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The Substance (2024) and the Natural Order of Things

"What has been used on one side is lost on the other side”
Tarık Kadir Çalışkan 13 Dec, 2024·4 min read

A Gory Enfant Terrible: The Poughkeepsie Tapes (2009)

 Do you wanna see what the other side of the camera looks like?
Tarık Kadir Çalışkan 11 Dec, 2024·4 min read

The Prepubescent Awakening and Discovery in Yonah Lewis and Calvin Thomas' Amy George (2011)

 A low-budget coming-of-age film that approaches the subject of prepubescent development through its protagonist.
Tarık Kadir Çalışkan 30 Nov, 2024·3 min read

The Toll of Codependency: Alex Ross Perry's Queen of Earth (2005)

 "I just don't really feel like I exist anymore. And the only two people that really cared about me abandoned me."
Tarık Kadir Çalışkan 30 Nov, 2024·4 min read

On Suzhou River (2000)

 "Find me if you love me."
Tarık Kadir Çalışkan 21 Nov, 2024·3 min read

A Vivid Image of Surrealism: Nakashima's Kamikaze Girls (2004)

 "I wish I had been born in the Rococo era."
Tarık Kadir Çalışkan 18 Nov, 2024·3 min read

A Serendipitious Love Story by Kaurismäki: Fallen Leaves (2023)

 Could the aspiration of connecting and leaving solitude in a depressing urban space be animated?
Tarık Kadir Çalışkan 15 Nov, 2024·4 min read

About The Tokyo Night Sky is Always the Densest Shade of Blue (2017)

 "We're all the same, right? This is Tokyo."
Tarık Kadir Çalışkan 1 Nov, 2024·3 min read

The Lost Daughter (2021) and the Escape from Motherhood

 Olivia Colman's domineering and old-class stage presence greatness is too strong that it is stark enough to entrench itself into the tone.
Tarık Kadir Çalışkan 24 Oct, 2024·4 min read

In Search for an Idealized Female: Mike Nichols' Carnal Knowledge (1971)

 A timeless anti-rom-com of the 70s starring Jack Nicholson and Garfunkel.
Tarık Kadir Çalışkan 20 Oct, 2024·3 min read

A Criticism of Hypocrisy in Society: Bong Joon-ho's Incoherence (1994)

 A student film made by South Korean premier Bong Joon-ho's critical approach to hypocritical nature of human psychology and behavior.
Tarık Kadir Çalışkan 14 Oct, 2024·4 min read

On Kore-eda's Shoplifters (2018)

 "But sometimes it's better to choose your own family."
Tarık Kadir Çalışkan 13 Oct, 2024·5 min read

The Clouded Judgment Unravels Itself: Of Hirokazu Kore-eda's Monster (2003)

 A brilliant Japanese film that touches the subjects misconception, bias, truth, friendship, and innocence.
Tarık Kadir Çalışkan 7 Oct, 2024·3 min read

The Most Intricate Implementation of a Mother's Grief: Nakashima's Confessions (2010)

 A mother, disguised as a wolf under sheep's clothing, knows no boundaries to avenge her daughter's death.
Tarık Kadir Çalışkan 2 Oct, 2024·6 min read

A Life Retold by Residual Artefacts: Tetsuya Nakashima's Memories of Matsuko (2006)

 “Everybody dreams. But only a handful of people see their dreams realized.”
Tarık Kadir Çalışkan 2 Oct, 2024·4 min read

On Daisuke Miyazaki's Videophobia (2019)

 "You yourself haven't changed at all."
Tarık Kadir Çalışkan 24 Sep, 2024·4 min read

Art Should Comfort The Disturbed: A Brief Overview of Depressive Suicidal Black Metal (DSBM)

 Hate... from deep inside.
Tarık Kadir Çalışkan 23 Sep, 2024·5 min read