Tag Archives: melancholy

Manchester By The Sea (Lonergan, 2016)

Posted on December 7, 2016 by Kamran Ahmed

Well structured and novelistic, a Dostoevskien tragedy conveying self-isolation and effacement in face of of a life disarmingly out of harmony, where thoughts and actions misalign and communication barriers forge rifts between self and others. Deftly handled and extraordinarily sensitive … Continue reading →

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It’s Such a Beautiful Day (Hertzfeldt, 2012)

Posted on January 28, 2016 by Kamran Ahmed

Such candid observation and comprehensive inquiry into the bittersweet truths of existence never so potently realized as in this most sophisticated of simple elegies. An animated spiritual equal to the likes of Tarkovsky’s Mirror, Malick’s Tree of Life, and Sokurov’s … Continue reading →

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When Marnie Was There (Yonebayashi, 2014)

Posted on June 6, 2015 by Kamran Ahmed

A beautifully heartfelt poem emotionally conveying feelings both of loss and recovery. The film is tender; ‘sweet’ would be an apt term to describe it. How it deals with pain and therapy without being overt about mental distress or the … Continue reading →