Haiku about Film
Film reviews seen in/ Japanese poetry form/ Brevity at best.
Monday, April 10, 2017
Moonlight, Barry Jenkins III, US, (2016)
Boy's life is a poem,
Coming out in a black life,
Of swagger, fear, grace.
Monday, April 3, 2017
Fences, Denzel Washington, US, (2016)
Complex kith and kin,
In Black Pre Civil Rights life,
A home run, for sure!
Monday, March 27, 2017
Lala Land, Damien Chapelle, US, (2016).
Light, fluffy, and fun-,
Reliving old Hollywood,
Tonic for the day.
Monday, March 20, 2017
Sand Storm (Sufat Chol), Elite Zexer, Israel, (2016)
Bedouin drama,
Of oppressing, desert winds-
And no choice for girls.
Sunday, March 12, 2017
May I Be Frank?, Matthew Engelhart, U.S., 2010
Addicted fat man
Heals with raw food and wheat grass,
In a funny way.
Sunday, March 5, 2017
Alive Inside, Michael Rossato-Bennett, U.S., (2014)
Back door to the mind-
Music evokes memory
As dementia grows.
Sunday, February 26, 2017
Fed-Up, Stephanie Soechtig, US, (2014)
For profit motive,
Turning kids into addicts
To sell more sugar.
Monday, February 20, 2017
The Crown, Peter Morgan, UK, (2016)
Tense: Woman or crown?
A Queen with really no choice,
In polished detail.
Monday, February 13, 2017
American Honey, Andrea Arnold, UK, (2016)
Left behind children
Critique US gluttony,
In this angry new world.
Julieta, Pedro Almodovar, Spain, (2016)
Study of psyche,
When a daughter disappears.
Bright hues clash with pain.
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