by Mina Tham | Sep 18, 2020 | Issues, Left
Over six issues of POVwinona, I will be concentrating on films made during the French New Wave. Each issue will cover the era’s sublime directors, techniques, styles, motifs as well as the implications behind the films. I have always loved everything about...
by Mina Tham | Sep 18, 2020 | Issues, Left
A parent’s love knows no boundaries. A father would cross to the ends of the earth if it meant his daughter could be happy, but what if it is not love driving him, but instead guilt? In a 1960 thriller based on the novel, Les Yeux Sans visage, or Eyes Without a Face,...
by Mina Tham | Sep 18, 2020 | Issues, Left
Heartbreak is a complex emotion that can dig its claws so deep into your heart that it feels impossible to escape its grasp. In most cases, some time can heal it. You start to forget names, faces, or entire memories, although sometimes, even time isn’t enough to cure...
by Mina Tham | Sep 18, 2020 | Issues, Left
The classic tragedy: The hero wants something more in life, goes to search for it, overcomes the roadblocks, slowly sees the plan start to fail, and finally meets their demise. For a character in Jean-Luc Godard’s 1960’s film, A Bout de Souffle, or in English,...
by Mina Tham | Sep 18, 2020 | Issues, Left
I would consider my parents to have been pretty lenient while I was growing up. When I did get in trouble, it wasn’t more than a night’s grounding, or my phone would be taken away for a few hours. Such minor consequences like those derived from love and care, not out...
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