Reviews The Zen Diaries of Garry Shandling (2018) 25 Jan 202020 Jun 2020 "I think the fact that he spelled his name with two "r"s was a warning that he would be complicated" (Kevin Nealon) I knew little of Garry Shandling before watching…
Reviews One and a Half Prince (2018): Review 8 Sep 2018 Incompleteness is an important theme to Ana Lungu's feature, a 'story' about three friends cohabiting with one another, featuring a selection of scenes from their lives. The ever so slight…
Reviews Review: Infinite Football (2018) 10 Mar 2018 Corneliu Porumboiu's most recent work is a 'documentary-essay' about - well, the human condition. The director likes to focus on the question of how one can be truly free within…
Reviews Planeta Petrila (2017): Oh, Petrila, My Sweet Chinchilla 21 Jul 201721 Jul 2017 Nobody can accuse Dascalescu's documentary of being without flair. I still recall, almost a decade ago, emerging from a forest road into Zlatna, a mining community some 200 km apart…
Reviews Movies of the Weeks #19 #20 #21 (2017) 30 May 201730 May 2017 To be honest, this isn't really about weeks #19 and #20. The only movies seen in that petty time frame were Alien Covenant (which, as a true fan, I even…
Reviews Scott Pilgrim vs. the World (2010): The Return of the GIFs 14 Mar 201720 Jun 2020 You know, people walk up to me on the street and ask: Tributary, why do you love the sappy, the immature, the stories of teenage wonderment? Is it because you…
Reviews Ana, mon amour (2017): The Relationship Hive Mind 3 Mar 20173 Mar 2017 Netzer's follow-up to the excellent Child's Pose (2013) shares some elements with its precursor, but takes a different angle to the emotional roots and psychological ties of family life. A…
Reviews Berlinale Day 3: No Intenso Agora (2017) 13 Feb 201713 Feb 2017 Brazilian director Joao Moreira Salles wrote and directed this documentary (English Title: In the Intense Now) wrapped around the years 1966-1968 and the intense revolutionary spirit that engulfed certain parts…
Reviews Berlinale Day 3: The Dinner (2017) 11 Feb 201712 Feb 2017 Oren Moverman's latest movie is quite the challenge. It has difficult characters, discomforting dialogue, an intricate construction and spreads over two hours. Nobody can accuse The Dinner of being unambitious, but I…
Reviews Berlinale Day 2: Barrage (2017) 11 Feb 201711 Feb 2017 'A solo woman facing the void' is the expression someone used during the film's Q&A, when describing herself. The tag applies equally to the leading character in Barrage, Catherine (Lolita…
Reviews Berlinale Day 2: Django (2017) 11 Feb 201711 Feb 2017 The opening film of the Berlinale competition is yet another take on the sufferings brought on by the second World War. In a mixture of biopic and historical drama, Django…
