Tag Archives: World Cinema

Review in Brief: Flee (2021)

Posted on March 22, 2022 by Sam S-P

FLEE, an animated memoir/documentary telling of Afghan migrant Amin’s remarkable journey, is some powerful stuff. I’ve heard some people find the animation somehow alienating, that it lessons Amin’s story but I just don’t agree. The style of the animation, almost … Continue reading →

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Parallel Mothers (2021) Review

Posted on February 18, 2022 by Sam S-P

https://www.thefilmagazine.com/parallel-mothers-movie-review-almodovar-cruz/ SSP

Posted in Film, Film Review, The Film Magazine | Tagged Drama, Milena Smit, Parallel Mothers, Pedro Almodóvar, Penélope Cruz, World Cinema | Leave a comment

‘Pan’s Labyrinth’ at 15 – Review

Posted on December 29, 2021 by Sam S-P

https://www.thefilmagazine.com/pans-labyrinth-at-15-review/ SSP

Posted in Film, Film Review, The Film Magazine | Tagged Fantasy, Guillermo del Toro, Pan's Labyrinth, World Cinema | Leave a comment

Titane (2021) Review

Posted on December 28, 2021 by Sam S-P

https://www.thefilmagazine.com/titane-2021-movie-review-juliaducournau/ SSP

Posted in Film, Film Review, The Film Magazine | Tagged Agethe Rousselle, Julia Ducournau, Titane, Vincent Lindon, World Cinema | Leave a comment

Review in Brief: Petite Maman (2021)

Posted on December 26, 2021 by Sam S-P

Céline Sciama’s latest film PETITE MAMAN is an absolute delight, a gentle little exploration of family, friendship and grief. Ever wondered if you’d get along with your parents if you could meet them when they were children? Young Nelly gets … Continue reading →

Posted in Film, Film Review, Review in Brief | Tagged Celine Sciama, Drama, Fantasy, Gabrielle Sanz, Josephine Sanz, Petite Maman, World Cinema | 1 Comment

Review in Brief: Titane (2021)

Posted on November 16, 2021 by Sam S-P

TITANE, isn’t that the car-f***ing movie? Yes, and so much more. Writer-director Julia Ducornau (RAW) has, within five years, unleashed on the world two of the most transcendent, bold and both warm and messed up films of the 21st century … Continue reading →

Posted in Film, Film Review, Review in Brief | Tagged Agethe Rouselle, Black Comedy, Horror, Julia Ducournau, Raw, Thriller, Titane, Vincent Lindon, World Cinema | Leave a comment

Review in Brief: Riders of Justice (2020)

Posted on August 21, 2021 by Sam S-P

From its fable-like opening to its really rather schmaltzy Christmas closing moments and all the sudden acts of violence in-between, Anders Thomas Jensen’s RIDERS OF JUSTICE consistently delivers the unexpected. Markus (Mads Mikkelsen) returns home from military deployment to look … Continue reading →

Posted in Film, Film Review, Review in Brief | Tagged Anders Thomas Jensen, Andrea Heik Gadeberg, Black Comedy, Mads Mikkelsen, Nikolaj Lie Kaas, Riders of Justice, Thriller, World Cinema | 1 Comment

Review in Brief: Another Round (2020)

Posted on July 29, 2021 by Sam S-P

Alcohol: the great social liberator and the great destroyer, or as Homer Simpson famously put it “the cause of, and solution to all of life’s problems”. ANOTHER ROUND follows a group of middle-class friends and teachers in Denmark who experiment … Continue reading →