Jugu Abraham

LATEST ARTICLES ( 163 )

• 147. US Maestro Orson Welles’ Last Film ”F for Fake” (1973): The Most...

  

  “Art is a lie that enables us to realize the truth”—Pablo Picasso“I must believe that art itself is real” Orson Welles in F for FakeWhat is cinema? How real is... Read more

  Posted on 20 July 2013 CULTURE, MOVIES

• 146. Russian Maestro Andrei Tarkovsky’s “Zerkalo” (Mirror/The Mirror) (1975):...

  

  Sight and Sound, the official journal of the British Film Institute, conducts two polls for 10 best films ever made--one for top film critics and one for major... Read more

  Posted on 02 June 2013 CULTURE, MOVIES

• 145. Japanese Maestro Akira Kurosawa’s “Ikiru“ (To Live) (1952): A Prescription...

  

  “Life is so short, dear maiden,so fall in love while your lips are still redAnd before your passion coolsFor there will be no tomorrow.. . .Tomorrow will not... Read more

  Posted on 14 May 2013 CULTURE, MOVIES

• 144. US Director Terrence Malick’s Sixth Feature Film “To the Wonder” (2012):...

  

  Terrence Malick’s films tend to perplex certain audiences. To the Wonder is likely to leave many viewers, used to the typical Hollywood movies with unambiguous... Read more

  Posted on 24 April 2013 CULTURE, MOVIES

• 143. Italian Filmmaker Paolo Sorrentino’s Film Made in USA “This Must Be the...

  

  Paolo Sorrentino is definitely a talented director. His films considerably rely on visual statements. Sorrentino’s This Must Be the Place indirectly urges the... Read more

  Posted on 08 April 2013 CULTURE, MOVIES

• 142. British Film Director Ken Loach’s Film “The Angels' Share” (2012): A...

  

  If you get half a dozen viewers of this lovely film together across a table and ask them what the film was all about after they had watched it, you are likely t... Read more

  Posted on 17 March 2013 CULTURE, MOVIES

• 141. Italian Directors Paolo and Vittorio Taviani’s “Cesare Deve Morire”...

  

  Caesar Must Dieis a movie that revolves around Shakespeare’s tragedy Julius Caesar and yet it is not a film that unfolds the entire play. Read more

  Posted on 03 March 2013 CULTURE, MOVIES

• 140. Uruguayan Director Rodrigo Plá’s “La Demora” (The Delay) (2012):...

  

  An evocative poster of the film at the Berlin Film FestivalThe conventional posterUruguay is not a country that one would easily associate with great cinema. Read more

  Posted on 22 February 2013 CULTURE, MOVIES

• 139. Romanian Director Cristian Mungiu’s “Dupa Dealuri" (Beyond the Hills)...

  

  Romanian cinema produces fascinating movies from time to time. Beyond the Hills is one of them. There are several reasons why this film is remarkable. Read more

  Posted on 10 February 2013 CULTURE, MOVIES

• 138. Austrian Director Michael Haneke’s French Film “Amour” (Love) (2012):...

  

  Amour is the best film that this critic viewed in 2012. There are two ways to appreciate this film. One way is to appreciate its subject and the second is to... Read more

  Posted on 25 January 2013 CULTURE, MOVIES

• 137. Mexican Director Carlos Reygadas’ Film “Post Tenebras Lux “ (After Darkness...

  

  Carlos Reygadas is one of the few exhilarating filmmakers alive and actively making movies. His films are never easy viewing. His films’ images and his films’... Read more

  Posted on 05 January 2013 CULTURE, MOVIES

• 136. Taiwanese Director Ang Lee’s Film in English “Life of Pi” (2012): Visually...

  

  Ang Lee needs to be congratulated for making an engaging movie Life of Pi. Few other directors would have dared to even attempt the feat. Read more

  Posted on 02 December 2012 CULTURE, MOVIES

• 135. Turkish Director Semih Kaplanoglu’s Film “Süt” (Milk) (2008): The Turkish...

  

  Semih Kaplanoglu is one of the finest Turkish filmmakers—and one who has a very distinct and intriguing style of film-making. His cinema is slow, introspective... Read more

  Posted on 26 November 2012 CULTURE, MOVIES

• 134. US Film Director Mike Nichols’ Debut Film “Who is Afraid of Virginia Woolf?...

  

  It is nearly half a century since Mike Nichols made his first feature film Who is Afraid of Virginia Woolf? Richard Burton, the lead actor, is dead. Elizabeth... Read more

  Posted on 13 October 2012 CULTURE, MOVIES

• 133. Spanish Director Alejandro Amenábar’s English Film “Agora” (2009): An...

  

  Often good movies should be evaluated both by its subject and by the interesting manner the director and the rest of the production team contributes to or... Read more

  Posted on 02 October 2012 CULTURE, MOVIES

• 132. Spanish Director José Luis Cuerda’s Film “La Lengua De Las Mariposas”...

  

  Cuerda? Who is that? When you read about modern cinema from Spain most critics seem to talk of Luis Buñuel, Carlos Saura, Pedro Almodóvar, and Alejandro... Read more

  Posted on 02 September 2012 CULTURE, MOVIES

• 131. U.S. Director Arthur Penn’s “The Missouri Breaks” (1976): Re-evaluation of ...

  

  The Missouri Breaks deserves more attention than it has received over the years. Apart from the fact that it contains one of the most darkly comic lines ever... Read more

  Posted on 12 August 2012 CULTURE, MOVIES

• 130. Korean Filmmaker Chang-dong Lee’s “Shi” (Poetry) (2010): Learning to Look a...

  

  Good Korean cinema often involves very little verbal talk. The visuals often do the talking, which is not common for movies made in most parts of the world. Read more

  Posted on 18 July 2012 CULTURE, MOVIES

• 129. Chadean Filmmaker Mahamet-Saleh Haroun's “Un Homme Qui Crie” (A Screaming...

  

  “Be careful not to cross your arms over your chest, assuming the sterile attitude of a spectator, because life is not a spectacle, a sea of pain is not a... Read more

  Posted on 27 June 2012 CULTURE, MOVIES

• 128. Russian Director Alexander Sokurov’s German Film “Faust” (2011):...

  

  Alexander Sokurov’s Faustis a complex film. It is also an amazing film dealing with the good and the evil in each of us. There are sections of the film that... Read more

  Posted on 07 May 2012 CULTURE, MOVIES