Reviews – Page 2 – Cansu Peker

The Shining (1980)

On the opening credit sequence of Stanley Kubrick’s brilliant horror film

Don’t let the poorly chosen title deceive you; this not a political film. Well, maybe it is.

Miranda July’s first feature film is about loneliness and sexuality and navigating life from a childish perspective, making everything magical.

“That era has passed. Nothing that belonged to it exists anymore.”

Unpredictable, mind-bending, and everything else we’d expect from a “Kaufmanesque” film

How about a modern-day Frankenstein story?

“Man is created of anxiety.”

Two separate tales of two heartbroken policemen and their encounter with women with secrets.

The true story of a massive school embezzlement scandal.

The iconic classic western revived after the death of the great composer of its score, Ennio Morricone.