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Movie micro-reviews and other stuff. A tributary to the big screen.

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Week In, Week Out

Weekly collections of five mini-reviews capturing a wide range of films—old and new, obscure and iconic. A personal film journal in snapshots, offering quick, insightful takes on whatever’s been on the screen lately.

  • Movie(s) of the Week #12 (2017)

    Not quite movie of the week but without competition, here’s a not quite original, but also a not quite horrible poster: Sunday From a House on Willow Street (2017): Not having seen a horror movie in a while, FaHoWS got its chance to impress. As a genre-mash, wherein some fools kidnap a girl for ransom who turns… Read more

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  • Movies of the Week #11 (2017)

    I’m getting sloppier and sloppier. Typical. Movie of the Week: Toni Erdmann (2016)   Monday Hrútar (2015): The Icelandic movie about two brothers and some sheep proved darker than expected, yet serious to the bone as well. When Gummi loses against Kiddi (i.e. the two bro’s) in a local competition about who’s got the more impressive… Read more

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  • Movies of the Week #10 (2017)

    Slow, slow week once more, in what is shaping up to be quite the Spring-slump. It happens all the time, after a strong year debut, one-movie-a-day kind, life sets in, questions bubble to the surface (why am I here, what am I doing, what the heck was Primer (2004) about?) and movie-watching grinds to a halt. What… Read more

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  • Movies of the Week #9 (2017)

    There was more than a bit of surprise during last week’s Oscars proceedings, with the kind of surprise being more surprising than the surprise itself. Read more

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  • Movies of the Week #8 (2017)

    I planned to watch my remaining Oscar contenders this week and make some informed choices. Not that it matters, we all know La La Land will sweep them – with merit. Instead, I went down memory lane again and compensated my dietary restrictions with food on (junk) film. Read more

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  • Movies of the Week #7 (2017)

    Jumping down the artsy Berlinale ladder means dipping my toes into Oscar contenders and another Schwarzenegger classic. Read more

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  • Movies of the Week #6 (2017)

    Playing catch-up here, this is a short review of the Berlinale movies. Thursday The Wound (2017): All things considered, The Wound stands as a film that, at its best, conveys a unique poetic restraint. It might not shine all the way through, yet it provides insight into a corner of the world that’s usually left in the… Read more

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  • Movies of the Week #5 (2017)

    Then the Lord said ‘let this week be random’. And it was random. Read more

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  • Movies of the Week #4 (2017)

    I’m slumping hard. Movie of the Week: The Edge of Seventeen Friday The Founder (2016): In a very by-the-book movie about Ray Kroc, the ‘founder’ of McDonald’s, we get a bit of everything – a great performance by Michael Keaton, a lesson in (adapted) history and a morality tale about the power of capitalism. What quite… Read more

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  • Movies of the Week #3 (2017)

    Busy, busy week, so I’m left a bit behind on my movie targets. Buuut, on the upside, I’ve finally gone below the 1960s, with a lovely little classic. Movie of the Week: Sherlock Jr. (1924) Monday Sherlock Jr. (1924): I guess it’s more of a mental hassle to get used to the unfamiliar, than it actually… Read more

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  • Movies of the Week #2 (2017)

    The second week is always the hardest. New year’s glow starts to fade, you’ve already failed several resolutions, the weather’s cold, yet the snow is melting. So it’s best not to strive for too much, just make sure you’ve found a rhythm and are in control. Or the illusion thereof. Read more

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  • Movies of the Week #1 (2017)

    Perhaps it’s as the protagonist herself quotes from Rousseau’s Julie, ou la nouvelle Héloïse: “We enjoy less what we obtain, than what we desire and are happy only before becoming so.” Read more

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