In a few of my posts, I have mentioned this idea of a viewer ‘getting what they want. I don’t believe I have explored what this means,...

I could not have picked a better film or subject to write about for my 30th post (hold for collective cheer): The Red Turtle (TRT), or La...

Sometimes the remake is better than the original. Yes, starting this week with a very controversial statement, but, in this case, in my...

Kathryn Bigelow is a pretty fascinating person and director, partly because of how she chooses to spell her first name, but mostly...

Seeing as the Olympics is currently taking place, this week seems like a great time to incorporate two of my great loves into a post:...

I am both surprised and proud that I have managed not to plaster posts about this film all over my blog. I made it to twenty-five posts...

I think I certainly have my work cut out for me this week. There is so much to unpack in these two films that I’m not sure where to...

This is not the first time I have spoken about ‘space’ when it comes to cinema and I really believe that it is the foundation of cinema....

So, time for another Fi’s favourites. This time it's not going to be some art house marathon or some emotionally draining experience, but...

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...

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...

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

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