Rom Coms, the ones that match the endearing and intelligent with equal fluency, have a scintillating flavor. The book of tricks to make a romcom sing and soar may have admittedly gone jaded and dog-eared. The crises of couples, dilemmas, and anxieties they have to battle have undergone dramatic changes in a fast-evolving world. Expectations vary with the decades, even as gendered rules haven’t dented much.
The urge to steal a leaf or two from every standard template Hollywood romcom is immanent in any new derivation. It becomes a constant tussle, hence, for a new film in similar spaces to eke out freshness and smarts. Jonathan Jurilla’s directorial “Love Child” (2024) has little to add or say anything genuinely sparkling. It’s a weary distillation of parental exhaustion and re-alignment, too silly to pass off what it views as clever self-reflexive remarks.
There are basic cardinal rules a romcom must ensure is upheld.
The urge to steal a leaf or two from every standard template Hollywood romcom is immanent in any new derivation. It becomes a constant tussle, hence, for a new film in similar spaces to eke out freshness and smarts. Jonathan Jurilla’s directorial “Love Child” (2024) has little to add or say anything genuinely sparkling. It’s a weary distillation of parental exhaustion and re-alignment, too silly to pass off what it views as clever self-reflexive remarks.
There are basic cardinal rules a romcom must ensure is upheld.
- 1/6/2025
- by Debanjan Dhar
- High on Films
1. Film Review: Abiding Nowhere (2024) by Tsai Ming-liang
If art is putting an emotion into something you create to transfer that feeling on to its audience, then Tsai certainly achieves something with “Abiding Nowhere” (and the Walker series in general). Beyond slow cinema, this is positively static, as the camera, and indeed the cast, barely move. The slowness, the silence – apart from the background noise – the time allowed to fully contemplate, create a relaxing series of shots to absorb yourself into, feeling your heart rate slow and eyes sigh in a natural progression to sleep.
2. Film Review: Victory (2024) by Park Beom-su
The production also makes the most of its leading ladies’ dancing abilities, choreographing largely pleasing cheerleading sequences, even if more acrobatic sequences, whose absence is fairly explained within the script, could have been welcome. Park Jeong-hoon’s cinematography shies away from being flashy, instead satisfied in capturing the pastel colours...
If art is putting an emotion into something you create to transfer that feeling on to its audience, then Tsai certainly achieves something with “Abiding Nowhere” (and the Walker series in general). Beyond slow cinema, this is positively static, as the camera, and indeed the cast, barely move. The slowness, the silence – apart from the background noise – the time allowed to fully contemplate, create a relaxing series of shots to absorb yourself into, feeling your heart rate slow and eyes sigh in a natural progression to sleep.
2. Film Review: Victory (2024) by Park Beom-su
The production also makes the most of its leading ladies’ dancing abilities, choreographing largely pleasing cheerleading sequences, even if more acrobatic sequences, whose absence is fairly explained within the script, could have been welcome. Park Jeong-hoon’s cinematography shies away from being flashy, instead satisfied in capturing the pastel colours...
- 11/20/2024
- by AMP Group
- AsianMoviePulse
Premiering internationally at San Diego Asian Film Festival 2024, “Love Child” is a heartfelt film that tackles the complexities and challenges of parenthood with a blend of love, passion, and vigor.
Love Child is screening at San Diego Asian Film Festival
Jonathan Jurilla‘s debut work follows Ayla, a pre-law student, and Paolo, an aspiring filmmaker, whose lives are derailed by an unplanned pregnancy. The college sweethearts envisions a future filled with love and dreams just like the typical romantic comedies. However, their son Kali transforms their lives when he’s diagnosed with an autism spectrum disorder. Determined to make it on their own, they move to the countryside, where Ayla’s retired aunt offers them a place to stay. The film navigates through their journey of love and parenthood: the weighty challenges, sacrifices, and societal hurdles they face as a young and inexperienced couple raising a child with special needs.
Love Child is screening at San Diego Asian Film Festival
Jonathan Jurilla‘s debut work follows Ayla, a pre-law student, and Paolo, an aspiring filmmaker, whose lives are derailed by an unplanned pregnancy. The college sweethearts envisions a future filled with love and dreams just like the typical romantic comedies. However, their son Kali transforms their lives when he’s diagnosed with an autism spectrum disorder. Determined to make it on their own, they move to the countryside, where Ayla’s retired aunt offers them a place to stay. The film navigates through their journey of love and parenthood: the weighty challenges, sacrifices, and societal hurdles they face as a young and inexperienced couple raising a child with special needs.
- 11/14/2024
- by Tiara Purnomo
- AsianMoviePulse
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