Week In, Week Out Movies of the Week #11 (2023) 17 Mar 2023 Decision to Leave (2022): IMDb says this is a "crime, drama, mystery" movie. Seriously, no romance? It basically portrays all my romantic conceits in a narratively enticing and visually enrapturing…
Reviews Review: Disco Boy (2023) 15 Mar 202322 Mar 2023 I was in Italy recently and wanted to see Disco Boy on its opening weekend. I'd missed the Silver Bear winner for cinematography when it was screened at the Berlinale…
Week In, Week Out Movies of the Week #9 (2023) 3 Mar 20233 Mar 2023 This week, Berlinale recap! Here (2023): At just 82 minutes, the movie is strikingly short. Especially if you get into its mood, it will lull you before you even realize…
Reviews Berlinale Review: Passages (2023) 1 Mar 20231 Mar 2023 Ira Sachs wasn't a director I had firmly positioned in my mind, even though I'd seen and liked a couple of his previous movies: Love is Strange (2014) and Little…
Reviews Heikos Welt (2021) 15 Jul 2022 This was one of those rare occurrences of going into the cinema and just watching a movie you know nothing about and that movie actually proving to be a heck…