Heraclitus prophetically proclaimed that no man ever steps in the same river twice. He argued that neither the constantly flowing river, whose water changes with each passing moment, nor the man who crosses it remains the same. A cinephile, a true cinephile, can see his reflection in the same river of Heraclitus. The growing world […]
This is the third and final installment in the series of lists that I have been compiling. Previously, best directors of all time and the greatest films of all time were ranked. Shoah (1985) – Claude Lanzmann Dead Souls (2018) – Wang Bing (Mubi) The Look of Silence (2014) – Joshua Oppenheimer Shoah Sisters (2018) […]
‘Taking a new step, uttering a new word, is what people fear most.’ – Fyodor Dostoyevsky in Crime and Punishment. The significance of investigative journalism attracts a wide audience, especially after the compilations of Svetlana Alexievich, a Belarusian investigative journalist and oral historian, won a Nobel Prize in Literature. Her compilations brought some of the […]
Here is the ranking of best directors. For this classification, different criteria has been taken into account in order to remain as objective as possible. It comprises directors of all kind – young and old, known and less known – to confirm the diversity and richness of cinema as an exemplary art form. A book […]
This is an audacious attempt to compile the best films of all time. The history of cinema is filled with auteurs and establishing a ranking of the best is a perilous exercise. In this tedious task, I preferred to be objective and rank them in order. Here you go. Andrei Rublev – Andrei Tarkovsky (1966, […]
Back in 2011, when the Game of Thrones was first aired, even the writer George R.R.Martin wouldn’t have thought that in the next few years, it will be one of the greatest shows ever aired on TV. Hold your dragons. On the other hand, especially during the last season, he would’ve exactly known how the […]
Introduction Part 1 of this article discussed a few general, conceptual differences between the theater and cinema. Now, in Part 2, let’s examine some specific, technical differences. Specific, technical differences On the operational level, several differences exist between theater preparation and acting, on the one hand, and cinema making, on the other, and in this […]
“Saar, I am always very much interest in theattar, saar.” “Oh, that’s nice. So, what interests you about the theater?” “Er … Um … Saar, I am always want to act in fillums, saar, so only I want to join your theattar group, saar.” “Er … Um …” This conversation snippet, or a variant thereof, […]
In the opening scene of Sonchiriya, a group of dacoits witness a dead snake on their way. A scared bandit requests that they should turn away as this is a sign of a curse. The one they can’t break. Yes, they do believe in such superstitions. However, they proceed that way, because their leader ordered […]
Inkan, Gongkan, Sikan Grigo Inkan (Human, Space, Time and Human 2018) That’s a warship, sailing through a calm and serene sea breeze, brimming with all classes of people only denoting the miniaturized version of our planet, the earth. There is a right-hearted couple, a young, yet to mature bunch of people, a future prime politician […]
This essay contains the following sections: What this essay is about What is theater, and the focus of this essay Art vs. artistic: a linguistic consideration If theater is approached as entertainment If theater is approached as art A historical perspective of patronage Notes What this essay is about In this essay, I am going to talk […]
Introduction “So, my dear student actor, do you just want me to teach you what YOU want me to teach you? Perhaps, YOU want to first teach me WHAT YOU think I must teach you —and HOW!” Many might have heard or read that charming, old Zen story about the cup being full. For those […]