Jasmim Talks Cinema

Sex Education - A Modern Take on Sex  Netflix's original series never disappoints. In a time when there seems to be so much awkwardness surrounding the theme of sexual education, Laurie Nunn comes around with a refreshing new look at this sensitive subject that is human sexuality. In an incredibly well-written comedy series that has a very John Hughes feel to it, making it strangely anachronistic yet modern, we are invited to reflect on various issues ranging from abortion to homophobia in an exceptionally mature way, with such compassion for the various characters that make up this quirky story. I usually write about films, but TV series are no less deserving of being written about, especially one as intelligently crafted as Sex Education . This is not only a series about sex. It's a very necessary and modern take on sex of all ages and orientations. It's talking about sex the way it should be talked about.  We are introduced to this series by the most proper way to...

Wildlife - The Disintegration of a Family  What is the symptom of the failure of a family? Is there a cause for this phenomenon that affects so many of us? What is the reason for the behavior of adults? What is the effect of this on the children? In Wildlife we are invited to witness the disintegration of a family in the early '60s from the point of view of the child of the family and what he has to go through in order to fend for himself in such a tense environment.  This is a beautiful coming-of-age story like none other I have seen before, and it's dealt with such sensitivity by first-time-director Paul Dano, in one of the most impressive debut features of the past few years. With stunning, softly lit cinematography that both reflects so well the time period and makes the film feel modern and up-to-date and an incredible score, this is definitely a fascinating and intriguing masterpiece with some of the most interesting characters ever written. This is a reflection on ...

Sorry to Bother You - A Crazy New World  In Brave New World , Aldous Huxley describes a stratified dystopic society where dim-witted workers are genetically engineered and instructed through subliminal messages to live happily under servitude, producing for a highly intelligent elite. In Sorry to Bother You , Boots Riley proposes a similar dystopic world, or the beginning of such a world, creating a smart commentary of our current world, which is moving closer and closer every day to that dystopic Utopia of Brave New World . In an insane film with hallucinatory visuals and a beyond-awesome soundtrack by The Coup, Riley shows us how crazy our world really is, commenting on racism, classism, and capitalism. And he shows us that it's not a "brave new world" we're leaving in - it's a crazy new one filled with greed-induced insanity.   Sorry to Bother You is the title, as if Boots Riley is asking us politely to disrupt our lives as he reveals some truths with t...