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The Unbearable Lightness of Being, A Brief Review

The Unbearable Lightness of Being, P Kaufman, 1988, USA. A tender, heartwarming adaptation of a Kundera novel (which is also good) that meditates on love and making love, politics, on taking a risky stance and on the struggle of living in Soviet Prague. There is darkness in this world, but there is also defiant, radiant lightness.

Make Love

– Teresa, Unbearable Lightness of Being

Quote, The Origins of Totalitarianism

“Totalitarian movements use and abuse democratic freedoms in order to abolish them” – Hannah Arendt, The Origins of Totalitarianism

“The Box,” A Brief Review

“The Box,” Jes Benstock and Luke Losey, 1996, United Kingdom. A short film starring Tilda Swinton as a visitor from outer space witnessing earth and its inhabitants passing by at breakneck speed. The Box Full Official Video with Credits https://youtu.be/qddG0iUSax4 via @YouTube

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Rubber, A Brief Review

“Rubber,” Quentin Dupieux, France, 2010. A beautifully-gory absurdist comedy set somewhere in the American West. A tire suddenly and inexplicably comes to life and rampages, telekinetically annihilating everything and terrorizing the locals while the audience watches on.

Easter Eggs, A Brief Review

“Easter Eggs,” Nicolas Keppens, 2020. A colorful, youthful Belgian short film which follows the hijinx of two boys as one bullies the other, and they together attempt to make sense of the sad but beautiful mystery of the world while getting lost in the pursuit of the mundane.