David Fox. An uptight and conservative woman, working on tenure as a literacy professor at a large urban university, finds herself strangely attr