Monthly Archives: June 2012

Magdalena Kronschläger & Anna Rot in “Tag und Nacht” [2010 Austria]

Whether it is about students funding their education or young women consciously making a lifestyle choice, storylines dealing with prostitution never seem to go out of fashion – au contraire, they’re only becoming more popular. Perhaps they should now … Continue reading

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Malena Solda in “Juntos para Siempre” [2010 Argentina]

Screenwriter Pablo Solarz makes an impressive directorial feature film debut through the bitter-sweet comedy drama, “Juntos para Siempre” [Eng. Title: Forever Together]. Tinged with typical Argentinian irony, it is also mildly self-indulgent, but nevertheless very enjoyable with some hilarious … Continue reading

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Scenes from Thomas Vinterberg’s “Festen” [1998 Denmark, Sweden]

Thomas Vinterberg is among the brilliant young directors to emerge from Europe over the past decade, and by some pleasant coincidence, I’m starting his filmography with a film where he isn’t even formally credited – “Festen” [Eng. Title: The … Continue reading

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Scenes from Alejandro Jodorowsky’s “Fando y Lis” [1968 Mexico]

Any worthwhile discussion about nudity in cinema is simply incomplete without mention of a certain Alejandro Jodorowsky, mystic guru of the absurd – with a capital ‘A’..!
About the great man:
It’ll be a challenge to keep this brief, but I … Continue reading

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Kristin Scott Thomas in “Un Été Inoubliable” [1994 Romania, France]

The sojourn into eastern European cinema continues with a film from renowned Romanian director Lucian Pintilie, the Franco-Romanian production, “Un Été Inoubliable” [Romanian Title: O Vara de Neuitat, English Title: An Unforgettable Summer].
Multifaceted Pintilie started making films in communist … Continue reading

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