Spain, 2020 Postmodern Author Work Trailer This particular movie caught my attention during my weekly check-out on the movie roster of my usual theatres. It promised “a delicious melodrama in the style of how they were made in the age of Golden Hollywood, without any dialogues, and collage-ing footage from the 40s-60s together”. This thing… Continue reading My Mexican Bretzel
Category: Corners
We’re No Angels
USA, 1955 Comedy Mainstream Trailer Today’s is a very special Corner post. It’s Christmas day, so I am going to talk about a Christmas movie. But, you all know I am sort of unconventional, so I want to talk about an underknown classic from 1955. And, it’s starring Humphrey Bogart, who was born a December… Continue reading We’re No Angels
Pot-pourri of Autumn 2020 movies
Emma (UK, 2020) – Romance, Comedy – Mainstream This is another nice example of the recent female directors make adaptions of classic novels trend that I wish never fades away. I honestly never read anything Jane Austen, and I committed the sin of disdaining her for believing her work being overly cheesy and languid. However,… Continue reading Pot-pourri of Autumn 2020 movies
Pot-pourri of summer 2020 movies
The Secret Garden I watched this one during my stay at the beach this August, at one evening I missed going to the theatre. Given that during my regular life I go there twice or three times a week, I had a kind of abstinence syndrome and was feeling blue because of some family thing… Continue reading Pot-pourri of summer 2020 movies
Zombi Child
France-Haiti, 2019 Drama/Horror Independent Trailer Zombi Child (yes, “zombi” without an “e”, since it’s French). I remember having read a text about this one some months ago, probably before the pandemic-related stuff, and while I didn’t remember anything concrete about it, it was an enough reason for me to try it out. Besides, the poster… Continue reading Zombi Child