As an avid cinephile, I often leave a movie theatre with more thoughts than I can rightly express to whoever I saw the film with. Many a times I’ve regaled a theatre companion with my outlandish theories and illusions only to watch their eyes glaze over at my purple words.
Disheartened and more than a little betrayed, I searched for a solution beyond scrolling outdated Reddit forums. Enter the wonderful world of film blogs.
I created this film and games category on my website to encompass my blog articles related to movies, television, and video games that I have far too many thoughts on.
I fling these articles out into the void of cyberspace in the hopes they will land with the right person. Is that you? I think so…
What makes Sinners such a hypnotic cinematic experience is how deeply music is embedded within the soul of the film—not as soundtrack, but as metaphysical force. ‘I Lied To You’ and the performances at Smoke and Stack’s Juke Joint are a celebration of black music and culture in its multi-generational forms, able to transcend time and space to unite all.
There is nothing scarier than a loss of self. Cosmic horror’s real teeth don’t come from Cthulhu tentacles or eldritch gods; it’s the realisation that reality is just a thin membrane over a terrifying, alien truth, and that the only answer is madness, or a (voluntary or otherwise) state of cosmic bliss: a nihilistic acceptance that there is no other way. Such is the inevitable descent into madness in “The Lighthouse”.