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Thursday, November 06, 2014

169. French director François Ozon’s French film “Dans la maison” (In the House) (2012): Second Ozon film on creative writing, this time adapting a superb Spanish play

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F rançois Ozon seems to be fascinated by what makes writers tick. And he loves to prod the viewer to reconsider his/her mental...
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Sunday, October 19, 2014

168. British film director Steven Knight’s film “Locke” (2013) based on his original script/story: Amazing script forged from what could also have been a superb one-act play with a great performance

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T here is something special when a director writes his own original script. And Steven Knight’s Locke is special, if an astute view...
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Sunday, October 12, 2014

167. Iranian director Abbas Kiarostami’s film “Certified Copy” (Copie conforme) (2010) in English/Italian/French languages: Love and marriage and their respective true copies

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I ranian director Abbas Kiarostami can be fascinating because of his audacity to toy around with the minds of int...
Saturday, October 04, 2014

166. Indian filmmaker Sudevan's debut film "CR no.89" (India) (2013): A micro-budget Malayalam language movie that is different and refreshing

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M alayalam language movies have won prestigious Indian national film awards in recent years but they are ...
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Friday, July 18, 2014

165. Self-exiled US director Joseph Losey’s British masterpiece “Accident” (1967): Atrophy and unhappiness of the educated upper crust

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A lthough he was an American filmmaker from Wisconsin state hounded by the infamous “McCarthy” Committee (House Un-American Activitie...
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Thursday, June 19, 2014

164. Portmanteau film “Tickets” (2005) (Italy/UK) in Italian and English, directed by Ermanno Olmi, Abbas Kiarostami, and Ken Loach: Perceptive studies on human behavior of Europeans brought together in a unified, structured film

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T ickets is a film rarely discussed by cineastes. If it is discussed, it is often to compare and contrast its thre...
Monday, June 02, 2014

163. Russian maestro Andrei Tarkovsky’s Russian movie “Solyaris” (Solaris) (1972): An appraisal of a cerebral movie that is truly one of the best 10 movies of all time

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M any have seen this cinematic masterpiece. Many have considered it as a major achievement in science fiction cinema. The d...
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