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SARAH’S KEY
In just two days in July 1942 the French Authorities arrested some 38000 Jews in Paris and dumped some 13000 on them, including women and children, in Velodrome d’Hiver a Cycling Stadium close to the Eiffel Tower. The inhumane conditions there were unimaginable but within days they were all shipped off on trucks and trains…
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LIGHTS IN THE DUSK
This is my third movie from idiosyncratic Finnish filmmaker Ari Kaurismaki that I have seen in as many weeks, and I am developing quite a taste for his work. This one is the last in his ‘loser’ trilogy and deals with loneliness and is heart wrenching sad. It is the tale of a Security Guard who…
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Bellflower
I guess this new hip, slightly grubby, apocalyptic indie movie could be classified as ‘mumblecore* plus’ i.e. it’s a tad more professional (despite the minuscule budget) and more accessible than others in that genre. It’s about two young men barely grown up who are best friends, good looking, immensely personable, very funny and quick-witted, and who are…
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QUIET CHAOS
One doesn’t usually associate Italians with restraint, but in this enchanting movie from 2008 that I have just come across, they are just exactly that in the telling of this wee drama about surviving a death in a family. In a bizarre coincidence when Pietro returns from the beach with his brother after they…
