Biographical Drama At Eternity's Gate Image - Riverstone Pictures My journey in to exploring the Deleuzian taxonony of cinema began with trying to understand how cinema could represent or portray art. Co-incidentally this was with regard to impressionist art. Vincent van Gogh does not fit neatly into the style of impressionism or post-impressionism but there are overlaps and strong connections. Therefore, it was with enthusiasm I took a look at the 2018 film, At Eternity's Gate and it's director, Schnabel's efforts at approaching a well covered subject, Van Gogh.  At...

Comedy / Horror Nightbitch Image - Searchlight Pictures Themes begin to fall in to place when then exploitively titled, 'Nightbitch' reveals its protagonist to be a rising contemporary, mixed-media artist who has given up individual, artistic pursuits for family life. Nightbitch is a 2024 film based on the novel by American writer Rachel Yoder (2021). 'Mother' (we are not given a name for Amy Adams' character, nor are we for her husband and son, 'boy'), is a weary, run-down, stay-at home mother of a, typically, engaging and energetic, two-year-old. The overarching metaphor for...