Everything about Lost in Translation is designed to make Tokyo feel like an alien world
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Lost in Translation (2003)
Author: Dan Stalcup
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A Few Good Men (1992)
There’s a lot that’s good in this film, but let’s start with the bad
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Turning Red (2022)
The premise of Turning Red — thirteen-year-old Mei Lee transforming into a red panda whenever she gets agitated — is very clearly metaphoric.
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The Darjeeling Limited (2007)
The Darjeeling Limited has a reputation as a minor Wes Anderson work
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Hotel Chevalier (2007)
Hotel Chevalier is best known for 1) being better than The Darjeeling Limited, the feature film it ties with, and 2) the one time Natalie Portman got naked in front of the camera.
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The Big Lebowski (1998)
A layer under the surface, stoner comedies and hard-boiled detective stories actually have a lot in common
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Garden State (2004)
Garden State’s reputation has fallen out of favor in the 18 years since its release, and understandably so.
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Casablanca (1942)
“Is it really that good?” I wondered as I hit play for the first time in a decade.
Ever visited a city and felt so entranced by it that you start imagining yourself living there? Wandering the streets and living out some long-lost glory years?
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The Truman Show (1998)
I recently read Ed Sikov’s Film Studies: An Introduction, and one early point he makes is that everything we see in cinema, even the most vérité and naturalistic scenario, is, to some extent, constructed. Everything seen and heard is placed in front of us for a specific reason.