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.
Monday, February 6, 2017
Two Trains Runnin', Sam Pollard, USA, (2016)
Forgotten masters,
Sparking a blues revival-
Son House and Skip James.
Monday, January 30, 2017
Mother, Kadri Kousaar, Estonia, (2016)
Small town who dunnit,
Where everyone wants to leave
Post-Soviet drab.
Monday, January 23, 2017
I, Daniel Blake, Ken Roach, UK, (2016)
Worker did no wrong.
Red tape kills in the U.K.,
In kitchen sink style.
Monday, January 16, 2017
Toni Erdmann, Maren Ade, German-Austrian, (2016)
Tragedy or fun:
Dad- who lives inside a joke,
Girl- lost in world trade?
Monday, January 9, 2017
Vita Activa: The Spirit of Hannah Arendt, Uda Ushpiz, Canada-Israel, (2016).
Jewish scholar coined-
"Banality of evil",
Judged as pro-Nazi.
Tuesday, January 3, 2017
Birth of a Nation, Nate Parker, USA, (2016).
Compelling slave tale,
Undercut by rape culture.
Never to forget.
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