Jasmim Talks Cinema

The Favourite - The Distorted Reality of Power "Sometimes a Lady likes to have some fun."   The Period Drama is a very traditional and dignified genre. It's a genre that usually portrays the lives of monarchs and aristocrats, normally with a certain dignity and romanticization. The word "aristocrat" comes from the Greek word "ἄριστος" (aristos), which means "excellent". But were aristocrats really that excellent, as the name implies? Were they better than the rest of us commoners? In a corrosive satire, Yorgos Lanthimos bluntly shows us the true nature of these so-called "excellent people". Using the dignified characteristics of the Period Drama against it, Lanthimos shows us the rot hidden behind the glossy exterior of those who possess power and those who seek it, showing us the ugly truth of power. The Favourite  is a film about powerful people and is against them by showing us their strange, distorted reality - a reality

Jasmim's Choice 2018: This year, there's also the JTC Follower's Choice Awards, which were voted by my followers on Instagram. I'll present here the three nominees that got the most votes. Best Film: Winner: Roma At Eternity’s Gate   BlacKkKlansman Blindspotting Burning Capernaum                                                    Cold War Eighth Grade First Man First Reformed Happy as Lazzaro If Beale Street Could Talk Shoplifters Sorry to Bother You The Favourite The Guilty The Heiresses The Rider We the Animals Wildlife  JTC Follower's Choice: 1st - The Favourite                                          2nd - Roma                                          3rd - Burning Best Director: Winner: TIE: Alfonso Cuarón, Roma; Pawel Pawlikowski, Cold War Julian Schnabel, At Eternity’s Gate Spike Lee, BlacKkKlansman  Carlos López Estrada, Blindspotting Lee Chang-dong, Burning Nadine Labaki, Capernaum  Bo

If Beale Street Could Talk - Love as Resistance Against Hatred "I hope that nobody has ever had to look at anybody they love through glass."  In a world that is so violent against us, what is there to keep us whole? In a world that is so deeply and systematically set against you, how do you save yourself from being taken down by it? Is it possible? Is there any hope? Through a beautifully poetic love story adapted from a novel from one of the greatest thinkers of the 20th century - James Baldwin - Barry Jenkins explores and shows us the African-American experience of our society. He shows us through one of the most gorgeously shot films of our time the reality of black people in America with such sensitivity and powerful visuals, being arguably the best film about this issue that came out this year and one of the best of all time (probably only behind his previous achievement,  Moonlight ). He asks us these questions, showing us everything that is at stake in order to