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4/100 A group of people seclude themselves away in a deserted country castle to indulge in hedonistic perversions and misogynistic depravity. Activities include freely killing animals (non-simulated), surrounding themselves with carcasses, scat and other horrific and violent sexual acts, torturing a girl confined to a wheelchair, all while philosophizing the nature of true freedom. Pornographic, gory, perverse, disgusting, and sick, there are some that will admire this film (it won an award and does have a unique artistic flair) but I hope I never have to meet them. -- DrNostromo.com…

Profiles of powerful, determined, dynamic women faced with long odds courageously staring down formidable opposition provide some of the most engaging and inspirational viewing one can witness on the big screen. And one of the latest additions to that roster is writer-director Rachel Feldman’s fact-based biography of unlikely but dedicated activist Lilly Ledbetter (Patricia Clarkson). The film chronicles the patient but relentless fight of the title character, a former manager at a Goodyear plant in Gadsden, AL, to secure equal pay for women earning far less than their male counterparts. After…

**Authentic everyday freedom** We must not forget, above all, that “Chroniques sexuelles d'une famille d'aujourd'hui” is a true visual poem, a delightful ode to the concept of freedom in general, and to French autonomy in particular. It is a work that celebrates life in its most instinctive aspect and is, at the same time, an example of a narrative of civilization. Even in its most explicit version, the film is an essential recommendation for those seeking cinema that combines thematic and visual audacity with genuine tenderness for its characters. It is a refreshing and profoundly huma…

It’s the instantly recognisable dulcets of the McGarrigle sisters that get this moving as this part actuality and part animation showcases the skills, lives and loves of those nimble Canadian log drivers. The real footage shows us just how goat-like these gents are as they hop to and from, then ride the trunks floating quickly downstream before we merge into a more jovial and colourful hand-drawn journey that sees these hunky chaps the centre of attention for many of the locals gals. It’s not often you hear a song that tries to rhyme the word “completely” which is oddly enough quite memorable,…

It’s the audio that really gets under the skin here, as we spend three minutes - perhaps it’s last - in the company of a fly. As it buzzes it’s way through a garden it inadvertently enters a home where is it is soon being subjected to the swattings of an irate human being. Will it survive? Truthfully, would we want it to? The detail on the outdoor foliage is impressive, and the editing of the sound as it flies, lands then has an altercation with a piano keyboard before flyng again makes this quite an affecting three minutes of creative artistry that, despite it’s subject, I really quite enjoye…

I really enjoyed the simplicity of this short feature. When “Eliot” is sent to bed whilst his family continue to chat around the dinner table, he looks out of the window and is tempted by the forest at the end of their garden. Quietly donning his Wellington boots, he ventures out into the night and climbs a tall tree. When a voice from below asks him what he can see, he looks down to see a small creature posing the question. He can’t see any monster, as he is asked, but descends and now embarks on a few adventures with his new friend before he decides that he must return home. This monochrome …

“Sasha” (Viktoria Miroshnichenko) has a secret from her girlfriend “Sonja” (Tina Dalakishvilli). She prints off labels at home with revealing facts about Russian army abuses in Ukraine, and then sticks them onto groceries in the supermarket. When their eighty-six year old neighbour “Galina” (Lilyan Malkina) happens upon one when buying her sugar, she dutifully reports it to the police who fairly swiftly apprehend their culprit. The policeman advises her to plead stupidity and hope for probation, else she could be facing eight years in jail. A bit of humiliating strip searching and a conversati…

This is really quite a thought-provoking documentary that, though focussed on gay men who died of AIDS (or GRID) early on, could apply to anyone who has insurance policies that make them worth more dead than alive. From the perspective of an innovator in this financial sector, Scott Page, this explores just how poverty-stricken some of the initial sufferers of this disease were. Often alone, jobless and homeless with their scant resources going to pay medical bills, someone hit on the idea of selling already held insurance policies to investors in return for a percentage of the insured sum to …

This is crazy. Imagine if art, god and a fever dream made a movie together. That's this. Half time i was like: ''what is going on?... oh, i get it... i don't get it...'' and that's the point. Every frame is loaded with symbolism and characters who represent systems rather than people. It’s often uncomfortable, sometimes absurd, occasionally funny, and intentionally excessive. The film isn’t subtle and it doesn’t want to be. It’s designed to provoke, confuse, and strip the viewer of passive consumption. It's gooood.…

this kdrama is a definition of strangers to lovers, just organic interactions between the main leads. 10/10!!!!…