Category Archives: movies

a different Kim Ki-duk (film: Stop – Kim Ki-duk, 2015)

Posted on November 24, 2016 by admin

Is Kim Ki-duk making to many movies lately? The Haifa International Film Festival brought two the viewers here two of his recent films, and if we look at his filmography we can see that since the beginning of the decade … Continue reading →

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retro-conspiracy theories (film: Moonwalkers, 2015)

Posted on November 17, 2016 by admin

If you are looking for 90 minutes of uninhibited politically incorrect fun, if you like retro movies about the late 60s or maybe you have lived those happy times and now you want to laugh about them, then ‘Moonwalkers’ directed … Continue reading →

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daring family and crime drama (film: Harmonium – Kôji Fukada, 2016)

Posted on October 29, 2016 by admin

The principal flaw of Harmonium directed by Kôji Fukada may be its length. At more than two hours the film is by 20 to 30 minutes longer than the standard, and the extra time is not necessarily best used. Yet, … Continue reading →

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the last Wajda (film: Alfterimage, Andrzej Wajda, 2016)

Posted on October 28, 2016 by admin

It’s very difficult to say Farewell. It’s very difficult to make a Farewell movie. I do not know if Andrzej Wajda knew that ‘Afterimage‘ was to be his last movie. He undertook and involved himself in this film with the same … Continue reading →

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strong and violent frontier character drama (film: Caini – Bogdan Mirica, 2016)

Posted on October 27, 2016 by admin

The landscape plays a central role in Dogs (Caini) the first long feature film of Romanian director Bogdan Mirica. Visuals, actually, together with acting play the most important tasks in this film, which is very different from many other features … Continue reading →

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lost generations (film: Bacalaureat – Cristian Mungiu, 2016)

Posted on October 24, 2016 by admin

The Romanian ‘New Wave’ is not that new any longer. For the last decade Romanian directors succeeded to surprise viewers and juries with their films dealing with hardships of life under the Communist dictatorship, and about the period that followed … Continue reading →

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‘drole de famille’ (film: Ilegitim – Adrian Sitaru, 2016)

Posted on October 20, 2016 by admin

‘Ilegitim’ (or ‘Ilegitimate’ in English) starts with a very normal family scene. Around the family table we see the father (Adrian Titieni), a man in his late 50s (we’ll soon learn that he lost his wife one year and a … Continue reading →

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guilt and responsibility (film: La fille inconnue – Dardenne brothers, 2016)

Posted on October 17, 2016 by admin

It’s a small and dull city as many other in Belgium and Europe. It is inhabited by a mixed population, ‘local’ Europeans, more recent but well integrated Europeans (some of them are police inspectors), recent immigrants, some legal, some not. … Continue reading →

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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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