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Nope, I just didn’t get the point of this. Imagine we are the camera. For the most part, we are sitting on a chair in a darkened apartment somewhere where a woman’s voice takes some phone calls, reminisces about her past and ponders something of her future. Occasionally, for good behaviour, we are allowed to move around but usually only to go to the blinded windows so we can look, somewhat pruriently, at the neighbours in adjacent blocks. Once or twice, we even venture out to the seaside to see the people playing, but never for long and then it’s back indoors for the remainder of a month’s hol…

Successful and ostensibly happily married “Pierre” (Jean Desailly) is flying to Lisbon to give a lecture on Balzac when the stewardess “Nicole” (Françoise Dorléac) catches his eye. It turns out that she is staying in the same hotel as him, and so after a trip up in the lift with her - that seems to take forever - he decides to call her from his room and ask her to meet for a drink. After a bit of toing and froing, and despite the fact that he was supposed to be returning to Paris at noon the next day, they agree to meet and are soon having an affair. He’s a publisher who is often travelling aw…

“Isabelle” (Marine Vacth) has been chatting with her younger brother “Victor” (Fantin Ravat) about her losing her virginity. It looks like it’s “Felix” (Lucas Prisor) whom she’s lined up and he duly obliges. He’s not just after sex, though, he wants to engage with her - but she has got what she wanted from him, and now heads to the city where she embarks on a career at €300 an head. She has no real interest in these older men, nor even in the sex - it’s the preamble and the memories that she likes. When one of her regulars has the ultimate orgasm, she has to flee before the police begin to inv…

There is something really quite manicured about this film on Dolly Parton, and at no point did I feel that we were learning anything about her that wasn’t already in the public domain or that she didn’t want us to know. What it does show us is an expertly curated compendium of her appearances, though, and right from her early appearances with Porter Wagoner she comes across as a woman determined to make it on her own terms. Her lyrics clearly demonstrate her views about the role of women in the family and in society, but she is not an overt feminist. Indeed, though she readily acknowldges her …

I'm not quite as taken with "28 Years Later: The Bone Temple" as I was with its immediate predecessor. The considered, intelligent, insightful aspects of this film, embodied in Ralph Fiennes's Dr Ian Kelson character, are undermined with the re-introduction of the stabby satanic fashion refugees from the closing scenes of the last film. I was critical of their rather ridiculous Clockwork Orange-at-the-end-of-the-world-style antics and remain so. Their oftentimes moronic presence drags this film down, reducing it to an often grotesque farce on more than one occasion. The "we're all Jim…

The movie has a hat-wearing octopus with a mustache. So, you obviously have to watch it, review over! -- Okay, but really: I have not (yet) read the visual novel it's based on, so, this is from a "non-fan" perspective. A really visually beautiful movie with crazy character designs as unique and creative as the likes of "Nightmare Before Christmas" and "Coraline". From the very beginning you can already see how much attention the creators paid to make everything look visually stunning. Strong colors, light- and color effects, tons of different designs for plan…

Oh Hela! The animation! The dialog! The voice acting! It's all so... can we just get to a fight scene already? I think I'm 17 years too late to this party. I stopped enjoying animated Marvel and DC movies a long time ago.…

"TIM, I JUST [REDACTED]! WE ARE GOING TO THE HOSPITAL!" Comedy isn't listed as a genre, but this movie has its moments. I think one of the issues (or the main issue) I have with this movie is that the relationship seems... disfunctional and toxic. Tim is dependent on Millie and Millie seems fed-up with his pursuits, and neither of their friends help the situation with their commentary. **SPOILERS AHEAD:** The ending is lackluster, in that I don't feel a sense of closure. Mr. WhatsHisFace is presumably still living the good 'ole life down the way, and... did anyone bother to try to …

This is essentially a Korean take on Tucker & Dale vs. Evil, albeit with a few notable twists. The biggest change is the introduction of a demonic goat that possesses the teenagers, and it’s in the final act where the film really separates itself. The ending veers into territory that feels closer to The Evil Dead crossed with The Exorcist, which is easily the most interesting departure from its inspiration. The deaths largely mirror those in Tucker & Dale, though they’re either not quite as well executed or tweaked for broader comedic effect. The humour is also more zany overall,…

This is a beautifully crafted film inspired by real events, and it’s often unbearably tense. A French couple relocate to a remote Galician town in search of a closer connection to nature, but a simmering dispute with their neighbours quickly spirals out of control. The neighbours — the Anta brothers — are hostile, frequently drunk, and determined to get their way, while the French couple refuse to sign away their land. Luis Zahera and Diego Anido are superbly cast as the brothers, radiating menace and unpredictability. Whenever they’re on screen, there’s a constant sense that something …