Cannes. Edinburgh. Even bloody Sheffield. These are the festival places everyone is talking about. London isn’t different- being a host of London Film Festival for longer than the oldest British people can remember, it gained quite a reputation globally. But Open City Docs Festival? First of all, the cryptic name takes some time to be [...]
To be honest, I have no idea what to expect, but Quebec Cinema Showcase (although pretty small in its program) looks simply exquisite. I’m not really sure how I found out about it (I was probably emailed about it actually), but it was just the thing I was looking for and not only because I [...]
7 Psychopaths is nothing like you expected. If you have seen the trailer, you haven’t seen anything. With a seemingly random cast, charming title and one hell of a story, this is a film that makes comedy shine again. It is smart, it is absurd and it is touching, but most importantly, it offers the [...]
Micheal Haneke redefines love. Amour is his final sentence. I’m not sure how familiar you are with the works of the director, but if the name doesn’t tell you much, I would recommend getting some knowledge about it before you watch Amour. Haneke has a very particular sensitivity that doesn’t necessarily responds to the majority [...]
You know what’s worse than a bad movie? A completely unbalanced movie. A movie that you would love to like and you would hate to hate. A movie that offers you great performances, witty dialogues and bad script. A movie that confuses the hell out of you, just because throughout the whole screening of it, [...]
Cronenberg is not an easy surname. It comes with the burden of greatness, uniqueness and disturbance. One just cannot simply carry around such a powerful surname and ignore the creative expectations lying behind it. And yet, the pressure of remaining original while giving justice to the name is almost impossible to beat. Can one ever [...]