Jugu Abraham

LATEST ARTICLES ( 168 )

• 192. Chilean Director Patricio Guzmán’s Spellbinding Documentary Feature Film “E...

  

  The Pearl Button is one of the most thought-provoking and visually stunning documentaries ever made. The incredible narration of the film, which deservedly won... Read more

  Posted on 23 April 2016 CULTURE, MOVIES

• 191. Japanese Director Naomi Kawase’s “An” (Sweet Bean/Sweet Red Bean Paste)...

  

  Globally, Naomi Kawase is not as well known as are Japanese filmmakers Akira Kurosawa, Yasijiro Ozu, Kenji Mizoguchi, Masaki Kobayashi, Nagisa Oshima, Hiroshi... Read more

  Posted on 15 April 2016 CULTURE, MOVIES

• 190. French Director Stéphane Brizé’s “La Loi Du Marché” (The Measure of a Man)...

  

  Economic stress can do strange things to an upright individual. Stéphane Brizé’s French film The Measure of a Man does not merely look at individuals who... Read more

  Posted on 17 March 2016 CULTURE, MOVIES

• 189. Colombian Director César Augusto Acevedo’s Debut Film “La Tierra y La Sombr...

  

  For a debut film, César Augusto Acevedo’s Land and Shade is amazing in its simplicity and quiet power. Land and Shade is powerful because it deals with two... Read more

  Posted on 07 March 2016 CULTURE, MOVIES

• 188. Italian Director Paolo Sorrentino’s Second English Film “Youth” (2015):...

  

  Youth is the most rewarding film of 2015. It is not just humorous; beyond the laughs it has a depth that any inattentive viewer is likely to miss. Read more

  Posted on 05 March 2016 CULTURE, MOVIES

• 187. French Director Marcel Carné’s “Les Enfants Du Paradis” (The Children of...

  

  Mimes and circus clowns are sad personae who are loved by their audiences. Marcel Carné’s The Children of Paradise, if you have had the patience to view it for ... Read more

  Posted on 26 January 2016 CULTURE, MOVIES

• 186. US Directors Frank Perry’s and Sidney Pollack’s “The Swimmer” (1968): Socia...

  

  Short stories have made interesting feature films. In the UK, short-story writer Alan Sillitoe adapted his short story The Loneliness of the Long-distance Runne... Read more

  Posted on 01 November 2015 CULTURE, MOVIES

• 185. Soviet/Russian Maestro Sergei Eisenstein’s “Ivan the Terrible, Part II:...

  

  The early works of Sergei Eisenstein such as The Battleship Potemkin (1925) and October: Ten Days that Shook the World (1928) were indisputably testaments of th... Read more

  Posted on 19 October 2015 CULTURE, MOVIES

• 184. US Director Bennett Miller’s “Foxcatcher” (2014): Transcending the Sport an...

  

  Foxcatcher is an amazing work of cinema from USA that recalls the quality of evolved filmmaking that one associate with Coppola’s The Conversation (1974),... Read more

  Posted on 09 October 2015 CULTURE, MOVIES

• 183. Russian Director Andrei Mikhalkov-Konchalovsky’s US Film “Runaway Train”...

  

  Lady Anne: “No beast so fierce but knows some touch of pity” King Richard: “But I know none, therefore am no beast.” --a conversation from Shakespeare’s... Read more

  Posted on 16 September 2015 CULTURE, MOVIES

• 182. Indian Director Anand Gandhi's Debut Film “Ship of Theseus” (2012): A...

  

  The ship wherein Theseus and the youth of Athens returned from Crete had 30 oars, and was preserved by the Athenians, for they took away the old planks as they... Read more

  Posted on 27 August 2015 CULTURE, MOVIES

• 181. US Director John Cassavetes’ “The Killing of a Chinese Bookie” (1976)...

  

  I won't call my work entertainment. It's exploring. It's asking questions of people, constantly. 'How much do you feel? How much do you know? Are you aware of... Read more

  Posted on 22 August 2015 CULTURE, MOVIES

• 180. The Late Hungarian Maestro Zoltan Fabri’s “Az Ötödik Pecsét” (The Fifth...

  

  Very few films deal with philosophy and ethical human choices under extreme testing situations. The Fifth Seal is one that not only presents a philosophical... Read more

  Posted on 19 June 2015 CULTURE, MOVIES

• 179. The Late French Director Maurice Pialat’s “La Gueule Ouverte” (The Mouth...

  

  Here’s a film every true film enthusiast ought to make an effort to see though it is rarely found on the “best film” lists of the better known film critics and... Read more

  Posted on 13 June 2015 CULTURE, MOVIES

• 178. British Director and Screenplay Writer Mike Leigh’s “Mr Turner” (2014) Base...

  

  JMW Turner and John Constable were two of the finest painters in Nineteenth century England renowned for their emotional response to nature and are classified a... Read more

  Posted on 31 May 2015 CULTURE, MOVIES

• 177. Swedish Director Ruben Östlund’s “Force Majeure” (Turist) (2014), Based on...

  

  What is force majeure? Force majeure — or vis major — meaning "superior force,” is also known as cas fortuit or casus fortuitus or a "chance occurrence,... Read more

  Posted on 21 May 2015 CULTURE, MOVIES

• 176. Japanese Director Naomi Kawase’s “Still the Water” (Futatsume No Mado)...

  

  Naomi Kawase stated that she expected to win the Golden Palm at the 2014 Cannes film festival for her film Still the Water during a press conference but she... Read more

  Posted on 29 April 2015 CULTURE, MOVIES

• 175. Turkish Director Nuri Bilge Ceylan’s “Winter Sleep” (Kis Uykusu) (2014):...

  

  Winter Sleep is one of the outstanding cinematic works of 2014. Winter Sleep is a daunting 196 minutes long movie and could put off an uninitiated, immature... Read more

  Posted on 29 March 2015 CULTURE, MOVIES

• 174. Belgian Directors Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne’s Francophone Film “Two Days...

  

  The Dardenne brothers’ work Two Days, One Night is typical of a movie that makes you think beyond its apparent light-hearted positive ending that closes a... Read more

  Posted on 13 February 2015 CULTURE, MOVIES

• 173. US Director Damien Chazelle’s Second Feature Film “Whiplash” (2014): The...

  

  “I saw a drive in him” —Terence Fletcher in Whiplash, referring to his former student Sean Casey “The next Charlie Parker would never be discouraged” —Terence... Read more

  Posted on 30 January 2015 CULTURE, MOVIES