Year: 1979 Country: Russia Director: Andrei Tarkovsky Starring: Aleksandr Kaydanovskiy, Anatoliy Solonitsyn, Nikolay Grinko I went to see this at the Cinematheque yesterday thinking I was re-watching a classic film I’d seen a long time ago. After a few minutes I realized I hadn’t seen this masterpiece at all. It was about time…! What toContinue reading “Stalker”
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Las Doce Sillas (The Twelve Chairs)
Year: 1962 Country: Cuba Director: Tomás Gutiérrez Alea Starring: Enrique Santisteban, Reynaldo Miravalles, René Sánchez An aristocratic lady on her deathbed confesses both to a priest and to her nephew that she could not bear giving up all of her wealth to socialist revolutionaries in post-revolution Cuba, and hid jewels in one of twelve identicalContinue reading “Las Doce Sillas (The Twelve Chairs)”
Dolor Y Gloria (Pain And Glory)
Year: 2019 Country: Spain Director: Pedro Almodóvar Starring: Antonio Banderas, Asier Etxeandia, Penélope Cruz Antonio Banderas plays an aging film director plagued with health issues (as well as severe anxiety and depression) who decides to reconnect with an old friend/actor (Asier Etxeandia) he had a falling-out with over 30 years ago. As this happens, weContinue reading “Dolor Y Gloria (Pain And Glory)”
Cape Fear (1991)
Year Country Director Starring 1991 USA Martin Scorsese Robert De Niro, Nick Nolte, Jessica Lange, Juliette Lewis I remember when I was a kid, looking at the box of the VHS of this movie at the video store. It looked so impressive and scary. I knew that De Niro was supposed to be a greatContinue reading “Cape Fear (1991)”
Hausu (House)
Year Country Director Starring 1977 Japan Nobuhiko Obayashi Kimiko Ikegami, Miki Jinbo, Kumiko Ohba ‘What the hell did I just watch?” cinema at its finest. 7 schoolgirls retreat to an (evil) aunt’s house for their summer vacation and of course it is haunted. Now, imagine the haunted house movie made in the style of JapaneseContinue reading “Hausu (House)”
I Vitelloni
Year Country Director Starring 1953 Italy Federico Fellini Franco Fabrizi, Alberto Sordi, Franco Interlenghi Five men; close friends in a small town with very different personalities, have trouble getting their lives together in order to really grow up. The film has the underlying themes and tone of the Italian Neorealism wave, during which it wasContinue reading “I Vitelloni”
Black Moon
Year Country Director Starring 1975 France/West Germany Louis Malle Cathryn Harrison, Therese Giehse, Joe Dallesandro Louis Malle is one of my favourite filmmakers and I have to say I wanted to like this more than I did. An interesting mix of Alice in Wonderland-influenced surrealism, social commentary and purposely incoherent dialogue – but the LuisContinue reading “Black Moon”
Cinema Del Peppel 