Martha escapes from an extreme Cult where she has been living and moves in with her newly married older sister and tries and live a ‘normal’ life again. The trouble is that Martha was probably never ever ‘normal’ even before she suffered all the abuse from the members of the Cult, so her attempts at … Continue reading
This is rather a rum film, which is not surprising when one considers its provenance. But first the plot. Set in a Puerto Rico in 1960 that looks like something out of a pretty picture book, it tells the tale of a newly arrived idealistic journalist Paul Kemp who’s perchance for doing good in the … Continue reading
Galia has spent the last year recovering from a terrorist bus bombing in Jerusalem, and the extent of her trauma is profound. She suffers from unbearable burn scars that cover her back, intermittent panic attacks and a fractured memory. When her boyfriend Oren—also a victim of the attack—is removed from life support, Galia discovers that … Continue reading
Set in the middle of winter in the middle of nowhere in the middle of Norway this very cold ‘comedy’ is about two couples bored with each other and they try a bit of wife swapping to liven things up. Well, it’s not exactly like that as one of the husbands hits on the other … Continue reading
I was really drawn to this movie cos I wanted to see what I had missed out on way back then when I should have been one of the Party People. In the early ‘80’s as a Brit living in London when I did visit NY I did get to enter a very scary meatpacking … Continue reading