By Neptune It’s August and so the intimate concerts of world famous artists will be once again taking place in the chateau of the charming town of Tannay, just outside Geneva from 16th to 29th of August. Make sure you book early, as the tickets go fast for such luminous artists as the French pianist […]
FILM: SUICIDE SQUAD 2 – what fun!
6 August 2021 It’s high summer in Geneva and it looks and feels like November! What have we done to deserve this continuous rain and these dreary skies? Great movie weather, but there again it’s the summer misery of action or horror films (which I simply refuse to see), mediocre French comedies, and tons of […]
FILM: THE MAURITANIAN – the shameful, secretive prison of Guantanamo
16 July 2021. By Neptune THE MAURITANIAN (Désigné Coupable) *** There have been too many lost lives hanging in limbo in the shameful, secretive prison of Guantanamo. It is a modern day stain on anything considered human. Yet it is legitimate in the eyes of a great power. And continuing. This film by director Kevin […]
FILM: THE CLOCK – a cinematic art show
9 July 2021. By Neptune THE CLOCK As I have been away in sunny, summery Italy, I have missed quite a few press previews, so I cannot judge this week’s releases of SEIZE PRINTEMPS, BLACK WIDOW, and the musical ANNETTE, with Marion Cotillard and Adam Driver, which opened up this year’s ambitious Cannes film fest. […]
FILM: THE UNITED STATES vs BILLIE HOLIDAY – a gripping important work
2 July 2021. By Neptune THE UNITED STATES vs BILLIE HOLIDAY *** Billie Holiday, the jazz legend who struggled through an abusive childhood which led to drug and alcohol addiction that ended her turbulent life at age 44. “Strange Fruit”, the achingly painful song about the lynching of blacks in the American South that she […]
FILM: IN THE HEIGHTS – a rollicking musical
25 June 2021. By Neptune IN THE HEIGHTS (D’OÙ L’ON VIENT) ***1/2 Do you want to see a rollicking musical with lots of Latino Salsa thrown in? And all about the aspirations of good people ‘coming to Amerika’ for a better life? This is the film for you, based on the second musical by Lin-Manuel Miranda, […]
FILM: PETER RABBIT 2 – The Runaway
18 June 2021. By Neptune PETER RABBIT 2 – The Runaway ** Doesn’t everyone love Peter Rabbit? We certainly did when the first one in this franchise was released in the spring of 2018, in those carefree pre-Covid years. I gave it ***1/2 then, and wrote this in the intro: “All is right with the […]
FILM: LOS LOBOS – an unforgettable film
4 June 2021. By Neptune LOS LOBOS **** (Spanish/English) There are films that are so simple and human that they ignite an immediate connection in us. This tale of a Mexican mother and her two little boys who have come to America to find a better life takes us right into the squalid world of […]
FILM: THE FATHER **** exceptional
28 May 2021. By Neptune THE FATHER **** In this exceptional film, Anthony Hopkins embodies a seemingly fit father who is gradually falling towards dementia. He lives alone in a tastefully decorated London apartment which has been his home for years. He feels completely capable and does not want any nurse to live with him. […]
FILM: LUNANA – A YAK IN THE CLASSROOM ***1/2
21 May 2021. By Neptune One thinks of idyllic, “happiness-quotient” Bhutan as a peaceful, verdant, quite closed country of rural people. Well, this film shows how hip and world-conscious the young are in its capital, and why one of them wants to leave for the wider world. Bhutan does not make many films, but when […]
