Saturday, May 9, 2020

Elena Perminova


ph: Marta Bevacqua

Deadpool (2016)


A wisecracking mercenary gets experimented on and becomes immortal but ugly, and sets out to track down the man who ruined his looks.

Satirical superhero actioner is well-made for its purpose,  but in deliberately bad taste and with hit-and-miss humor.

Mila Krasnoiarova


ph: Jonas Bresnan

Friday, May 8, 2020

Today's Cat


Chandler Bailey


A day in the life, Jan 17


A day in the life, Jan 17, on the Danube

Lou Doillon


New York


Tod Papageorge (b.1940) Studio 54 1977

Anna Selezneva


ph: Lachlan Bailey

First Lines: Margaret Atwood - The Year of the Flood


In the early morning Toby climbs up to the rooftop to watch the sunrise.

Anna Cleveland


ph: Ben Hassett

Thursday, May 7, 2020

Gisaengchung (2019)


A poor family, the Kims, con their way into becoming the servants of a rich family, the Parks. But their easy life gets complicated when their deception is threatened with exposure.

Top-notch satire shows director Joon-ho Bong at the height of his art with an eventful, multi-layered tale with several twist, great cinematography and a good ensemble of characters.

Kirstin Liljegren


Today's Cat


Liya Kebede


A day in the life, Jan 16


A day in the life, Jan 16, on the Danube

Ysaunny Brito


ph: Paolo Testa

New Stuff: Elton John



Wednesday, May 6, 2020

Magdalena Jasek


Hagazussa (2017)


In the 15th century, a young goatherd living alone in a mountain hut feels a dark presence in the woods.

Engrossing, dark supernatural tale creates with an excellent sense for style a puzzling, surreal atmosphere that is meant to be experienced rather than to be understood.

Bella Hadid


ph: Mario Sorrenti

New Stuff: Shabazz Places



Alécia Morais


The Movies I Watched in April

Anastasia 1956  6
The Bad Sister 1931  5
Bunco Squad 1950  6
Burnt 2015  5
Chappaquiddick 2017  6
Escape Plan 2013  6
The Fall, Season 3 2016  7


Godsend 2004  5
The Hideous Sun Demon 1958  5
Hitchcock 2012  7


House on Haunted Hill 1959  6
I Bury the Living 1958  6
Joe Exotic: Tiger King (2020)  7


Jourbey Into Fear 1943  6
Lady Frankenstein 1971  6
Level 16 2018  6
The Manster 1959  6
McLintock! 1963  6
Mélodie en sous-sol 1963  7


Midsommar 2019  6
The 9th Guest 1934  6
Planet of the Humans 2019  5
A Private War 2018  6
Oija 2014  5
Ouja: Origin of Evil 2016  5
One of Us 2017  7


Queen of Blood  1966  6
Rocketman 2019  6
Systemsprenger 2019  7


Timeline 2003  5
Tomb Raider 2018  6
Unorthodox 2020  7


La veuve Couderc 1971  7


Woman in Gold 2015  6



Monday, May 4, 2020

Sous le soleil de Satan (1987)



A priest stuck in a rural congregation and burdened with his overwrought spirituality, finds purpose in a troubled woman accused of murder.

Audacious, and heavy-going drama that is more theological thesis than a mere story; Depardieu is excellent as the over-sensitive, painfully soul-searching priest, but the puzzling, irritating metaphysical content of the movie might annoy a more secular audience.

Halliwell*: "Austere examination of the nature of religious belief..."

Maltin***: "A very demanding and difficult film, not for all tastes but most rewarding to those who can relate to the subject: the questions, conflicts, and torments of rural priest Depardieu." 

Sunday, May 3, 2020

Natallia Krauchanka


ph: Terry Gates

Today's Cat


Hana Soukupova


A day in the life, Jan 15


A day in the life, Jan 15, on the Danube

Marjan Jonkman


New York


From a postcard collection of the Brooklyn Historical Society, a bookmobile of the Brooklyn Public Library visiting Glenwood Houses

Siri Tollerød


First Lines: Iain M. Banks - Transition


I think I have been very clever in doing what I have done, landing myself where I am.