Kenneth Branaugh's film is an autobiographical account from his childhood. Belfast, 1969. Times were hard and intimidating as Protestants and Catholics were at each other's throats. Stunning cinematography, excellent artistry, but otherwise little to offer.
Wednesday, July 31, 2024
For the ones who stayed
A smelly pirate hooker
Monday, July 29, 2024
Working class has no fatherland
Sympathy for the devil
The ones above, the ones below, and the ones who fall
It's a simple premise. A prison is split in levels. A platform of an exquisite buffet travels downwards and stops for 2 minutes at every level. During that time, two prisoners in the level can eat all they want from the buffet. Of course, the supply diminishes each level and by the time it reaches the bottom, there's no food left. To make it more interesting and arbitrary, prisoners are changing levels each month, so they might get lucky. Or they don't. Galder Gaztelu-Urrutia's El hoyo is a movie full of symbolism and social study, but it's also quite a vulgar and darkly comical bit as a plain film too.
Wednesday, July 24, 2024
The hope that causes so much pain
Afraid of time
Monday, July 22, 2024
No man comes home from war
Angry heart inherits the earth
Cross of thorns on headless cross
Thursday, July 18, 2024
A kite dancing in a hurricane
Wednesday, July 17, 2024
Cavemen refusing to go away
Tuesday, July 16, 2024
Better drag. More flavor. Less throat burn.
Thursday, July 11, 2024
Just a bloody stump
In Bermuda, two amateur treasure-hunting divers inadvertently discover the secret cargo of a World War II shipwreck and conflict with treasure hunters. Not one of the greatest classic seventies films, but surprisingly entertaining and exciting still. Starring Nick Nolte, Jacqueline Bisset, Robert Shaw and Eli Wallach, written by Peter Benchley (Jaws), directed by Peter Yates (Bullitt).
Tuesday, July 09, 2024
While we are here
Thursday, July 04, 2024
All that sacrifice
Wednesday, July 03, 2024
Living in twilight dance
Prophets get stronger when they die
Reckon it would be blasphemous to criticize and ridicule anything so epic and grandiose. Dune: Part Two is yet another endless journey in a ...
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