Many people consider the 70s to be the second golden age of cinema, and with good reason. There is a very long list of classic movies from this era that would also include a long list of great actors and directors. “Jaws”, “Star Wars”, “The Godfather” movies, and “Apocalypse Now” are just a few names […]
Year: 2016
Personal Shopper – VIFF 2016 Review
Olivier Assayas’ latest film, Personal Shopper, is an eccentric ghost story, expertly told, and gauging by the up-and-down reception it garnered at Cannes earlier this year (frequent boos followed by a standing ovation) it’s fair to say that this film is also something of a misunderstood masterpiece. Teaming for a second time with with the […]
Suntan – VIFF 2016 Review
Suntan is the third feature film after Bank Bag (2008) and Wasted Youth (2011) from Greek director Argyris Papadimitropoulos, and it’s a dark doozy. Kostis (Efthymis Papadimitriou) is a 42-year-old doctor who has just arrived at Antiparos, a Cycladic Greek island with a winter population hovering around 800 folks. Disembarking from the ferry, he’s the […]
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The 10 Best Alain Delon Movies You Need To Watch
Sometimes people with multiple talents and predicates are left behind over one-quality people. This happens because multiple attention focuses divide the perception and awareness of qualities. With that said, if you have one talented person, and a beautiful and equally talented person, you tend to say the ugly one is more talented because there’s a […]
Toni Erdmann – VIFF 2016 Review
Awash in humor yet punctuated with pathos, German writer/director Maren Ade’s latest and third film, Toni Erdmann is a pièce de résistance. On the surface this conquering comedy may feel a little garden-variety as we meet one Winfried Conradi (Peter Simonischek), a divorcé and retired music teacher who, following the death of his dear little […]
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Top 15 Upcoming Movies to Close Out 2016
Once every five years or so, it feels as though cinemagoers are treated to something special. To say that 2016 has been a great year for movies and the movie industry as a whole would be quite the understatement. But it’s not quite over yet! With many more new movies coming out this fall and […]