Vivre sa vie: Film en douze tableaux (1962)

 

Twelve episodic tales in the life of a Parisian woman and her slow descent into prostitution.

Intense and intricate tale of a downward spiral, all told straightforwardly in chapters and in an almost exhilarated style, enhanced by Anna Karina's marvelously convincing and mesmerizing performance is arguably one of Godard's greatest masterpieces.

Maltin***: "Complex, fascinating 12-chapter portrait of a prostitute..., told in a documentary style. Probing look at the manner in which women and men view one another - and a celluloid valentine to Karina, upon whose mere presence Godard seems to be transfixed." 

 

Felicity Jones

 

Today's Cat

 

Heejung Park

 

ph: Yoon Song-Yi

A day in the life, Nov 6, 2020

 

A day in the life, Nov 6, 2020, objet trouvé

Rianne Van Rompaey

 

ph: Mario Testino

New Stuff: The New Yorker

 

(Art: Barry Blitt)

Yoon Mi Sun

 

New Stuff: Kursbuch 199

 

Jessica Miller

 

ph: Inez van Lamsweerde & Vinoodh Matadin

Sanshô dayû (1954)

 

In medieval Japan, a compassionate governor is sent into exile. His wife and children try to join him, but are separated, and the children grow up amid suffering and oppression.

Harrowing drama on a epic scale is told with skilled direction and beautiful cinematography.

Halliwell***: "A tough tale of oppression and injustice, sacrifice and redemption, told simply but with great skill, the beauty of its images alleviating some of the narrative's harshness, but not its power."

Maltin****: "Epic, poetic drama...Haunting, with stunning direction and cinematography..." 

 

Laura Ponte

New Stuff: Rashômon

 

Mao Xiaoxing

 

ph: Elizaveta Porodina

Das geheime Leben der Bäume (2020)

 

When Peter Wohlleben published his book "The Hidden Life of Trees" in 2015, he quickly entered bestseller lists. The forester wrote vividly about his experience that trees are able to communicate with each other, a thesis explored here.

Fairly interesting documentary is more a portrait of the author than a serious and barely scientifically based presentation of its actual topic: the trees.

 

Arizona Muse