Category Archives: films

another brilliant french film playing in the online french film festival until the end of the week….’sport de filles’ is nearly impossible to describe, the most one could say is that it follows a group of people as they prepare … Continue reading →

bigelow’s latest ‘war on terror’ themed film continues in the same vein as ‘the hurt locker’: a cold, detached analysis of a moment in time of recent american history….that detachment is, in my opinion, what makes both films relevant and … Continue reading →

fresh from making a tyre the star of his previous film ‘rubber’, quentin dupieux returns with more absurdist dark comedy…in ‘wrong’, dolph’s dog appears to have been kidnapped, the mysterious mr. chang has essential information about it, a private detective … Continue reading →

this year’s online ‘myfrenchfilmfestival.com’ has just launched and it is full of great undistributed and rarely seen recent french films… first up is ‘un monde sans femmes’, a gorgeous and delicate 58 minute work by guillaume brac (a relative newcomer … Continue reading →

1. cosmopolis (david cronenberg) 2. tabu (miguel gomes) 3. holy motors (leos carax) 4. in another country (hong sang soo) 5. house of tolerance (bertrand bonello) 6. 4:44 last day on earth (abel ferrara) 7. simon killer (antonio campos) 8. … Continue reading →

larry clark’s new film premiered at the rome film festival a few days ago but clark has now made it available on the internet for everyone to watch, as it will not get a theatrical release….the film follows on perfectly … Continue reading →

haneke’s new film is the moving story of an elderly couple, as the husband takes care of his wife after she suffers a debilitating stroke….haneke has managed to cut down on the manipulative and cynical tendencies of his previous films to offer something … Continue reading →

petzold’s latest work is a subtle and powerful film about barbara, a doctor sent to work in a rural hospital in East Germany, who also works as a political agent….as a friendship with a fellow doctor blossoms, her loyalties are put to the test … Continue reading →

hong’s latest film is an amazingly light variation on the ‘frenchwoman in korea’ genre! hong collaborates with the wonderful isabelle huppert (in one of her best performances ever) to create 3 short stories, each one a slight variation on the … Continue reading →

‘holy motors’ is carax’s big return to cinema (his only release since ‘pola x’ was a segment in the ‘tokyo’ trilogy of shorts a few years ago)…..and what a return! the film opens with denis lavant as monsieur oscar, a mysterious man who is … Continue reading →