Recently we reviewed a rather unusual short, whose directors went for a truly epic approach, “Requiem for a Martyr”. As such it was with great pleasure that we received the previous effort by Nicholas Z. Scott and Jud Willmont, “Lavender Flame”, winner of Best Directing at the Shanghai International Film Festival Shooting 48H. The edition reviewed here is the Director's Cut.
Lavender Flame review is part of the Submit Your Film Initiative
The film begins in 4:3 ratio and with shaky camera , in a style that resembles a home video, focusing on a family of three who seem to be on an excursion in the country. The next scene has the young girl who seemed happy in the video, sitting on the floor of a library, looking at her phone and crying, while the sound of a caller in a mental health hotline is heard in the background. The next scene changes setting again,...
Lavender Flame review is part of the Submit Your Film Initiative
The film begins in 4:3 ratio and with shaky camera , in a style that resembles a home video, focusing on a family of three who seem to be on an excursion in the country. The next scene has the young girl who seemed happy in the video, sitting on the floor of a library, looking at her phone and crying, while the sound of a caller in a mental health hotline is heard in the background. The next scene changes setting again,...
- 5/23/2024
- by Panos Kotzathanasis
- AsianMoviePulse
‘Mulan’ Review: Niki Caro’s Sweeping Live-Action Disney Epic Reimagines a Heroine Worth Fighting for
Disney’s beloved Princess tales are no stranger to classic mythology, and everything from “Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs” to “The Princess and the Frog” have pulled liberally from existing material to craft family-friendly animated outings centered on inspirational women. Such was the case with the Mouse House’s 1998 animated hit “Mulan,” which used a centuries-old piece of Chinese folklore to craft the story of the first Asian Disney Princess, complete with requisite musical numbers and even a cute (if later maligned) talking animal pal. “The Ballad of Mulan” has inspired countless adaptations over the years, and while Niki Caro’s live-action update, starring the engaging Yifei Liu, still retains some trappings of its Disney-fication, it’s also
Caro’s film tips to its predecessors early on, as Mulan’s beloved father Hua Zhou (beautifully portrayed by Tzi Ma) announces in voiceover that “there have been many tales of the great warrior Mulan,...
Caro’s film tips to its predecessors early on, as Mulan’s beloved father Hua Zhou (beautifully portrayed by Tzi Ma) announces in voiceover that “there have been many tales of the great warrior Mulan,...
- 9/3/2020
- by Kate Erbland
- Indiewire
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