Category Archives: Cinema

Building a strictly online relationship – “Offline” [2012 Belgium]

Posted on April 21, 2013 by TR

Flemish director Peter Monsaert appears to be yet another exciting prospect from Belgium, and if his future films also turn out to be anything like “Offline”, we sure will be in for a treat. Storyline: Rudy (Wim Willaert), released from … Continue reading →

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A life seen through the sands of time – “Casa de Areia” [2005 Brazil]

Posted on April 20, 2013 by TR

Andrucha Waddington is among some exciting young directors working in Brazil today, and his 2005 drama “Casa de Areia” [Eng. Title: The House of Sand], one of the most memorable Brazilian films I’ve seen to date. I was mesmerised yet … Continue reading →

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Saija Lentonen in “Young Love” [2001 Finland]

Posted on April 18, 2013 by TR

The title for Arto Lehkamo’s film “Young Love” suggests that it was intended as a coming-of-age romantic drama, but I suspect it is a case of wrong labelling… Thirteen year old Jukka (Joonas Nordman) – a photography enthusiast, is struck … Continue reading →

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High art in a Parisian afternoon – Varda’s “Cléo de 5 à 7” [1962 France, Italy]

Posted on April 16, 2013 by TR

The French New Wave will be incomplete without the redoubtable Agnès Varda – in fact, critics even credit her earlier works as the forerunner of the Nouvelle Vague. Whatever the case, Varda’s magnificent 1962 masterpiece “Cléo de 5 à 7” … Continue reading →

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Conspiracies, whispers, and romance – “Das Flüstern des Mondes” [2006 Austria]

Posted on April 13, 2013 by TR

Austrian director Michael Satzinger has attempted a genre-bending gay-themed mystery-romance with his “Das Flüstern des Mondes” [Eng. Title: Whispering Moon]. And he pretty much pulls it off! The complex storyline involves a heady romance between two young men – Jannis … Continue reading →

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