Month: February 2019

True Detective Season 3–Whodunit…or Not?

Written by diana on February 27, 2019. Posted in Unhealed Wound. 1 Comment on True Detective Season 3–Whodunit…or Not?

For armchair sleuths, the latest season of True Detective will probably not fit neatly into the category of cops-and-killers genre, buddy-cop, film noir, or police procedural. Surprisingly,True Detective’s latest season has elements of all four. True Detective Season 3 Set in the Ozarks in the ‘80s (with virulent Jim Crow...

Narcos, Narcos Mexico and El Chapo–Cinema Verité

Written by diana on February 19, 2019. Posted in Unhealed Wound.

Three Netflix series -- Narcos, Narcos Mexico and El Chapo-- are gritty, raw, and bingeable. Each chronicles the most powerful drug lord and his cartel at the rise of cocaine and marijuana production in Colombia, Mexico, and other parts of the world.

Velvet Buzzsaw–Art Can Be Dangerous

Written by diana on February 12, 2019. Posted in Unhealed Wound.

In this grisly art-world satire, Velvet Buzzsaw opens with a renowned art critic, Morf Vandewalt (the sensational Jake Gyllenhaal), in his designer sunglasses, turning his pompous, gimlet eye on artwork at the highly hyped Art Basel Miami show. Pontificating about what he considers worthy or unworthy, Morf has the power to punish or...

The Favourite–A Compelling Menage à Trois

Written by diana on February 4, 2019. Posted in movie reviews. 3 Comments on The Favourite–A Compelling Menage à Trois

Nominated for ten Academy Awards including best picture, The Favourite is perhaps one of the best revenge thrillers of 2018. Reminiscent of Downton Abbey with its opulent settings and costumes, The Favourite is also an historical drama. In the early 18th century court of Queen Anne, we see a mentally fragile and damaged queen (the...

Month: February 2019

True Detective Season 3–Whodunit…or Not?

Narcos, Narcos Mexico and El Chapo–Cinema Verité

Velvet Buzzsaw–Art Can Be Dangerous

The Favourite–A Compelling Menage à Trois

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