Ciro Guerra’s Embrace of the serpent (2015) is one of those films in which the story matters less than the … More
Month: February 2017
Moonlight (2017): the audacious, melancholy portrayal of a man who wasn’t allowed to be himself
Hailed as one of the first mainstream films about being a black gay man in today’s America, Moonlight by Barry … More
Californian women on the verge of a new century
Mike Mill’s light drama 20th Century Women explores the ups and downs of a peculiar group of women (and men) … More
Mustang (2015): the beautiful story of five fillies fighting for their rights in traditional Turkey
Mustang by Deniz Gamze Ergüven was one of the great sensations of Cannes in 2015 and received great critical acclaim … More
T2 Trainspotting (2017): what’s life like when you’ve been on drugs for 20 years?
Unlike superhero franchises, bespectacled magician sagas and New-Zealand-based heroic fantasy trilogies, 90’s cult film Trainspotting wasn’t exactly begging for a … More