6 October 2023. By Neptune LE PROCÈS GOLDMAN **** (vo French) This is one powerful showpiece on the judgement of a man who admits to various burglaries that he has committed but has now been given a retrial for the murder charges of two pharmacists, which he has all along vehemently denied. Based on a […]
FILM: DOGMAN *** riveting in its intensity
29 September 2023. By Neptune DOGMAN *** Luc Besson is back, and as always his work is straight from the heart. Mostly innovative and accomplished, as with “Le Grand Bleu”, “La Femme Nikita”, “Léon” or the sensational “Fifth Element”, sometimes over-the-top, as happens when your heart leads your head. Here he gives us a mesmerizing […]
FILM: The Book of Solutions
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: STRANGE WAY OF LIFE and LA VOIX HUMAINE ****
18 August 2023. By Neptune STRANGE WAY OF LIFE and LA VOIX HUMAINE **** 2 short films by PEDRO ALMODOVAR. Here is when you can see a true master at work! The multi award-winning Spanish director Almodovar is already renowned for his colourful, flamboyant films about serious subjects, such as the 1989 “Tie Me Up! […]
FILM: GRAN TURISMO ***1/2 – pure adrenalin!
11 August 2023. By Neptune Dear Cinephiles, who may be hungry for good films in the summer drought of great cinema, as mentioned before, I am still on holiday. Therefore I will just shortly mention 2 films coming out this week which are definitely worth your while: GRAN TURISMO ***1/2 Not to mistake with Clint […]
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 […]
