This was another in a series of new Russian films set somewhere deep in the provinces, more precisely in the Russian province of Sakha in the northeast. The region is known for its extremely harsh …
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This was another in a series of new Russian films set somewhere deep in the provinces, more precisely in the Russian province of Sakha in the northeast. The region is known for its extremely harsh …
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Continue readingKelly Reichardt is an acclaimed American indie filmmaker whose best films for me were the modernist westerns “Meek’s Cutoff” and the latest “First Cow”, and the humorous drama with which she presented herself in the …
Continue readingTrue crime documentary miniseries by Swede Henrik Georgsson deals with probably the most bizarre criminal case in recent Swedish history, at least in the 21st century. On the night of January 10, 2004, someone in …
Continue readingAustrian army lieutenant Charles Eismayer (Gerhard Liebmann) acts as one of those typical military macho types. As if his idol is that “Let Me See Your War Face” sergeant from Kubrick’s “Full Metal Jacket”, so …
Continue readingThe theme film of the French woman Blandine Lenoir reminded me of an American film that appeared almost at the same time. It is about the biographical drama “Call Jane” by Phyllis Nagy, in which …
Continue readingEphraim Kishon is a famous Israeli writer, humorist and satirist who is still one of the most read writers in the history of that country. He was born as Ferenc Hoffman in 1920 in Budapest, …
Continue readingFrank Oz is one of the leading American comedians of the last forty years, and if only he had recorded the wonderful, genius black comedy “Death at a Funeral”, his eternity would have been guaranteed. …
Continue readingMom is often the person who holds everything together and balances carefully, carefully and smartly so that everything doesn’t fall apart and go to hell, and whom everyone asks for help when they run into …
Continue readingIt was “Malum” (Latin for evil) another weak, thin horror that promised far more on paper than it ended up delivering. The young British actress Jessica Sula, who made her debut in the cult “Skins” …
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