Thursday, March 31, 2022

The House with a Clock in Its Walls (2018)

 

A young orphan named Lewis Barnavelt aids his magical uncle in locating a clock with the power to bring about the end of the world.

Gore master Eli Roth directs a PG-rated film and, indeed it's very PG: an enjoyable, but made-for-children Gothic adventure in a spooky fantasy house; Jack Black and Cate Blanchett seemed to have had fun with their roles. 


 

Lily Collins


 

Today's Cat


 

Cindy Bruna

 

ph: Pierrer Alban Hue

Wednesday, March 30, 2022

A day in the life, Sep 18, 2021

 

 

A day in the life, Sep 18, 2021, barber shop at night


Diana Tarasenko


 

New Stuff: Low


 

Claudia Schiffer

 

ph: Karl Lagerfeld

Lupin (2021)

 

Inspired by the adventures of Arsène Lupin, gentleman thief Assane Diop sets out to avenge his father for an injustice inflicted by a wealthy family. 

Intriguing espionage series is presented with wit and esprit and offers a lot of Parisian sights to see, but generally it's all up to Omar Sy who makes this as enjoyable as it is.


 

Monday, March 28, 2022

Maty Fall

 

ph: Julia Noni

The Boy (2016)

 

An American nanny is shocked that her new English family's boy is actually a life-sized doll. After she violates a list of strict rules, disturbing events make her believe that the doll is really alive. 

An intriguing premise offers a lot of imaginative possibilities, but the makers decided to stick to the most predictable horror tropes; well-made with a capable cast, but not much more.


 

Josephine Skriver

 
ph: George Liveratos

New Stuff: Low


 

Who's That Girl?

 

ph: Louise Dahl-Wolfe

Art: Feng Zhu


 
Bio (in German):

Angela Lindvall

 

ph: Patrick Demarchelier

A day in the life, Oct 1, 2020

 

 

A day in the life, Oct 1, 2020, Regensburg by night

Sunday, March 27, 2022

La caza (1966)

 

Three men go hunting rabbits during a hot day. Heat and talking about events happened in the past make them angry, until they go totally crazy. 

Intense psychological drama, obviously intended as a political allegory, relentlessly exposes its protagonists' toxic masculinity, suitably staged in stark black-and-white and a overheated barren landscape, entrenched in a whirlpool of absurd moments and violence (the hunting scenes are quite hard to take).


 

Anna May Wong

 

(ph: Edward S. Curtis)

Today's Cat


 

Karola Warzecha


 

A day in the life, Sep 17, 2021

 

A day in the life, Sep 17, 2021, Munich

Diane Kruger