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
Papicha
Today I watched a pearl: An movie from an Algerian filmmaker, Papicha (Young Free Woman). It was selected as a candidate for the Oscars as Best Foreign Movie (without official nomination) and got featured in Cannes last year. It just was released here last Friday, with almost flawless critiques. I couldn’t not see it, especially… Continue reading Papicha
Blackkklansman
Yesterday night I couldn’t sleep, so I went to the TV and watched Blackkklansman, that incidentally was being screened. I swear that I knew nothing from this movie, aside of Adam Driver starring in it, and that I believed it was a dark comedy. It turned out to be more. Much more. I was really… Continue reading Blackkklansman
The Bra
I watched a movie called The Bra. I decided myself for this one because the poster made it look like a heartwarming one, and also because it’s a production from Azerbaijan. That intrigued me, since I never had contact with anything of that country before (and I have a soft spot for the Second World… Continue reading The Bra
Doukyuusei (Classmates)
I finally got to watch Doukyuusei yesterday. And it made me think, somehow. I really liked the relationship between both main characters. It’s like a bromance elevated to the maximum exponent. They act as bros and as lovers at the same time, and it’s totally compatible. Which is something I have thought about many times,… Continue reading Doukyuusei (Classmates)
Peckinpah Suite, or the humanity of myths
I just watched Peckinpah Suite, a documentary film about legendary director Sam Peckinpah, narrated by his daughter while visiting the place he spent his final years in. I really got emotional. It isn’t the first time it happens to me. I cried with a documentary about Orson Welles before, too. I don’t know why… I… Continue reading Peckinpah Suite, or the humanity of myths
The Lighthouse
Yesterday evening I watched The Lighthouse. I wanted to do it because I love stories about the sea and the people living from it, albeit I absolutely despise horror. Furthermore, my mother already had watched it this weekend and she had to leave the screening in the middle of the movie, so that raised a… Continue reading The Lighthouse
Orson Welles
I just watched The Magnificent Ambersons, as another step further in my personal journey to understand and appreciate Orson Welles. I feel that with every movie I’m closer to the solution to the puzzle that this man isto me. The thing is, will the outcome have any sense? God, I hope so, because this journey… Continue reading Orson Welles