Author: justmiaslife
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“Barbie” Essay: What was I made for?
Maybe I’m just an idea of what it’s like to be human. There are moments when I don’t know what I’m supposed to be doing. I think I’m just stereotypical and not good at anything. But maybe most of the stuff we think that make us aren’t important at all – maybe we are just…
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Essay: Vienna waits for us “before sunrise”
Imagine it is June 16th of summer ’94. We meet, it’s a chance encounter on a train ride and almost like in a movie. We are strangers to each other and yet I recognize this glint in your eye, which will tell me you have a plan. Strolling through Vienna together before the sun rises: A…
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Cannes 2023 Review: The Zone of Interest – Jonathan Glazer
Synopsis: The commandant of Auschwitz, Rudolf Höss, and his wife Hedwig, strive to build a dream life for their family in a house and garden next to the camp. “The Zone of Interest” is the very reason cameras were brought into existence. There was no visual horror provided in this film but it captivated my senses with…
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Review: Parallel Mothers – Pedro Almodóvar
Pedro Almodóvar latest films all hit very much the nerve of what I search for in movies. And his latest entry “Parallel Mothers” is no exception, moreover an honest portrait that captures the emotional complexity of motherhood through its masterful use of color. Almodóvar is known for his vibrant and bold use of color in…
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“Babylon” Review: In the frenzy of the most chaotic ecstasy
If there is one film that has defined my life for the last few years without having seen it, it is “Babylon” by Damien Chazelle. When news broke to the public in July 2019 that Damien Chazelle would be collaborating with Emma Stone once again and the two would be teaming up to bring a…
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“Bones and All” Review: The bloodiest romance of the year
She lies there on the floor of the room, still and barely moving. Her gaze is gentle, almost innocent. A girl is next to her; pretends to be interested in what happened in her past. But Maren herself knows that she is only fooling her. She hardly remembers herself. And the fragments her brain can…
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Essay: “Blue Jay” and the longing of a past love
saudade (noun) – a nostalgic longing to be near again to something or someone that is distant, or has been loved and then lost; “the love that remains“ Nobody follows us on our journey forever. Even those people we think will stay by our side forever will leave us at some point. No matter how…
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“303” Essay: The german answer to Richard Linklater
It was the last day before summer break, in the year when life turned upside down and Jule and Jan fell in love. An indie song played on the radio as the engine started. Golden yellow fields sped past them in seconds as the van drove along the country roads, and the longer they stared…
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“Aftersun” Review: A moving time capsule
[*CLICK*… Start recording] You press the red button, the shot shakes as you try to figure out how to zoom properly. You stare past the camera into space, realizing nothing will ever be the same again. Once the realization hits and you understand what it means, the heaviness in your chest sets in. Leaving behind…
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Essay: (500) Days of Summer or why she isn’t the one
Things are going well, we don’t label our acquaintance, don’t ask each other out and although we like the same things, that doesn’t make us soulmates. But after all, we’ve been Sidney and Nancy for months now, due to understatement lies unspoken “we’ll talk about it later”. We will never talk about it, above all…