ph: Elizaveta Porodina
Saturday, June 19, 2021
Images (1972)
Schizophrenic housewife, engulfed by terrorizing apparitions, kills off each, unknowing if these demons are merely figments of her hallucinatory imagination or part of reality.
Artsy psychological horror-drama
with great Vilmos Zsigmond cinematography and a memorable performance
by Susannah York overstretches its predictable doppelgänger motive and
disappoints at the end.
Halliwell (no star): "Pretentious psycho-drama which might have made a good half-hour."
Maltin***1/2: "Difficult but fascinating film...images of reality and fantasy clash in a kind of continuous hallucination. Off-putting at first, but worth the effort to hang on."
Friday, June 18, 2021
First Lines: Wilkie Collins - The Woman in White
This is a story of a crime committed against a woman.
Wind River (2017)
A veteran hunter helps an FBI agent investigate the murder of a young woman on a Wyoming Native American reservation.
Finely directed crime mystery with a convincing story, excellent cast
and great landscape cinematography; unfortunately, the ending celebrates
an act of vigilantism.
On re-watching: great crime story wonderfully set in wintry landscapes; the ending is understandable but ambiguous.
Thursday, June 17, 2021
Wednesday, June 16, 2021
Le cas du Docteur Laurent (1957)
A heartfelt plea for painless childbirth in rural France of the fifties.
Basically
a little propaganda piece supporting natural childbirth, this drama
shows good local details and is presented with a hint of a feminist
message; of course, Jean Gabin is always worth the watch.
Maltin**: "Film was exploited theatrically for its frank birth sequence, only small logical sequence..."
Hector and the Search for Happiness (2014)
A psychiatrist searches the globe to find the secret of happiness.
Simon Pegg does a good job in this well-intentioned comedy-drama, which remains obvious and predictable despite its meandering narrative and the humor doesn't quite work.
Tuesday, June 15, 2021
The Creation of the Humanoids (1962)
In a post holocaust society, robots take it on their own to help the dying human race by giving them android bodies.
Interesting sci-fi oddity astonishes with its sophisticated approach to its topic and some very good set designs and special effects, but it's also very talkative and annoys a bit with its in-your-face message.
Monday, June 14, 2021
Sunday, June 13, 2021
First Lines: Gustave Flaubert - Madame Bovary
We were in class when the headmaster came in, followed by a "new fellow," not wearing the school uniform, and a school servant carrying a large desk.
Judy (2019)
Legendary performer Judy Garland arrives in London in the winter of 1968 to perform a series of sold-out concerts.
Renée Zellweger does her best to portrait Judy Garland in all her complexity, but this biopic focused on the star's final time in London barely conveys the sad vagaries and tragedies of its star's life and career.
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