Everyone is entitled to the odd moments of surrealism, the other day I spent twenty minutes staring in a mirror convinced my nose had changed shape but then I carried on with a normal person’s day. On the other hand, French director Jean Pierre Jeunet seems to live in that world constantly, and I applaud [...]
Set in the lush Welsh-like landscape of Brittany, Katell Quillévéré’s directorial début is a subtle coming-of-age story focussing on 14-year-old Anna’s burgeoning sexual curiosity. When Anna returns home from boarding school she finds her family in crisis; her agnostic father ( Thierry Neuvic) is gone, her devout Christian mother (Lio) is suicidal and her saucy [...]
Abandoned by her partner Auguste Lantier and left alone in a new town to provide for her two children life isn’t looking promising for Gervaise (Maria Schell). Taking a job in a laundrette to make ends meet sets her on a pathway that sees dreams realised and crushed by the time the end credits begin [...]
Re-issued on DVD today is Alejandro Jodorowsky’s avant-garde psychedelic classic Santa Sangre. A complex and artist depiction of insanity and religious fanatics, this challenging movie won’t be for everybody but those interested in world cinema won’t want to miss this cult classic. Granted this is a highly distilled description of a near impossible film to [...]
Writer/director Jacques Becker’s classic tragedy finally gets the Blu Ray treatment to celebrate its 60th Anniversary. 2012 has been a fantastic year for classic world cinema to get re-issued, the recently released Les Enfants du Paradis received a lavish Blu Ray make over complete with a full restoration. Whilst it’s an expensive and time-consuming task, [...]
