8 January 2016. If you haven’t seen a Swiss film for a while then Neptune has discovered just the thing for you this week. If this is not your cup of tea then there is the adrenaline of the stock market in The Big Short or cultural insights revealed in a Japanese film about a struggling […]
2015’s worst film and two great ones
31 December 2015. Because of the Christmas holidays, the films have been piling up – so the reviews will have to be short. There are a variety of films – so you’ll need to know which to run to, and which ones to miss. Have a GREAT 2016 – hopefully a kinder, gentler year, if possible. And […]
Book review: Montreux Riviera Switzerland by Farrol Kahn
Books in English about the Lake Geneva region are rare and good books are even rarer. In his third book about Switzerland, Farrol Kahn, a British journalist who has lived in the region for several years has succeeded in describing in a refreshingly eclectic style, the Montreux Riviera (a region he denotes as starting in […]
Films this week: Francofonia, Cowboys, 21 Nuits Avec Patti
27 November 2015. Neptune Ravar Ingwersen reviews film extensively for publications in Switzerland. She views 4 to 8 films a week and her aim is to sort the wheat from the chaff for readers. A RICH WEEK OF RUSSIAN and FRENCH FILMS! FRANCOFONIA **** (vo Russian with French subtitles) Ah, the depth of the Russian […]
What do we want from Bond? Neptune reviews Spectre
12 November 2015. Neptune Ravar Ingwersen reviews film extensively for publications in Switzerland. She views 4 to 8 films a week and her aim is to sort the wheat from the chaff for readers. Big news: Geneva’s refurbished EMPIRE CINERAMA is open! The big news this week for Geneva’s film lovers is the brand-new cinema […]
Asphalte, The Martian, Mon Roi
23 October 2015. Neptune Ravar Ingwersen reviews film extensively for publications in Switzerland. She views 4 to 8 films a week and her aim is to sort the wheat from the chaff for readers. ASPHALTE (Macadam Stories) **** (vo French) A dismal banlieue somewhere in France, a few stray characters in a rundown apartment building, […]
Sicario, The Wolfpack, L’etudiante et Monsieur Henri
9 October 2015. Neptune Ravar Ingwersen reviews film extensively for publications in Switzerland. She views 4 to 8 films a week and her aim is to sort the wheat from the chaff for readers. SICARIO ***1/2 Remember the excellent “Traffic” by Steven Soderbergh? Well this is tighter, tougher and more intense. But then most tales […]
Everest, Les deux amis, Etre et devenir
25 September 2015 Neptune Ravar Ingwersen reviews film extensively for publications in Switzerland. She views 4 to 8 films a week and her aim is to sort the wheat from the chaff for readers. LES DEUX AMIS ***1/2 (vo French) Here is a film that creates an ambiance that is very French. There is a […]
The Intern – Horizontes – Premiers Crus – Un Debut Prometteur
1 October 2015 Neptune Ravar Ingwersen reviews film extensively for publications in Switzerland. She views 4 to 8 films a week and her aim is to sort the wheat from the chaff for readers. THE INTERN (Le nouveau stagiaire) *** Robert De Niro is utterly charming as a New York retiree and widower who decides […]
Film reviews: Dora, Au plus pres du soleil, Lamb, The man from U.N.C.L.E
18 September 2015 Neptune Ravar Ingwersen reviews film extensively for publications in Switzerland. She views 4 to 8 films a week and her aim is to sort the wheat from the chaff for readers. DORA ou les névroses sexuelles de nos parents ***1/2 (vo German) A film from the Locarno film fest, this intriguing story […]
