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I'M SO EXCITED

From Pedro Almodovar, the undisputed king of high camp and high drama, comes this rather silly spoof of an airplane disaster movie : although in truth the only catastrophes that will befall any of the passengers are the results of the chaotic lives that they have temporary fled from on the ground.  The action is set mostly … Continue reading

IMELDA

Sometimes even obsessed cine-philes let a wee gem slip past them, and this is one from 2004 that I was so thrilled to catch up with. This Sundance award winning doc. about the infamous former First Lady of the Philippines is a sheer delight and shows what a consummate actor Imelda Marcos is.  She believed … Continue reading

In The Basement

If you have ever had the slightest impression that generally Austrians can be rather a dour lot, particularly the older generations, then you won’t be at all shocked to meet the ones that filmmaker Ulrich Seidl persuaded to show what they get up to in their own basements. We never really learn if he went out … Continue reading

IN A BETTER WORLD

I thought I had experienced everything I could in a movie theater already, that is until last night.  How often would I ever get to sit behind (not literally) the film’s director as she clutches the Oscar that tonight’s movie won her? ‘She’ is of course the renowned Danish filmmaker Susanna Bier, and the occasion … Continue reading

IN HER SKIN

This is the 3rd Guy Pierce movie I have seen in as many months … and that’s not counting his appearance on the small screen this week in the new ‘Mildred Pierce.’  More important than the fact he is a busy working actor is the interesting choices he makes in the roles he accepts.  Especially … Continue reading

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