Monthly Archives: July 2012

Claudia Gerini and others in “Com’è bello far l’amore” [2012 Italy]

Pin it!It is entirely possible that Fausto Brizzi’s comedy “Com’è bello far l’amore” [Eng. Title: Love is in the Air] was intended as a comic relief for Italians concerned with the Eurozone crisis. Whatever the case, at least the film … Continue reading

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Katrin Cartlidge in Mike Leigh’s “Naked” [1993 UK]

Pin it!On the eve of the London Olympics, and walking amidst the sea of union flags, nervous commuters, and hysterical BBC presenters who’ve by now pitched tent in every corner of town, it is not difficult to come across a … Continue reading

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Valeria Golino in “Il Sole Nero” [2007 Italy]

Pin it!“Il Sole Nero” [Eng. Title: Black Sun] is the only film I’ve seen so far from much awarded Polish Director Krzysztof Zanussi, so am ill-equipped to write anything about his filmography for the moment. I’ll therefore restrict myself to … Continue reading

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Liv Ullmann in Bergman’s “Skammen” [1968 Sweden]

Pin it!The late sixties were momentous times in Europe and the world over, and Ingmar Bergman had a message to tell. He needed to tell us of our collective shame – the shame in the way people are governed, wars … Continue reading

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Petra Schmidt-Schaller in “Sommer in Orange” [2011 Germany]

Pin it!Marcus Hausham Rosenmüller’s “Sommer in Orange” [Eng. Title: My Life in Orange] is a breezy little comedy of clashing cultures.
Set in the early eighties, the film is about a commune of the Bhagwan Rajneesh cult establishing itself in an … Continue reading

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