Change Your Image
Ranjani
Reviews
The Blair Witch Project (1999)
I used to go on picnics in that park.
The last five minutes stand alone. Photographic stills imprinted on my brain. I'm not going to tell you to go see it because by the time you get to this comment you've been sufficiently advised to do so. Especially if you're from the area (western/northern Maryland) - it's not just "country" folk drinking budweiser after this. I always thought it looked like ax-murderer country.
My Son the Fanatic (1997)
Valuable.
I think this movie will resonate especially with any first-and-up generation person whose parents emigrated from east to west. The innocence and almost childlike approach taken by Parvez, Om Puri's character, to things light and dark in England reminded me very much of my own experiences in trying to show my parents "how things work" in America. He has done a beautiful job with this character. All in all a well-written and enlightening movie for anyone who is curious about the complex and often convoluted dynamic between immigrants and their transplanted realities.