Beyond the Mirage: ‘The Daughters of Abraham’ Examines the Collision of Tradition and Modernity
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The opening frames of Hanaël El Yousfi’s feature debut, The Daughters of Abraham, are nothing short of intoxicating. Set against the kinetic, neon-drenched backdrop of a Marrakech nightclub, the film captures a world that seems to exist outside of time.…
The Mirage of the Wasteland: Why Ridley Scott’s ‘The Dog Stars’ Feels Like a Departure into Vacuity
Ridley Scott has spent nearly half a century defining the visual vocabulary of cinema. From the claustrophobic, industrial dread of Alien (1979) to the historical grandeur of Gladiator (2000) and the visceral, mud-caked realism of The Last Duel (2021),…
