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Daily Archives: May 30, 2022
The Secrets / Ha-Sodot (2007) Avi Nesher, Fanny Ardant, Ania Bukstein, Michal Shtamler
In The Secrets, two brilliant young women discover their own voices in a repressive Read More »
Madman (1978) Dan Cohen, Michael Beck, Alan Feinstein, F. Murray Abraham
While trying to escape from the Soviet Union, a Soviet Jewish man is locked in a mental institution Read More »
Swirl / Girimunho (2011) Clarissa Campolina, Helvécio Marins Jr., Maria Sebastian Martins Alvaro, Luciene Soares da Silva, Wanderson Soares da Silva
In Minas Gerais hinterland Bastú has just lost her husband Feliciano. Read More »
The Impatient Years (1944) Irving Cummings, Jean Arthur, Lee Bowman, Charles Coburn
Standing before a divorce court judge are Sergeant Andy Anderson and Janie Anderson asking him to dissolve their marriage. Read More »
The Boss (1956) Byron Haskin, John Payne, William Bishop, Gloria McGehee
Political corruption is vividly depicted as a ruthless WWI veteran Read More »
Tomorrow We Move / Demain on déménage (2004) Chantal Akerman, Sylvie Testud, Aurore Clément, Jean-Pierre Marielle
The late Belgian filmmaker Chantal Akerman brings us an intellectual comedy about a mother Read More »
‘Rameau’s Nephew’ by Diderot (Thanx to Dennis Young) by Wilma Schoen (1974) Michael Snow, Chantal Akerman, Steve Anker, Anne-Marie
Described (rather cheekily) by director Michael Snow as a musical comedy, this deft probing of sound/image relationships Read More »
The Columnist / De Kuthoer (2019) Ivo van Aart, Katja Herbers, Genio de Groot, Achraf Koutet
A columnist must continuously deal with threats and negative comments on her social-media pages. Read More »
And Agnes Chose to Die / L’Agnese va a morire (1976) Giuliano Montaldo, Ingrid Thulin, Stefano Satta Flores, Michele Placido
An old couple, Agnes and Palita, lulled by their quiet routine Read More »