Thursday, April 14, 2016

The outside world is only a bigger prison

Shot entirely inside a taxi, the director Jaf Panahi as the cabbie. A Persian take on Night on Earth perhaps, altho this one straight-forwardly and metaphorically attacks the political persecution of Iran. The people seem awfully nice, everything is acted, but all the same.

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A hundred die so that a thousand may live

A sadly forgotten gem of '90s noir.  A number of renowned actors ( Nick Nolte, Michael Madsen, John Malkovich, Melanie Griffith, Chazz P...