Currently enjoying the German capital city’s wonders and its odd mix of vibrant and gruesome – wunderschön! If you go…
Herzog’s Into the Abyss questions the meaning of life and death through the lens of capital punishment
As Connecticut just became the 17th US State to ban death penalty (http://goo.gl/12gpk) and Norway is judging Anders Breivik for…
Kaurismäki’s “Le Havre” is a haven of human kindness tucked away from today’s pettiness
In France where the run-up to the presidential election is the excuse for the right-wing parties to fuel once again…
How was your ‘Weekend’? Enticing, moving and real. How about yours?
When I recently saw Andrew Haigh’s ‘Weekend’, it immediately made me think of Richard Linklater’s ‘Before Sunrise’ (1995). It would…
Elena – a black tale from Russia today
‘Elena’ by Andrei Zvyagintsev – who also directed the beautiful and sombre ‘The Banishment’ in 2007 – is a slow-…
A 19th-century rock’n’roll romance at Wuthering Heights
After her promising, widely-acclaimed second feature “Fish Tank” in 2009 (see review here) Andrea Arnold returns with an adaptation of…
The Descendants haven’t gone down too well
As with other independent (or better said, “branded-as-independent”) movies mixing comedy and drama, “The Descendants” (2011) by Alexander Payne has…
Don’t judge a film by its poster
Call me stupid but since I generally refuse to watch film trailers or read detailed film reviews before seeing a…
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy: both a brain-teaser and a no-brainer
‘Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy’ (2011) by Tomas Alfredson, whose critically acclaimed Swedish-language first feature “Let the Right On In” indicated…
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