29 May 2020. We’re getting to the end of our wait for the BIG screen, in quiet, dark movie theatres, to entertain us once again. They are set to open up by 6 June, but we don’t know yet the films which will be released. In the meantime, here are more classic films to see […]
FILM: 7 international classics!
15 May 2020. Dear cinephiles, this week you are getting a list of some outstanding international classics. Believe me, these gems are worth reading those bothersome but necessary subtitles. BURNT BY THE SUN (Russian) One of Nikita Mikhalkov’s finest films, on the precarious Stalin years. KOLYA (Czech) – An Oscar-winning, superb portrait of an abandoned child in […]
FILM: 7 more excellent films
8 May 2020. We’re all encouraged by the gentle re-opening up of life and society. Let’s hope it will work smoothly. It would help if we just keep those masks on, regularly wash our hands, and keep a correct distance with re-united friends. No three-kisses please! But confinement has also shown us some marvelous talents […]
FILM: 11 documentaries!
1 May 2020. DOCUMENTARIES ! I thought I would give you a selection of outstanding documentaries this week. Enough of delightful or dramatic entertainment. Let‘s get down to the fine art of the grey cells (as Hercules Poirot would say). Or as the old saying goes, “Truth is stranger than fiction” (from such luminaries as […]
FILM: 10 more great classics
24 April 2020. We’re still in lockdown as far as big-screen theatres are concerned. So here is another list of 10 excellent films from the past for you to view/download until life gets back to “normal”… Enjoy, and stay safe and healthy. REMAINS OF THE DAY FARGO FLORENCE FOSTER JENKINS FORREST GUMP MOONSTRUCK MY COUSIN […]
FILM: More unforgettable classics
17 April 2020. We all miss our freedom of movement, casual gatherings whenever, going to restaurants, touching people. We miss being carefree about health. But maybe we’re also learning to appreciate other, quieter things in our lives. As someone said, “If you can’t go out, go in…”. When you’re under pressure, a great deal of […]
FILM: 12 outstanding classics
10 April 2020. Dear frustrated cinephiles, would 12 classics satisfy you for the coming week? These are all outstanding films that will once again take you into another realm, whether musical, romantic, thriller or a boxing classic. Many of these can be found on YouTube or other sites (as I said, ask your kids). More […]
FILM: SUPER FILMS available online, to view again
27 March 2020. Now that all cinemas are closed, see if you can get these fine films online. SUPER FILMS, to view again…. by Neptune For those who are sick of watching the incessant, very troubling news on the VIRUS…. Off the top of my head – some super classics to tide you over…download, NETFLIX, […]
FILM: WOMAN – a documentary of individual women
WOMAN **** (vo in many languages, subtitles in English) 13 March 2020. Yann Arthus-Bertrand, the renowned French environmentalist who has extensively photographed and filmed our beautiful and tortured earth from above, has once again come down to capture humanity – as he did in his last impressive documentary, “Humans”. This time he covers its other […]
FILM: DE GAULLE
6 March 2020. DE GAULLE *** (vo French) Proud, arrogant, prickly, difficult, and authoritarian with a dictatorial streak. These are the words that tend to come to mind when we think of General de Gaulle. And indeed he could be all of those things. Ask the world leaders he came up against. Ask the French […]