Eun-yi a young divorcee leaves her low-paying job in a Noodle shop and the small scruffy apartment in which she shares a single bed with her best friend, to become the Maid to this stinking rich family who live in a stunning mansion outside the city. They whole place and the family reek of money, … Continue reading
Just when I thought that I had already been completely shocked into a stupefying daze by all the hard-hitting realism of a whole slate of compelling movies at MIFF this week, I saw INCENDIES which totally blew my mind. This French Canadian movie that only last week won no less than 8 Genies (Canada’s Oscars) … Continue reading
For the best part of 25 years Ilich Ramirez Sanchez was one of the world’s most wanted fugitives as he, and his gang, wreaked havoc and a whole trail of death and destruction as possibly the most pernicious terrorists of the last century. Infamously known as ‘Carlos The Jackal’ he achieved notoriety with his audacious … Continue reading
Thirty years ago Andrei Fillipo was the renowned director of the Bolshoi Orchestra when his starry career was abruptly cut short and he was dramatically fired mid concert for hiring Jewish musicians. He has now been reduced to being a janitor at the Bolshoi Theater and when he’s cleaning the Director’s Office one day a … Continue reading
It’s so hard to avoid not being more than a tad suspicious when some bright spark decides to remark a classic film noir, esp. when they turn out to be such insipid copies of the original. Think the stunning ‘Plein Soliel’ turned into ‘The Talented Mr. Ripley’. Remember? I rest my case! So I was more … Continue reading