Monthly Archives: September 2016

when games work (Film: Oblivion – Tom Cruise, 2013)

Posted on September 6, 2016 by admin

I liked many things in ‘Oblivion‘, actually more than I expected. I am no fan of computer games, certainly not of these that are dominated by machine guns and laser guns, by cars races and space-ships races – and there … Continue reading →

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The Silk Road of sharing cultures (Film: The Music of Strangers – Yo-Yo Ma, 2015)

Posted on September 3, 2016 by admin

Music documentaries can be fascinating in many cases. This is the case of The Music of Strangers, the documentary produced and directed by Morgan Neville which tells the story of the wonderful musical adventure and inter-culture experience which is ‘The … Continue reading →

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the horror movie that could have been (Film: The Noonday Witch – Jiri Sádek, 2016)

Posted on September 2, 2016 by admin

I know that it’s some kind of an unfair comparison, but so it happens that I have seen Jiri Sádek‘s The Noonday Witch (the original name is Polednice – Midday) at the Czech film festival, and then Pedro Almodóvar‘s Julieta in … Continue reading →

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my first 10/10 in years (Film: Julieta – Pedro Almodovar, 2016)

Posted on September 1, 2016 by admin

I loved ‘Julieta‘. Pedro Almodovar’s 2016 production is one of those films that captivates the viewers during the whole duration of the screening because of the mastering of story telling and by using human emotions. Other directors may do the … Continue reading →

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