Izzy Gets the F*ck Across Town is an indie movie released in 2018. I just watched it a few weeks ago and to be honest, I wasn’t that impressed with it and something about it kept bothering me. The movie hasn’t completely left my mind for weeks and I guess this review is my attempt to find out the reason.
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Directed by Satoshi Kon, Millennium Actress (Sennen Joyū) was released in 2001 to a generally positive reception. Much lighter in tone compared to the director’s previous film, Perfect Blue, this film is a masterful love letter to Japanese cinema and one of its most iconic figures, Setsuko Hara. There’s a lot you can take from Millennium Actress and much has already been said about it. In fact, I seriously doubt I can fit everything I want to say about the film in this post alone but I still want to highlight what made it memorable for me. There will be spoilers, of course. If you haven’t watched the film yet, please go ahead and do so. It has my highest recommendation, whatever that might be worth to you.
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FAITH is a recent retro indie horror game by Airdorf Games. If your eyes started to glaze over when you saw the words “retro indie horror game”, I know mine would, don’t worry just yet. FAITH sets itself apart from the bunch very easily.
Pathologic is a genre-breaking game created by Russian developers Ice-Pick Lodge. Released in 2005, the game received quite a substantial amount of praise and acclaim in Russia but only managed a small cult following outside of its home country. The studio has stated in the past that their efforts began as an “attempt at a cultural experiment” and it really shows in Pathologic. To put it simply, there is nothing else quite like it.
My love affair with food started with a small hole-in-the-wall momo joint in Pokhara. It has been years since I have eaten there and the place has long since closed but whenever I think of Pokhara, my mind automatically skips past Machapuchre or the Phewa Lake and goes towards the delicious momo and the blisteringly hot soup from that place. It is just one of the many examples, along with the saccharine sweet tea from my village, chola samosa from Nepalganj, machha fry from Malekhu, of the way I remember and understand places through their food.
I look out the window of the bus and wait for the horizon to showcase the dazzling mountain range. Seeing the Annapurna range would prove that I’m getting closer to home. But I don’t see it even after I get off the bus and start walking towards home. And even though I’m a bit disappointed, I’m also comforted by the large scoops of clouds that cover the sky. Because the downcast sky and the moody rainfalls are part of what makes this city home.
Your Name (Kimi No Na Wa) was an animated film written and directed by Makoto Shinkai. Following its release in 2016, it was a huge commercial success and received widespread critical acclaim. The film tells the story of two characters who switch bodies intermittently with each other some twist and turns along the way that differs it from most stories that feature body switching. The characters are Mitsuha Miyamizu, a girl from a small rural town of Itomori who longs for a life in Tokyo, and Taki Tachibana, a high school boy living in Tokyo. This review contains spoilers for the film.
