What are the best movies of 2020? Take a look at the picks of Cultural Hater. Same story repeats itself each year. We kick off with a list of expected movies. Then predict the big winners, as well as the … Continue reading Best Movies of 2020 (So Far)
Last and First Men (2020) concluded the beautiful career of an Icelandic composer Jóhann Jóhannsson. This immersive experience takes its viewers on a unique journey into the world billions of years into the future, however, the images we see are … Continue reading The Meaning of The Yugoslavian Monuments – Spomeniks In Jóhann Jóhannsson’s Last and First Men (2020)
The last and first movie in Jóhann Jóhannsson career proves the composer’s exquisite taste for the disturbing and atmospheric side of cinema. If there’s one word to describe Last and First Men (2020), it’s monumental. It’s only right to associate … Continue reading Last and First Men (2020) Movie Review
Théo Court’s White on White (2019) deconstructs an artistic soul of its protagonist and through his eyes patiently observes the early days of Selk’nam Genocide in the 19th century – the darker page in Chile’s history. According to a Polish … Continue reading White on white (2019) Review
Michel Franco’s New Order (2019) is a tiresome, grueling exercise in vivisecting the bleeding nation of Mexico which should have excelled as a provocative social commentary. But underneath the many shocking images Franco conjures up in front of us lies … Continue reading Film Analysis: New Order (2020) Explained
What if obliteration was humanity’s last chance for retribution? That’s the premise of Sanctorum (2019), a Mexican drama about the ongoing civil war. Here’s a deep dive into what the director Joshua Gil conveys in this greatly symbolical, mysterious film. … Continue reading Film Analysis: Sanctorum (2019) Explained – A Dark Descent Into The Mexican Civil War
Horror movies rarely reach the level of artistry as seen in His House (2020). Here we analyze Remi Weekes’ movie – its important message about migration, the meaning of apeth and witchcraft, and why drama and horror go hand in … Continue reading Film Analysis: His House (2020) Movie Explained – A Refugee Horror Fable
Leigh Whannell’s undeniably stylish interpretation of The Invisible Man (1933) never finds balance between scares and dramatic depth. Despite a few engaging moments, it’s nothing more than a run-of-the-mill ghost story with little of a twist. In 1933 James Whale … Continue reading Invisible Man (2020) Review
The new Netflix Original I’m Thinking of Ending Things (2020) has been one of the most mind-boggling movies of the year. Below you’ll find an interpretation of Charlie Kaufman’s movie, with its perplexing ending explained too. This year hasn’t been … Continue reading Film Analysis: I’m Thinking of Ending Things (2020) Explained
The Italian horror film The Binding (2020) lacks enough energy to scare – in spite of its harrowing last half an hour. Possession frequently appears in horror movies, and often it repeats the same story – like boomers saying „back … Continue reading The Binding (2020) Review
Tom Hardy mutters and splutters his way through Capone (2020), an ordeal of a film that incorporates an overly complicated plot only to cover up its obvious flaws. Viewers – like me – who cheered up for Tom Hardy tackling … Continue reading Capone (2020) Review
Daniel Radcliffe and Samara Weaving go loco in the aesthetically pleasing, no-holds-barred movie that warns about the dangers of the dark web. Guns Akimbo (2019) delivers it all – guns blazing, hot pursuits and Daniel Radcliffe attached to just another … Continue reading Guns Akimbo 2019 Review
Here are 10 picks of movies about isolation – ranging from horrors to acclaimed dramas and independent film festival darlings. When the lockdown started, I wanted to write a piece on the changes that the movie industry will soon undergo. … Continue reading 10 Fully-Relatable Movies About Isolation
Evil wears many faces in Antonio Campos’ somber The Devil All The Time (2020) – a tale about one eager heart set against the parochial, pre-Vietnam America where religious fanatics roam freely. In a secretly located grove two people – … Continue reading The Devil All The Time (2020) Review
Seth Rogen’s double stunt – as an unsuccessful developer and a defrosted pickle factory worker – fails to rescue the inevitably shallow American Pickle (2020). To be in a pickle is a common way of describing a fairly difficult situation. … Continue reading American Pickle (2020) Review
