Unhealed Wound – Page 15

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...

IndigNation–Jim Carrey’s Political Cartoons

Written by diana on January 28, 2019. Posted in Art, Unhealed Wound.

Squeeze. Mueller. Squeeze Every time I think I know what Jim Carrey will do next as a comedian the actor throws me off balance. Think of his new HBO series Kidding. But most of all, his evolution as a no-holds-barred political artist just blows me away. I recently was privileged to see more than 80 of his sketches at the Maccarone Gallery...

“The Invisible Guest”–What You See is Not What You Guess

Written by diana on October 26, 2018. Posted in movie reviews, Unhealed Wound. 4 Comments on “The Invisible Guest”–What You See is Not What You Guess

The Invisible Guest (2016) (Spanish: Contratiempo) is a 2016 Spanish crime thriller by director and writer Oriol Paulo. The intricate plot will leave the viewer spellbound . Adrián Doria, a successful business entrepreneur, husband and father, is knocked unconscious, and wakes up in a locked hotel room to find the dead body of Laura...

Lean On Pete

Written by diana on May 7, 2018. Posted in Unhealed Wound. 2 Comments on Lean On Pete

Review written by contributing blogger extraordinaire, Bill Clark Lean on Pete, British director Andrew Haigh’s first American- made film, opens with the camera following behind 15-year-old Charley Thompson as he does his morning run through an impoverished Portland neighborhood under overcast summer skies. Charlie Plummer (no relation to...

Call Me By Your Name…”And I’ll Call You By Mine”

Written by diana on March 12, 2018. Posted in Unhealed Wound. 3 Comments on Call Me By Your Name…”And I’ll Call You By Mine”

Based on the novel by André Acimen and directed by Luca Guadagnino, Call Me By Your Name delivers a universal coming-of-age narrative. The two main characters’ relationship serves as a mirror through which viewers can recognize their own vulnerability and youth’s promise of love. Against the backdrop of the Northern Italian countryside in...