22 September 2023. By Neptune LE LIVRE DES SOLUTIONS (The Book of Solutions) *** (vo French What a wild, crazy, refreshing comedy about artistic creation! Michel Gondry, the Oscar-anointed French director of “The Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind”, has come back to his original language, and gives us quite a bit of his own […]
FILM: SUBTRACTION – a mysterious film reflecting a corner of modern Iran
15 September 2023. Neptune will be back in full force next week. In the meantime see last weeks review below: By Neptune SUBTRACTION ***1/2 (vo Farsi) A woman sees her husband getting on a bus in Tehran, though he has told her he is away on a business trip. She follows him to an apartment […]
FILM: GOLDA **** Israel’s female prime-minister
1 September 2023. By Neptune GOLDA **** The multi award-winning, indefatigable Helen Mirren is once again exceptional (and unrecognisable) in this film about Israel’s female prime-minister, Golda Meir. The ingenuity of this semi-biopic is that it concentrates mainly on the short but deadly 1973 Yom Kippur war when Israel was attacked on two fronts by […]
FILM: Anatomy of a Fall ***
25 August 2023. By Neptune ANATOMIE D’UNE CHUTE (Anatomy of a Fall) *** (vo French, English, German) Two writers, their son and their dog live in a remote chalet somewhere in France. One day, the wife, who is German, is being interviewed by a young journalist about her latest best-selling book. Her French husband, whom […]
FILM: OPPENHEIMER *** – a big film
21 July 2023. By Neptune OPPENHEIMER *** Christopher Nolan always makes grand films. Works such as “The Dark Knight”, “Inception” or “Memento”. They are often complex, intellectual films, whether blockbusters or historical ones, such as the riveting “Dunkirk”. And they make a lasting impression, staying deep in one’s memory. This time he has tackled another […]
FILM: MISSION IMPOSSIBLE – Dead Reckoning, Part One ***1/2
14 July 2023. By Neptune MISSION IMPOSSIBLE – Dead Reckoning, Part One ***1/2 If you’re looking for a film with fun and action, don’t look anywhere else – this is your summer hit – an exciting and classy blockbuster! From the gripping beginning, in a state-of-the-art Russian submarine, through the whole crazy ride of trying […]
FILM: LAND OF DREAMS – Can you recall your last dream?
7 July 2023. By Neptune LAND OF DREAMS ***1/2 By the renowned Iranian artist and filmmaker Shirin Neshat, who lives in the U.S., this intriguing film is about peoples’ dreams. Neshat goes about it in her usual mysterious, artistic style, creating a young Iranian girl (Sheila Vand) who is working for the U.S. Census Bureau. […]
FILM: INDIANA JONES and others – be warned
30 June 2023. By Neptune What can one say – it’s summertime and the living is easy… At least for us here in Geneva – the 7th ranked BEST city in the world to live in – out of hundreds. Check it out – from Condé Nast. So enjoy the lake, the surrounding mountains, the […]
FILM: SISU **** – simply brilliant in its genre
23 June 2023. By Neptune SISU (De l’or et du sang) **** Tarantino could not have done better. And that’s the truth – though it might put some people off, as it’s obviously a violent film. But it’s simply brilliant in its genre, for the ferocity is not gratuitous, it is part and parcel of […]
FILM: CARMEN ***1/2
16 June 2023. By Neptune CARMEN ***1/2 (vo Spanish and English) Here’s a musical drama for all those who love dance, dramatic tragedies, cross-border thrillers and just excellent, innovative cinema. This completely transformed version of Bizet’s opera has been brilliantly done by first-time film director Benjamin Millepied, known mainly for his time as head choreographer […]
