Imagine this: you’re the security guard at a supermarket, tasked to unblinkingly stare at a CCTV monitor. You watch for what feels like hours, waiting for something to happen, as every instant that threatens to tip the tedium into mild interest revealing itself to be no more than a red herring. In Stéphane Brizé’s The Measure of a Man, these are scenes that not only exist, but represent the movie itself.
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The Measure of a Man - Review
Imagine this: you’re the security guard at a supermarket, tasked to unblinkingly stare at a CCTV monitor. You watch for what feels like hours, waiting for something to happen, as every instant that threatens to tip the tedium into mild interest revealing itself to be no more than a red herring. In Stéphane Brizé’s The Measure of a Man, these are scenes that not only exist, but represent the movie itself.
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Post a Comment »Arabian Nights trilogy - Review
Miguel Gomes’ ambitious six hour-plus satirical satire of history, modern-day politics and surrealism is certainly something to talk about. Except that’s all it does: talk.
Kicking off the trilogy, which was filmed back-to-back on location, is…
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Miguel Gomes’ ambitious six hour-plus satirical satire of history, modern-day politics and surrealism is certainly something to talk about. Except that’s all it does: talk.
Kicking off the trilogy, which was filmed back-to-back on location, is Volume 1 – The Restless One. We’re introduced to director Miguel Gomes attempting to barter his way out of being buried alive, following a ravaging ennui borne from a desire to portray the struggles of his native Portugal during a particularly…
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Rocco and His Brothers - Review
Although some of its firework-like histrionics can seem a tad dated today, Rocco and His Brothers is a luminous reminder of the vitality of life.
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Although some of its firework-like histrionics can seem a tad dated today, Rocco and His Brothers is a luminous reminder of the vitality of life.
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Iceland is a deep well for art. Music and cinema has enjoyed growing naturally there, happily removed from (most) of the pulls of regular Western sensibilities, a country whose expansive national imagination comes from an open heart and a sturdy soul.
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Iceland is a deep well for art. Music and cinema has enjoyed growing naturally there, happily removed from (most) of the pulls of regular Western sensibilities, a country whose expansive national imagination comes from an open heart and a sturdy soul.
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Dheepan - Short trailer
Dheepan is a Sri Lankan Tamil warrior who flees to France and ends up working as a caretaker outside Paris.0 0
Dheepan is a Sri Lankan Tamil warrior who flees to France and ends up working as a caretaker outside Paris.Slack Bay - Trailer
Summer 1910. Several tourists have vanished while relaxing on the beautiful beaches of the Channel Coast.
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Summer 1910. Several tourists have vanished while relaxing on the beautiful beaches of the Channel Coast.
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Dheepan - Trailer
Dheepan is a Sri Lankan Tamil warrior who flees to France and ends up working as a caretaker outside Paris.0 0
Dheepan is a Sri Lankan Tamil warrior who flees to France and ends up working as a caretaker outside Paris.Still the Water - Trailer
On the subtropical Japanese island of Amami, traditions about nature remain eternal.
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On the subtropical Japanese island of Amami, traditions about nature remain eternal.
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