Film Review: Indigenous Epistemology, Media, and the Representation of Women in KantaraBasu, ArghaTripathi, PriyankaJournal of International Women's Studies
Lastly, the indigenous representation is remarkably felt here. With a massive pool of riches both in front and behind the camera including actors, musicians, elders, overseers, costume designers offering their talents and guidance; the film walks the walk in terms of bringing awareness. In t...
Henry, played by Yeung with a sneering air of dissociation and unregeneracy, is a hard nut to crack for empathy, not to mention sympathy. Ho’s film strains to extract any scintilla of worthiness out of him, yet its effort largely goes down the drain, his murderous motive is never sati...
By rediscovering cinematic expressions of rituals, dualism, and transformation, the film amplifies the discourse surrounding indigenous cultures, reshaping the language of cinema as a conduit for cultural understanding and appreciation.This review first appeared in Omnitudo as part of The Big Continent: ...
albeit being enamored of her, is not really a man worth of her virtues. Eventually, reaching middle age, Oharu scrapes by as a street walker, numbed by humiliation and disillusion. When the tidings of her son's accession as the new Lord is relayed by her mother (Matsuura), does Oharu...
His initial surprise at his fawning reception, signaled by a high-pitched laugh reminiscent of Tom Hulce’s Mozart in the film Amadeus (1984), eventually gives way to a smug superiority as he deigns to humor each official’s shameless courtship. Marya, the Mayor’s daughter (Chinna Palmer...
Some also, I think unfairly, bemoaned the clichés in its straightforward narrative of a wild Kiger mustang stallion in the American West refusing to be tamed by either blood-thirsty white colonizers or compassionate indigenous people. The film was light on dialogue and heavy on plot-moving music...
indigenous box office phenomenon, reaping the best theatrical receipts for any film released post-Covid in Italy, outgrossing even Greta Gerwig's global sensation BARBIE (2023) and currently, the 10th highest-grossing film ever in Italy.Carrying the torch of the classic Italian neorealism cinema ...
until I saw the 2017 film adaptation ofMy Cousin Rachelstarring Rachel Weisz and Sam Claflin. Ever since seeing it in theaters, I’ve been meaning to go back and read du Maurier’s novel of the same name. I finally had the opportunity, thanks to starting a new book club focused on boo...
This review of “La Llorona” was first published following its premiere at the 2020 Sundance Film Festival.For his third and most tonally adventurous feature to date, socially perceptive writer-director Jayro Bustamante repurposes one of Latin America’s most ubiquitous supernatural legends to fierce...