Reviews of films/TV shows/trailers
Happy almost-weekend peeps! Is it Friday yet? It's been quite a hectic week at the office, rushing against deadlines and all that, but let's not talk about work on the blog shall we? I mean this is supposed to be my escape! I almost forgot doing the LINKS post but there have been some great …
Continue reading Everybody’s Chattin’ + Question of the Week: shameless tv/movie indulgence
I thought I'd take a bit of a break from MSPIFF to give you a bit of a rundown of how last week's been going so far, which is perhaps one of my favorite weeks so far in terms of movie-viewing. Just occurred to me that three films I saw in the past week might …
Continue reading Weekend Roundup: Ex Machina, more Daredevil, BORGIA (2011) & a new obsession
Gods (Bogowie) A thrilling biopic about a 1980s era cardiologist bringing heart transplants to Poland, Gods is often riveting. Start with director Lukasz Palkowski’s opening, when he montages the fallout from the first ever (failed) attempt by a Polish doctor to transplant a heart from one patient to another. Here the director immediately and powerfully …
Continue reading MSPIFF 2015 Reviews: Bogowie (Gods) + To Life! + A Brilliant Young Mind (X Plus Y)
Including many homages to past crime films, The Connection is an interesting procedural with too few surprises until its final act. At the film’s beginning, Pierre Michel (Jean Dujardin, excellent) is a hard-working cop investigating youth drug-related crimes. His effectiveness gets him promoted to magistrate, where he is tasked with investigating France’s organized crime network, …
Continue reading MSPIFF 2015 Review: The Connection (La French)
One of my favorite things about film festivals is that you get to see indie gems like Girlhood that you otherwise wouldn't even find. It's especially gratifying to see a female-centric drama that's written AND directed by a female filmmaker, Céline Sciamma. Girlhood or Bande de Filles (Gang of Girls) is primarily centered on a …
Continue reading MSPIFF 2015 Review: GIRLHOOD (Bande de Filles)
At first glance, the film sounds like another commentary on the state of the entertainment industry. But it's a rarity to see a complex female character at the center of it, and the film benefited from three excellent performances by Juliette Binoche, Kristen Stewart, Chloë Grace Moretz. An unlikely trio to be sure, yet each brings such authenticity …
Happy Monday everyone! So it's been a pretty packed weekend for me but thankfully the weather is practically Summer-like, which definitely adds an extra spring in my step. It's the opening weekend of MSPIFF too, so I've watched a couple of films including Clouds of Sils Maria which was nominated for a Cannes' Palme d'Or …
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