Category Archives: Cinema

Aina Clotet in “Elisa K” [2010 Spain]

Before “Elisa K”, I’d seen only one other film of veteran Catalan writer-director Jordi Cadena (from the ‘destape’ years, starring a young Ana Belén). For this film however, the directorial credits are shared with Judith Colell whose filmography I’m totally … Continue reading

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Carice van Houten & co in “Komt een vrouw bij de dokter” BR720 [Netherlands 2009]

Reinout Oerlemans’ romantic drama, “Komt een vrouw bij de dokter – Een ode aan de liefde” [Eng. Title: A Woman Goes to the Doctor – An Ode to Love, aka Stricken] is your typical mainstream film that touches on a … Continue reading

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Antigoni Amanitou from Nikos Koundouros’ “1922” [Greece 1978]

In “1922”, Nikos Koundouros recreates events from the little known Greek genocide towards the end of the Greco-Turkish war of 1919-1922 where, within the single province of Anatolia alone (present day Turkey), about a third of a million civilian Greeks were … Continue reading

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Silvia Navarro & Diana García in “Labios Rojos” [2011 Mexico]

Rafael Lara’s “Labios Rojos” [Eng. Title: Red Lips] is your stereotypical mainstream comedy about marital woes (predominantly sexual) where the characters are usually caricatures and ridden with cliché. This film might as well have been churned out twenty years ago … Continue reading

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Marcella Braga in “Exit – Una storia personale” [2010 Italy]

Actor Max Amato’s directorial debut, “Exit, Una Storia Personale” [Eng. Title: Exit – A Personal History] is an ambitious film whose storyline holds quite a bit of promise. Whether it realised its potential is another matter. The topic is as … Continue reading

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