Do not think you can rob me of my dignity. Do not think I am powerless. — Ketki in Mrityudand, giving voice to Hindi women and taking revenge against the men who have oppressed them Overwrought, luridly violent, an eye-for-an-eyeish, Death Sentence announces how good it is with the opening sequence. Branded a witch and […]
Daily Archives: June 19, 2008
One of the funniest films ever, Ernst Lubitsch’s To Be or Not to Be begins in Poland in August 1939 just prior to Germany’s invasion. What does everyone see that accounts for such interest and commotion? There, in front of a Jewish delicatessen: Adolf Hitler. The narrator reminds us: “[Hitler] is a vegetarian. But he […]
Dennis Grunes 