7 August 2020. Even though there is no exciting new release this week, there is still a lot on offer in the Geneva and surrounding cinemas that are trying to get back on their feet: The one retrospective of classics not to miss is “L’été aux cinémas du Grütli” which started from July 1st and […]
FILM: Geneva’s offering this week
7 August 2020. Even though there is no exciting new release this week, there is still a lot on offer in the Geneva and surrounding cinemas that are trying to get back on their feet: The one retrospective of classics not to miss is “L’été aux cinémas du Grütli” which started from July 1st and […]
FILM: RICHARD SAYS GOODBYE – Johnny Depp’s latest film
24 July 2020. RICHARD SAYS GOODBYE (The Professor) *1/2 It hurts to say that Johnny Depp’s latest film is a disappointment, because I’m one of his biggest fans. From “Edward Scissorhands” to “Donnie Brasco”, “Charlie and the Chocolate Factory”, “Sweeney Todd” or the raucous, delightful “Pirates of the Caribbean”, he could embody any character, illuminate […]
FILM: QUEEN AND SLIM – mirroring George Floyd
12 June 2020. QUEEN AND SLIM **** It’s uncanny how sometimes things gravitate to each other just at the right time. Or maybe it’s that an excellent work naturally fits into the present, whenever it was written (as so many works of Shakespeare or other immortal writers), or created as a film. Quality is timeless. […]
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: 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 […]
FILM: JUDY – a legend and a star
28 February 2020. By Neptune. JUDY *** How very sad her life was. Though for the myriad fans who revered her, she would always be sweet little Dorothy in “The Wizard of Oz”, lost, far from home, looking for answers to life, wistfully singing Somewhere Over the Rainbow. Or maybe that really was Judy Garland […]
