My last post got me thinking about reality, or rather its importance. I already had a topic in mind for this week's post, but I didn’t...

Abbas Kiarostami is considered to be one of Iran’s greatest filmmakers and I am inclined to agree. His films are known for their...

For my twentieth post and sixth ‘Fi’s Favourites’, this week's post is about Paul Thomas Anderson's Magnolia (1999). I am a huge fan of...

I think most people have at some point watched Frank Darabont’s film adaptation of Stephen King's The Green Mile (TGM), one of many...

My most recent Fi’s Favourites post got me thinking a lot about dialogue; when to use it, when not to use it and how realistic it needs...

Doubt, a film frequently broadcast on television, was nominated for many awards, including many Oscars, but won few of them. However, it...

Were you to browse a ‘Top War Films’ list, you may expect to find Saving Private Ryan, Fury, Platoon, 1917, War Horse, Dunkirk, The Hurt...

For my fifteenth post, I’m going back to my first and taking another look at grief and its representation in film. It wasn’t long after I...

At ninety-one years old, Frederick Wiseman shows no sign of slowing down as he continues to make some of the most beautiful...

For this edition of ‘Fi’s Favourites,’ I have chosen Marcels Camus's 1959 Black Orpheus, a retelling of the Greek myth of Orpheus and...

To date, I have primarily written about fiction films, but documentary film has always been my first and lasting passion. It was also my...

I need to add an immediate disclaimer: if you have not watched Parasite (2019) yet, stop immediately and go watch it. Then return and...

It was only a matter of time before Scent of a Woman (SOAW) made its way here. Anyone that knows me knows I never stop talking about or...

The announcements of the Oscar nominations always spark a few conversations. The actor Riz Ahmed has been in the press a lot recently due...

In my most recent ‘Fi’s favourites’ post, I spoke about The Tale of Princess Kaguya and the difference between Eastern and Western...

I have been thinking a lot about the films of Austrian director Michael Haneke. I have made notes on these thoughts and I’m sure they...

Welcome to another edition of ‘Fi’s Favourites’. I realise I didn’t introduce this subsection very well during my discussion of Alejandro...

I have been thinking a lot about horror films recently and my inability to watch them. I miss out on so many wonderful films because I am...

As I mentioned, it was not my intention to focus on so many comparative pieces, but I suppose this is where my interests lie. Many...

I don’t know why I have given myself the difficult task of explaining why I love this film so much. The annoyance of having my laptop...