This documentary brings us the story of the hostage situation in Brooklyn in 1973, and immediately in the prologue of Stefan Forbes’ film, we learn that this event is also considered the “birthplace” of …
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This documentary brings us the story of the hostage situation in Brooklyn in 1973, and immediately in the prologue of Stefan Forbes’ film, we learn that this event is also considered the “birthplace” of …
Continue readingI don’t know if the French-Argentinian shock filmmaker and provocateur Gaspar Noe has softened over the years or if “Vortex” is just a short-lived moment of weakness and showing his gentler, more humane side, but …
Continue readingThe cinematography of the Dominican Republic is not particularly well-known, but in this mysterious combination of drama and thriller, two of the most famous filmmakers there were in front of and behind the camera. …
Continue readingAlex vam Warmerdam, a filmmaker I would describe as the Dutch David Lynch, is back with another completely twisted thriller on the edge of absurdity. Even earlier, Van Warmerdam’s constant was that you should …
Continue readingProbably everyone has fantasized about how wonderful it would be to win the lottery and get rid of all life’s worries overnight, at least in the material sense. This is exactly what the title characters …
Continue readingWatergate was one of the biggest political scandals and led to the so far only impeachment of the American president, Richard Nixon, in the early seventies. Today practically everything and anything is known about Watergate, …
Continue readingEven today, Jean-Luc Godard is the most unusual “phenomenon” to hit French cinema. After presenting himself in 1960 with perhaps the key new wave film “Breathless”, probably the most influential film of all time, Godard …
Continue readingFrom the first minutes, the drama of the great Sidney Lumet (12 Angry Men, Serpico, Dog Afternoon, Network, The Verdict, Before the Devil Knows You’re Dead) is quite shocking. We see a young man riding …
Continue readingThis combination of coming-of-age drama and thriller takes us to an unnamed Russian city in the nineties where 13-year-old Masha grows up. Her corpulent uncle is the head of the local criminal organization, and …
Continue readingFor more than four decades, Phil Tippett has belonged to the narrow circle of Hollywood’s greatest experts in special effects and animation. He won an Oscar for Spielberg’s “Jurassic Park”, was nominated in the …
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