As I watched this film in the middle of covering MSPIFF, I felt like Nowhere Special would’ve been a perfect film to see with an audience at a film festival. I’ve been a fan of James Norton for some time so I’m immediately sold on this film when I see him as as a lead. …
FlixChatter’s Croatia holiday – visiting Dubrovnik, the filming location of Game of Thrones
Hello everyone!! I'm back from my Croatian trip so I'm still feeling a bit jetlagged but grateful to be back home safely. Croatia has been on my bucket list for some time and let's just say it lives up to the hype!! My hubby and I went to Dubrovnik and Split, with a brief 3-hour …
What I watched in APRIL + MSPIFF 2024 Recap + Movie Of the Month
Happy last day of April, everyone! It's an exciting day for me as tomorrow I'll be taking a long-awaited trip to Croatia! May is our anniversary month + my hubby and I will be celebrating 21 years of marriage 💕 That means FlixChatter will be on holiday for about a week or so. I definitely …
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MSPIFF 2024 Review: Bonjour Switzerland (Bon Schuur Ticino) – a hilarious political satire that celebrates the country’s linguistic & cultural diversity
What if the famously multilingual Switzerland suddenly shifts to having just one official language? That’s what Zurich-born filmmaker Peter Luisi imagines in this political satire Bonjour Switzerland. Its original title Bon Schuur Ticino makes more sense in the context of the film as most of the action takes place in the Italian region of Ticino. …
The Beast (La Bête, 2024) review: Léa Seydoux is undeniably magnetic in this disconcerting genre-bending dystopian film
The Beast in the Jungle is Henry James’ novella that has been adapted numerous times. This one marks the sixth cinematic adaptation though it’s very loosely based. In fact, Bertrand Bonello and his co-writers Guillaume Bréaud and Benjamin Charbit take so many creative liberties this one is more ‘inspired by.’ This is my intro to …
MSPIFF 2024 Review: THELMA – nonagenarian June Squibb is in the driver’s seat in this hilarious action comedy
Who says women over the age of 80 or even 90 are past their prime? Just ask June Squibb who at the age of 94 stars in her first leading role, in an action movie no less. Squibb plays Thelma, a nonagenarian who lives on her own after her husband died. The film’s cute opening …
MSPIFF 2024 Review: The Movie Teller – the transformative power of film and storytelling set in a volatile Chilean desert
Movies that pay homage to cinema are popular it can practically be a genre all its own, and it’s one I am always drawn to. The Movie Teller encompasses the love of movies and the transformative power of motion pictures and storytelling. Set in the mid-1960s in a mining town in Chile’s Atacama Desert, we …
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