Tag Archives: film

Little Women 2019: A Short Review

Posted on February 6, 2020 by Symbol Reader

Louisa May Alcott, author of Little Women, experienced both enchantment and wretched poverty in her early years. Her father was an intellectual and member of the Transcendentalist movement, which meant that little Louisa met Henry David Thoreau and Ralph Waldo … Continue reading →

Posted in The Little Women by Louisa May Alcott, Uncategorized | Tagged cinema, classicism, feminism, film, Greta Gerwig, literature, Little Women, Louisa May Alcott, movie, narrative, narrator, patriarchy, postmodernism, review, storytelling, suffrage | 8 Comments

Roma: Movie of the Year

Posted on December 20, 2018 by Symbol Reader

The movie Roma is a beautiful hymn to women. It tells the story of Cleo, an indigenous (Mixtec) woman who works as a maid to an upper-middle-class Mexican family. She is wonderfully portrayed by Yalitza Aparicio, who had never acted … Continue reading →

Posted in Movie Review | Tagged Alfonso Cuaron, anima mundi, archetypes, domestic work, film, goddess, Hestia, housework, humility, James Hillman, Mixtec, movie, Power, review, Roma, servant, service, serving, Soul, symbolism, symbols, water, woman, women | 21 Comments

Soaring High on the Wings of Ambition

Posted on February 8, 2015 by Symbol Reader

“As Caesar loved me, I weep for him; as he was fortunate, I rejoice at it; as he was valiant, I honour him: but, as he was ambitious, I slew him. There is tears for his love; joy for his … Continue reading →

Posted in Ambition | Tagged ambition, archetypes, Birdman, C.G. Jung, depth psychology, film, film review, hero, movies, symbols, Whiplash | 14 Comments

Hope, Faith and Sublime Beauty in the Clamor of Suffering: “Ida”

Posted on January 22, 2015 by Symbol Reader

Recently, the Polish movie Ida made a tremendous emotional impact on me. It is the sort of movie about which the less is known before seeing it the better, in order to approach it without any expectations. It is wonderfully … Continue reading →

Posted in Movie Review | Tagged film, Ida, movie, Pawlikowski, Poland, Polish cinema, review | 20 Comments

The Beneficent Maleficent

Posted on July 17, 2014 by Symbol Reader

I see the movie Maleficent as an apotheosis of the rising feminine power. I only had the chance to see it yesterday and thought the movie was magnificent. I loved it how Maleficent’s character echoed so many powerful and wrathful … Continue reading →

Posted in The Dark Goddess | Tagged archetypes, Dark goddess, Disney, Faust, film, goddess, Great Mother, Lilith, Maleficent, Mephistopheles, mud, psychology, shadow, symbolism, symbols | 30 Comments

Hear Your Inner Voice

Posted on April 1, 2013 by Symbol Reader

Image of the Self from Carl Jung’s Man & His Symbols I am in a mood for a self-indulgent post. I just wanted to share my joy of inspiration. Someone was inspired by me today to create a haiku (http://martsart.wordpress.com/2013/04/01/water/) … Continue reading →