Year: 2014 Country: Canada Director: Stéphane Lafleur Starring: Julianne Côté, Catherine St-Laurent, Marc-André Grondin A coming of age story about 22 year-old Nicole (Julianne Côté), who is supposed to have her parents’ house by herself while they are on holiday for the summer, and finds that her brother (Marc-André Grondin) has set-up a practice space/studioContinue reading “Tu Dors Nicole”
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Tenemos La Carne (We Are The Flesh)
Year: 2016 Country: Mexico Director: Emiliano Rocha Minter Starring: María Evoli, Noé Hernández, Diego Gamaliel It would appear the cinema of Gaspar Noé has made its influence felt through Mexico! I’ll say this: there’s something in this one to offend or repulse everyone. A brother and sister find an abandoned building in a city ofContinue reading “Tenemos La Carne (We Are The Flesh)”
Memorias Del Subdesarrollo (Memories Of Underdevelopment)
Year: 1968 Country: Cuba Director: Tomás Gutiérrez Alea Starring: Sergio Corrieri, Daisy Granados The 3rd and final planned film by Gutiérrez Alea I was to watch this month is by far the best. Taking place in 1961 after the Bay of Pigs invasion, a man in his late thirties wanders around Havana rather aimlessly, tryingContinue reading “Memorias Del Subdesarrollo (Memories Of Underdevelopment)”
Requiem Pour Un Vampire
Year: 1971 Country: France Director: Jean Rollin Starring: Marie-Pierre Castel, Mireille Dargent Two girls on the run from…something (does it really matter?) find a castle in the middle of the countryside and decide to hide there and of course, immediately get naked and cuddle. They soon find out it is a vampires’ castle, and theContinue reading “Requiem Pour Un Vampire”
Zirneklis (Spider)
Year: 1992 Country: Latvia Director: Vasili Mass Starring: Aurelija Anuzhite, Liubomiras Laucevicius I genuinely did not understand anything in this movie, so I’m going to steal the storyline from imdb.com: Nubile shut-in agrees to model for a strange artist as Virgin Mary. His sinister influence corrupts her repressed sexual urges causing her to have delusionsContinue reading “Zirneklis (Spider)”
Roads
Year: 2019 Country: Germany/France Director: Sebastian Schipper Starring: Fionn Whitehead, Stéphane Bak Gyllen, a British 18 year old vacationing with his mother and stepdad in Morocco, steals their RV and decides to go visit his father in France. Along the way he meets William, 17 years old, from Congo, who is hitchhiking his way toContinue reading “Roads”
A Vida Invisível (Invisible Life)
Year: 2019 Country: Brazil Director: Karim Aïnouz Starring: Carol Duarte, Julia Stockler Advertised as a “Tropical Melodrama”, Invisible Life does take place in 1950’s Rio De Janeiro but is much more than the tagline suggests. It’s the tale of two sisters who each mistakenly believe that the other is living a dream life on theContinue reading “A Vida Invisível (Invisible Life)”
Notte D’estate Con Profilo Greco, Occhi a Mandorla e Odore di Basilico (Summer Night with Greek Profile, Almond Eyes and Scent of Basil)
Year: 1986 Country: Italy Director: Lina Wertmüller Starring: Mariangela Melato, Michele Placido Let’s just call the movie like the DVD box says: Summer Night. Shall we? The title is probably the most inventive thing about this incredibly forgettable film, a pale copy of Wertmüller’s own and far superior “Swept Away” (the original from 1974 –Continue reading “Notte D’estate Con Profilo Greco, Occhi a Mandorla e Odore di Basilico (Summer Night with Greek Profile, Almond Eyes and Scent of Basil)”
Una Pura Formalità (A Pure Formality)
Year: 1994 Country: Italy/France Director: Giuseppe Tornatore Starring: Gérard Depardieu, Roman Polanski If any director can be credited to opening me up to “World” cinema, it’s Giuseppe Tornatore. Watching “Cinema Paradiso” as a teenager did change how I saw movies, and what a film could make you feel. I’ve seen almost all of his films,Continue reading “Una Pura Formalità (A Pure Formality)”
Madame Satã
Year: 2002 Country: Brazil Director: Karim Aïnouz Starring: Lázaro Ramos, Marcelia Cartaxo, Flavio Bauraqui Rather disappointing biopic of João Francisco dos Santos, aka Madame Satã, a transvestite, performer, thief and later convicted murderer from Rio De Janeiro. The film takes place in 1932, about 10 years before dos Santos’ mythical Madame Satã persona was createdContinue reading “Madame Satã”
Cinema Del Peppel 