6 March 2026 This is a week for two strange, disturbing films. Nothing to run to. THE BRIDE! *1/2 Because of the illustrious names involved, critics are salivating over this film. As I was, until I saw it in IMAX at Balexert for the press screening. Here are the names: the talented Maggie Gyllenhaal as […]
FILM: EPIC – ELVIS PRESLEY IN CONCERT **** – one exciting ride!
27 February 2026 EPIC – ELVIS PRESLEY IN CONCERT **** This is one exciting ride! Here’s the fantastic re-living of the concerts Elvis gave during his seven-year Las Vegas residency at the height of his career in the 1970s, plus intimate interviews with him and flashbacks to his beginnings, his family and his loves. This […]
FILM: MARTY SUPREME ***1/2 – Watch out for the Oscars
20 February 2026 MARTY SUPREME ***1/2 How does one describe such a frenetic film? Especially one that concerns a scrawny Jewish kid from Manhattan’s Lower East Side whose whole life is about becoming champion in the ping pong world of the 1950s. His ambition has no limits and he’ll steal, lie and grovel through any […]
FILM: WUTHERING HEIGHTS ** an extravagant, steamy, Hollywoodized romance
13 February 2026 WUTHERING HEIGHTS (Hurlevent) ** Emily Brontë wrote only this one novel which was published the year before she died at age 30, in 1848. Its dark gothic tale of the deep, tormented love between the two main protagonists, Katherine and Heathcliff, nevertheless became one of the most read and contentious novels of […]
FILM: RENTAL FAMILY *** a gratifying tale of human connections
6 February 2026 RENTAL FAMILY *** (English and Japanese) Brendan Fraser, who won the Best Actor Oscar for his powerful performance in 2022 for “The Whale”, plays here an American actor who is trying to make a living in Japan, where he first came to make some commercials. He stayed on, learned the language, now […]
FILM: NUREMBERG ***
30 January 2026 NUREMBERG *** This film shows one of the first and most important of the 12 Nuremberg Military Tribunals after WWII. Important, as the trial it covers had some of the top men in Hitler’s inner circle. It included Rudolf Hess, Karl Dönitz and of course the notorious Reichsmarschall Hermann Göring, second-in-command to […]
FILM: HAMNET **** one of the finest films of the year
23 January 2026 HAMNET **** What is a perfect film? To begin with, one feels that singular calm which comes in the presence of greatness. You’re in the right place and can sit back and let it flow over you. You slowly realise it is one of the finest films of the year. One that […]
FILM: FATHER MOTHER SISTER BROTHER *** Jim Jarmusch is back!
9 January 2026 This is a week of some pleasant American movies – each with its own version of a life, a couple in the case of “Song Sung Blue”, or families in the Jarmusch film. No masterpieces, but interesting tales of human foibles. And happy New Year to all of you! May there be […]
FILM: L’INCONNU DE LA GRANDE ARCHE ***
26 December 2025 Wishing you dear cinephiles warm and merry holidays and hopefully a New Year of peace and harmony. Plus some fine cinema pleasures throughout 2026! As this week has been too busy, these will be short reviews, with some remaining films not to miss… L’INCONNU DE LA GRANDE ARCHE *** (vo French) If […]
FILM: RELAY *** a clever intricate plot
19 December 2025 RELAY (L’INTERMÉDIAIRE) *** This is a slow-burning thriller about an undercover man who helps whistle blowers confront their corrupt corporations. There’s a young girl who wants to do the right thing by revealing a dangerous cover-up in her company. She gets in touch with this mysterious ‘relay man’, but they can never […]
