Monthly Archives: February 2023

shattering movie about life, age and death (film: Plan 75 – Chie Hayakawa, 2022)

‘Plan 75‘, the feature debut of Japanese filmmaker Chie Hayakawa, which premiered at the 2022 Cannes Film Festival, is an imperfect and shattering movie, one of those films whose idea and theme will follow viewers long after they have finished … Continue reading

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two brothers on a boat (film: Cassandra’s Dream – Woody Allen, 2007)

Woody Allen‘s films are simple and accessible. Or at least they seem so. This is also the case with the 2007 ‘Cassandra’s Dream‘, which is part of an English series of three films by Allen, which in turn is part … Continue reading

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power game (film: La Vénus à la fourrure – Roman Polanski, 2013)

Roman Polanski‘s films are never simple. ‘La Vénus à la fourrure‘ (English title is ‘Venus in furs‘) is the adaptation of a Tony Award winning play by David Ives based on a novel by 19th century Austrian writer Leopold von … Continue reading

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