10 April 2026 I SWEAR ***1/2 This is the true story of John Davidson, the man who grew up with Tourette Syndrome in 1980s Scotland, when that neurological disorder was neither known nor yet diagnosed. This film by Kirk Jones shows the heavy burden on an adolescent who couldn’t figure out why he had these […]

3 April 2026 THE CRUISE **** This self-promoting philosopher and poet will have you falling in love with Manhattan, for he’s an iconoclastic guide on a double-decker tourist bus in the Big Apple. Despite a strangely high pitched voice (that’s shocking at first…), Timothy Levitch astounds with his knowledge and appreciation of history, literature, the […]

27 March 2026 HOW TO MAKE A KILLING (L’Ultime Héritier) **1/2 With all the misery, injustice and wars going on around the world, it’s not a bad idea to sometimes go to the movies just for escapism. And this is a good pick if you’re looking for entertainment with a satisfying twist. Its double entendre […]

20 March 2026 LES RAYONS ET LES OMBRES ***1/2 (vo French and German) Here is a thorough study of the eternal question of what it is to be a collaborator. In this true story of journalist Jean Luchaire and his actress daughter Corinne, who were known as notorious French collaborators with the Nazis during WWII, […]

13 March 2026 Films are coming out in streams and this week we have 6 to review – 4 of them French, the other 2 – mediocre works in English. So they will be short reviews, just to direct you towards the right cinematic pleasure. Voilà – VICTOR COMME TOUT LE MONDE **** (vo French) […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]