Showing posts with label Geraldine Chaplin. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Geraldine Chaplin. Show all posts

Tuesday, June 2, 2026

The Movies I Watched in May

Advise and Consent 1962  8/10

 

Along Came Auntie 1926  5/10 

Die Artisten in der Zirkuskuppel: ratlos 1968  7/10

 

L'amour par terre 1984  7/10

 

Babes in Toyland 1934  6/10 

La belle noiseuse 1991  7/10

 

The Boy Who Liked Deer 1975  7/10

 

The Bride! 2026  6/10 

Le Chagrin et la Pitié 1969  8/10

 

Day Dreams 1922  7/10

 

Der große Verhau 1971  6/10 

L'Étranger 2025  7/10

 

La femme la plus riche du monde 2025  5/10 

Fire!! 1926  6/10 

The Frontier Experience 1975  6/10 

Fünf Stunden Parsifal in 90 Sekunden 1996 5/10 

Il gigante di Metropolis 1961  5/10

El gran calavera 1949  7/10

 

Ham and Herring 1927  5/10 

Harakiri 1919  6/10 

Hinrichtung eines Elefanten 2000 6/10 

The Hobo 1917  5/10 

Identity 2003  7/10


Imitation of Life 1934  7/10


A Jitney Elopement 1915  6/10 

Kastanjemanden 2021-2026  6/10 

Keep Smiling 1928  5/10 

The Killer Inside Me 2010  7/10

 

Learning Processes With a Deadly Outcome 2006  5/10 

Lest We Forget 1937  5/10 

Letyat zhuravli 1957  9/10

 

Level Five 1997 7/10

 

Little Shrew 2025 8/10 

 

München Mord: Das Kamel und die Blume 2021  5/10 

Red Sonja 1985  5/10 

Reformzirkus 1970  6/10 

Rose 2026  7/10 

 

The Sailors 1923  5/10 

Send Help 2026  7/10

 

Should Sailors Marry? 1925  5/10 

Smithy 1924  5/10 

Die Spaltung der Welt 2024  6/10

The Stolen Jools  1931  5/10

Der Tag ist nah 1997  5/10 

Die traurige Nachricht 2006  6/10 

The Tree in a Test Tube 1942  5/10

Triebwerk-Husten  1996  5/10

Wanda 1970  7/10


 Willi Tobler und der Untergang der 6. Flotte 1972  6/10

 

 

Wednesday, June 22, 2022

Cría Cuervos (1976)

 

In the twilight of Francisco Franco's dictatorship, an eight-year-old orphan and her two sisters find shelter in the house of their stern aunt, trying their best to acclimatise to a new reality.

Carlos Saura's film is told through the perspective of a young child (and her older self) and interweaves past, present and future​, but also includes imagined and surreal scenes, albeit staged so masterfully that it all remains stringent and comprehensible and the political implications are apparent; again, Geraldine Chaplin convinces in a double role (as the mother and as the adult child).

Halliwell*: "Elliptical story of childhood and of women trapped in a world dominated by men; it is ever less than watchable, but its meaning, possibly obliquely political, remains obscure." 


 

Sunday, May 15, 2022

Peppermint Frappé (1967)


 

Julian, a physician, gets increasingly infatuated with Pablo's wife, Elena. Upon seeing her, he realises the striking resemblance she bears to his assistant, Ana. Subtly, he transforms Ana into Elena.

Intense psychological drama tells a slightly surreal, but also fascinating and creepy tale with a hint of both Bunuel and Hitchcock influence to it; Geraldine Chaplin is mesmerizing in a triple role.


 

Monday, August 2, 2021

The Movies I Watched in July

Akasen chitai 1956  6

Ana y los lobos 1973  7

 

Angst 1983  7 

The Beach House 2019  6 

Bedrag, Season 1 2016  7


Bedrag, Season 2 2016  7


Bedrag, Season 3 2019  7

 

The Big Short 2015 8 

 
 
Cría cuervos 1976  8
 
 
Detective 1985  6
 
Drôle de drame 1937  7
 

 
Gespenster 2005  7
 
 
Gion bayashi 1953  7
 

 
Ils 2006  6
 
Die innere Sicherheit 2000  7

 
Irreversible 2002  6

Isle of Dogs 2018  7

 
Lucy 2014  6 

Nippon konchûki 1963  7

 

Old Joy 2006  7

 

Oyû-sama 1951  6

Peppermint Frappé 1967  7

 
 Sommarnattens leende 1955  8
 

Sophie: A Murder in West Cork 2021  7

 

Terra Formars 2016  6

The Tomorrow War 2021  6

Undine 2020  6

Wendy and Lucy 2008  7

 

Yella 2005  7

 

Yôkihi 1955  6

Friday, August 30, 2019

A Monster Calls (2016)



A boy seeks the help of a tree monster to cope with his single mother's terminal illness.

Finely directed drama interspersed with animated sequences is fascinating and hold's one's attention to its unbearably heartwrenching ending. 

Tuesday, August 5, 2014

The Mirror Crack'd (1980)



An elderly lady detective solves the mystery when a local woman is poisoned and a visiting movie star seems to have been the intended victim.

Likable but slightly boring crime mystery with a star cast taking it easy playing their roles.

Halliwell (no star): "After Adventures on the Orient Express and the Nile,this follow-up in the Agatha Christie stakes seems woefully restricted with stilted dialogue and playing."

Maltin**1/2: "A mild Agatha Christie whodunit made enjoyable by its quartet of 1950s stars..."