Pinakothek der Moderne, Munich, July 2019
Saturday, August 10, 2019
First Lines: Ken MacLeod - Engine City
The god who later became known as the asteroid 10049 Lora, and shortly afterwards as the ESA mining station Marshal Titov, was not unusual of its kind.
Friday, August 9, 2019
Summer of 84 (2018)
After suspecting that their police officer neighbor is a serial killer, a group of teenage friends spend their summer spying on him and gathering evidence, but as they get closer to discovering the truth, things get dangerous.
The movie nicely recreates the 80s and its teenage culture, but the plot is not very original and the downbeat ending somewhat contradicts the overall feeling.
Wednesday, August 7, 2019
Tuesday, August 6, 2019
Elizabeth Harvest (2018)
A brilliant man marries a beautiful woman and shows her his home, stating that it's all hers - except a room she can't enter. First chance she enters and discovers what might be human cloning. When the husband returns she pays the price.
Beautifully photographed and with a competent cast (Abbey Lee fits the title role very well), but the plot is too messed up to create any suspense or excitemment.
Monday, August 5, 2019
First Lines: China Miéville - The Scar
It is only ten miles beyond the city that the river loses its momentum, drooling into the brackish estuary that feeds Iron Bay.
What Happened, Miss Simone? (2015)
The life and legend Nina Simone, an American singer, pianist, and civil rights activist labeled the "High Priestess of Soul."
Excellent documentary convincingly conveys the musician's genius and her music as well as her complex personality, while still presenting a comprehensive biography.
Le départ (1967)
A fast-paced comedy about a young Belgian car nut and hairdresser's apprentice, his girlfriend, and their legal and illegal attempts to get a Porsche under him for his nearing debut race.
Wildly exuberant, absurd, funny as well as silly and at times Nouvelle Vague-style comedy is fast-based, but at times quite enervating; of course, Jean-Pierre Léaud is, as always, a joy to watch.
Mammoth (2009)
While on a trip to Thailand, a successful American businessman tries to radically change his life. Back in New York, his wife and daughter find their relationship with their live-in Filipino maid changing around them. At the same time, in the Philippines, the maid's family struggles to deal with her absence.
Ambitious, beautifully made and well cast, but not quite successful attempt to say something about globalization and what it means for individual human beings.
Maltin**1/2: "Complex, ambitious, but flawed account...Overlong, meandering film still offers astute commentary on how all children are not created equal."
Sunday, August 4, 2019
First Lines: Nancy Farmer - The House of the Scorpion
In the beginning there were thirty-six of them, thirty-six droplets of life so tiny that Eduardo could see them only under a microscope.
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)
Posts
