Filipino filmmaker Carlo Enciso Catu makes a lovely low-pitched directorial debut with My Life With a King. It’s a light touch with a lanky formalism that recalls early Hal Hartley and Aki Kaurismäki that makes much of Catu’s tranquil comedy of manners so engaging. That the film is rooted in Pampangan culture is something of […]
Year: 2015
Monty Python: The Meaning of Live – VIFF 2015 Review
Roger Graef and James Rogan’s documentary relating the reunion of the surviving members of the cherished comedy troupe Monty Python, as they are ready to perform a series of live shows, their first in over 20 years, is highest quality cubic zirconia for fans, for everyone else it’s still bound to entertain, provided they aren’t […]
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15 Famous Actors You Didn’t Know Started in Horror Movies
Every Halloween and every Friday, the 13th, local movie theatres all over the country dust off the old classics horror films and show them to packed houses. There is just something about this film genre that appeals to a lot of people – maybe the vicarious thrills and the need to be really scared while […]
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The 20 Greatest Performances in an Ingmar Bergman Film
Film aficionados really like talking about Ingmar Bergman. They like talking about Sven Nykevist almost as much. The discussion about Bergman’s filmmaking always seems to be centered on either the the dense thematic qualities of Bergman’s screenplays or the breathtakingly beautiful shots his long partnership with Nykevist produced. Rarely does anyone address just how actor […]
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16 Lesser Known Horror Movie Sequels Worth Checking Out
Ah, sequels. In this case, horror sequels. Who cares, right? They’re just as common as all the superhero sequels nowadays, and have been coming consistently for longer. If there’s either a concept, a place, a character, or more specifically, an antagonist, there’s enough to keep bringing it back, because horror movies have audience and they […]
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10 Great English-Language Films To Help You Discover Spain
Traveling is a wonderful habit of the human nature. People do it for different reasons. Some are interested in visiting as much as they can in order to gain culture and perspective, others just to get away from the rat race for a few days and just lay in the sun without a care in […]