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disturbing parable (Film: The Killing of a Sacred Deer – Yorgos Lanthimos, 2017)

Posted on November 21, 2017 by admin

The movies of Yorgos Lanthimos are hard to compare or include in a category. Maybe they should be declared a genre of their own. Dogtooth or The Lobster provided dystopian perspectives of family and love.  With ‘The Killing of a … Continue reading →

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perennity (Film: Marjorie Prime – Michael Almereyda, 2017)

Posted on November 21, 2017 by admin

‘Marjorie Prime’ can be considered a science fiction film of a particular kind. The director of the film is Michael Almereyda, is 58 years old and without being one of Hollywood’s most celebrated names, he has a diverse and exciting … Continue reading →

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Hungarian lust and money drama (Film: A hentes, a kurva és a félszemü – János Szász, 2017)

Posted on October 21, 2017 by admin

We may have been among the first viewers of ‘The butcher, the whore and the one-eyed man‘ (‘A hentes, a kurva és a félszemü’ is the original title) at its projection in the first half of October at the Haifa … Continue reading →

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uneasy beauty (Film: Tiere – Greg Zglinski, 2017)

Posted on October 20, 2017 by admin

I am a passionate of Switzerland, one of my preferred countries for vacation, a place that won its name for the beauty of its nature, but also for the calm and order that seem to reign in its cities and … Continue reading →

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the great puppeteer (Film: La double vie de Véronique – Krzysztof Kieslowski, 1991)

Posted on October 7, 2017 by admin

Seeing the films of Krzysztof Kieslowski is a special experience, now, more than two decades since he stopped making films, and died soon after. The Polish director’s relative short life (he died at the age of 54) and career (less … Continue reading →

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like a foxtrot (Film: Foxtrot – Samuel Maoz, 2017)

Posted on October 2, 2017 by admin

Not only that there is no such thing as bad advertising, but bad advertising can help a lot. The success (public, critics, festivals) of Samuel Maoz‘s second film ‘Foxtrot‘ may become at some point an example in the text books … Continue reading →

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predictable end of watch despite interesting film making (Film: End of Watch – Jake Gyllenhaal, 2012)

Posted on September 30, 2017 by admin

The fact that David Ayer is both the sole author of the script and the director of ‘End of Watch’ is quite interesting. If two different individuals would have written the script and directed the movie, respectively, I could have … Continue reading →

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an impossible love story (Film: Victoria and Abdul – Judi Dench, 2017)

Posted on September 25, 2017 by admin

The history of England was blessed with several famous queens – starting with head-losers Anne Boleyn and Mary Stuart, continuing the two Elisabeth’s and of course Queen Victoria, the record holder of longevity until recently, the queen who gave her … Continue reading →

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Greeks and strangers (Film: Enas Allos Kosmos / Worlds Apart – Christopher Papakaliatis, 2015)

Posted on September 16, 2017 by admin

Although located at the Southern extremity of the European Union, or maybe just because of this, Greece found itself in the last few years at the crossroads of Europe. The economic crisis that hit Europe and the whole world a … Continue reading →

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the concept is not enough (Film: This Giant Papier-Mâché Boulder Is Actually Really Heavy – Christian Nicolson, 2016)

Posted on September 15, 2017 by admin

About half of the viewers in the hall of our local cinematheque who came to watch this film were hardcore fans who came to watch the first screening of this film prior to the opening of a science fiction event … Continue reading →

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