I just watched "Inception" last night and I've got mixed feelings about it. It is a cleverly constructed, well acted and properly executed piece of cinema. It has its unique climax built by a very...
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I just watched "Inception" last night and I've got mixed feelings about it. It is a cleverly constructed, well acted and properly executed piece of cinema. It has its unique climax built by a very...
Oscar,
If you loved "The Milk of Sorrow" you should definitely see "ALTIPLANO" ( that I reviewed as part of the TOFIFEST coverage:...
"10 to 11" Review
This is a copy of the article I published on Filmaster: Tofifest Review: 10 to 11. It's licenced on Creative Commons 3.0 Attribution License so you can copy it anywhere as long...
Altiplano Review
This is a copy of the article I published on Filmaster: Tofifest Review: Altiplano - Trap of the history. It's licenced on Creative Commons 3.0 Attribution License so you can copy...
Shirin Neshat showed "Women Without Men"
This is a copy of the article I published on Filmaster: Tofifest Review: Shirin Neshat showed "Women Without Men". It's licenced on Creative Commons 3.0...
Tofifest: Day I-II
This is a short report from my home town: Torun, Poland, the host of Tofifest International Film Festival which started on June 26th and will last till July 2nd.
Written by:...
In this thread I'm going to submit my reports from the 8. TOFIFEST International Film Festival taking place in Torun, Poland (which happens to be my home town).
Here is how the Kafka Jaworska,...
Well, bad for them, lazy bastards! :)
The Filmaster non-review was more about the event on which the film was shown than the film itself, so I did not find it useful to copy the whole thing here.
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Chris, you wrote a lot about the film and about how others see it but I'm interested in your opinion. Did you find Trash Humpers to be plotless mess with no value? Or perhaps you saw something new...
My favorite film by Holland was "Kobieta samotna" (a lone woman): http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0082625/ - from the amoung of ratings I take it was never shown anywhere except Polish public TV.
Her...
We have Robin Hood books in Poland :) We even have our own version of Robin Hood -- Janosik, a Czech legend recently adapted in a feature film by Agnieszka Holland (a director you might recognize). I...
Who was Robin Hood before becoming Robin Hood? And why should we care? Well, I didn't care. But it's not a bad film. It's watchable. It's just mediocre. Everything is mediocre except for Max von...
I so much wanted this film to be great! I so badly wanted it to be great and unique that I think -- to some extent -- I even managed to overlook its multiple issues. It's not a decent piece of...
That was a shortcut way to say it was filmed in a non-intruding way, it did not want to rape the viewer with action, it did not try to influence their emotions in an easy/ugly way (like von Trier...
I'm happy to see "The Father of My Children" getting into another festival. It's a very European piece of cinema, subtle, with a quite slow pace, but it left me feeling uneasy. It's both a tribute...
Remarkable, old fashioned, brilliantly directed political fiction thriller, the weakest point of it being the story. Great acting, entertaining and thought provoking at the same time. Something both...
I don't quite agree with your guys that this year's nominations are the lousiest in years. Quite the opposite, I think that compared to last year's triumph of a...
The actors played well, but their performances fit a different movie. Just as the film inside a film in Almodovar's "Broken Embraces", Richie's "Sherlock Holmes" seems like it's been cut by someone...
I have finally managed to watch "The Limits of Control". It was not an easy task being in London. It's only being shown for a couple of ways in a small venue called ICA (Institute of Contemporary...
"those who declare this to be a cinematic spectacle that's wonderful beyond anything since 1915 and D.W. Griffith (David Denby in the same interview) are really falling prey to the hype."
Don't...
I watched it yesterday in London, in BFI IMAX.
It's an ingenious film in spite of its flaws. James Cameron yet again proves he's the King of Hollywood that can create a masterpiece even based on a...
No, I haven't seen the other Herzog movie from this year. I don't think it was showing in London at all, but I'm sure planning to when I'm able to get it.
And it's made by a German speaking with an accent! :>
Great passionate review, Chris. I watched the movie during the London Film Festival and even though it was my favorite flick of the festival...
I watched "A Serious Man" this past weekend.
It's a different film by the Coens. It seems more mature. It seems more... serious than anything they've done before.
Just as Chris, my favorites by...
I watched it just because my friend wanted to see it. Allright, I wanted to see it as well. Just to see the end of the world. Couldn't help it :)
Like in other Emmerich features, it's stupid,...