Like tragic little rich boy Tully (Dominic Sessa), Alexander Payne traps us in a weirdly quaint version of 1970s white America with little contemporary insight.
Continue readingThe Holdovers (2023)
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Boîte Noire (Black Box) (2021)
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I love a good psychological thriller and have a secret fascination with the kind of detective work that must go into investigating plane crashes.
Continue readingCitizen Kitano (Citizen K) (2020)
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I feel a bit ashamed to say that I can’t remember if I’ve ever seen a film by Takeshi Kitano. I feel that surely I have seen Hana-Bi (1998) or Zatoichi (2003) but from the glimpses in this interesting short documentary by Yves Montmayeur, none really stand out.
Continue readingAll Quiet on the Western Front (Im Westen Nichts Neues) ( 2022)
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If you are looking for a film that relentlessly depicts the awful hopelessness of war, Edward Berger’s re-adaptation of Erich Remarque’s novel is the one to watch.
Continue readingFire of Love (2022)
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The story of Katia and Maurice Krafft was made for a documentary like this. In the 70s and 80s, they were feted as the only volcanologist couple, bound by their love for each other and of trying to understand active volcanoes.
Continue readingThe Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent (2022)
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Nick Cage is back, “not that he went anywhere.” In this meta romp of a bromance, Tom Gormican turns Nicolas Cage’s delightful satirisation of his film career up to 11.
Continue readingBlood (O Sangue) (1989)
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You’ll Never Find Me (2023)
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Sometimes you want a horror experience that’s visceral and uncomplicated and the debut feature by South Australian directors Indianna Bell and Josiah Allen gives that in spades.
Continue readingThe Eternal Memory (2023)
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Maite Alberdi allows us to travel back-and-forth through the life of writer Augusto Góngora. Part of the documentation and reconciliation after Chile’s fascist junta, his own memories are now scattering with Alzheimer’s.
Continue readingPictures of Ghosts (Retratos Fantasmas) (2023)
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Kleber Mendonça Filho takes us on a slow, self referential meander through his home suburb of Recife in Brazil and the history of its cinemas.
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