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Amour Writer-director:Michael Haneke Stars: Jean-Louis Trintignant, Emmanuelle Riva, Isabelle Huppert Amour (meaning ‘Love’) stars Jean-Louis Trintignant, Emmanuelle Riva and Isabelle Huppert. The narrative focuses on an elderly couple, Anne and Georges, who are retired music teachers with a daughter who lives abroad. The opening scene shows firemen breaking down...
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The Tree of Life Writer-Director: Terrence Malick Stars: Brad Pitt, Sean Penn, Jessica Chastain Awards: Nominated for 3 Oscars. Terrence Malick, one of America’s most respected filmmakers, first attracted attention through Badlands (1973) a film very much in the same mold as Arthur Penn’s Bonnie and Clyde (1967) and Robert Altman’s Thieves like Us (1974)...
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Call of the Wild – Greyhound (2020) Director: Aaron Schneider Writers: Tom Hanks, C.S. Forester Stars: Tom Hanks, Elisabeth Shue, Stephen Graham One of the anticipated movies of 2020, Greyhound is based on the 1955 novel, The Good Shepherd by C.S. Forester. Set at the beginning of World...
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Road to Perdition: A Curious Study Director: Sam Mendes Starring: Tyler Hoechlin, Rob Maxey, Liam Aiken Genre: Crime, drama Language: English Duration: 1 hour, 57 mins Warning: The ENTIRE review below contains SPOILERS As far as Sam Mendes’ films are concerned, 1917 has a full-blown overwhelming perspective...
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The Turin Horse Directors: Béla Tarr, Ágnes Hranitzky Writers: László Krasznahorkai, Béla Tarr Stars: János Derzsi, Erika Bók, Mihály Kormos Among the various elements of camera style, the long uncut sequence has a way of getting attention for itself. Originally, the device was a constituent of mise en...
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Looper Writer-director:Rian Johnson Stars: Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Bruce Willis, Emily Blunt Time travel is a popular science fiction ploy but although the sub-genre is nominally concerned with ‘scientific possibilities’, its actual preoccupation is different. It is essentially a narrativization of technological, social or political fear. The very first bit of...
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Melancholia Writer-director: Lars von Trier Stars: Kirsten Dunst, Charlotte Gainsbourg, Alexander Skarsgård Lars von Trier has zeroed in on Andrei Tarkovsky as the greatest filmmaker of all times and, judging from his pronouncements, he is regarding himself as Tarkovsky’s successor. Tarkovsky was a great filmmaker but if Lars von...
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The Servant Director: Joseph Losey Writers: Harold Pinter, Robin Maugham Stars: Dirk Bogarde, Sarah Miles, Wendy Craig Genre: Drama Language: English Release date: 1964 Duration: 1 hour, 56 mins. Awards: winner of 3 BAFTAs, and nominated for a Venice Golden Lion Story Published in 1948, THE SERVANT is...
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Les Enfants Du Paradis Director: Marcel Carné Writer: Jacques Prévert Stars: Arletty, Jean-Louis Barrault, Pierre Brasseur Awards: Nominated for Oscar for Best Original Screenplay Widely regarded as the greatest film ever made, Marcel Carne’s Les Enfants Du Paradis (1945) is not as well known in India where that other contender for...
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Lincoln Director:Steven Spielberg Writers: Tony Kushner, Doris Kearns Goodwin Stars:Daniel Day-Lewis, Sally Field, David Strathairn Awards: Oscar for Best Actor and for Production Design. There are numerous ways in which a biopic of a statesman or a politician can be put together in cinema and the chosen approach...
Amour Writer-director:Michael Haneke Stars: Jean-Louis Trintignant, Emmanuelle Riva, Isabelle Huppert Amour (meaning ‘Love’) stars Jean-Louis Trintignant, Emmanuelle Riva and Isabelle Huppert. The narrative focuses on an elderly couple, Anne and Georges, who are retired music teachers with a daughter who lives abroad. The opening scene shows firemen breaking down...
The Tree of Life Writer-Director: Terrence Malick Stars: Brad Pitt, Sean Penn, Jessica Chastain Awards: Nominated for 3 Oscars. Terrence Malick, one of America’s most respected filmmakers, first attracted attention through Badlands (1973) a film very much in the same mold as Arthur Penn’s Bonnie and Clyde (1967) and Robert Altman’s Thieves like Us (1974)...
Call of the Wild – Greyhound (2020) Director: Aaron Schneider Writers: Tom Hanks, C.S. Forester Stars: Tom Hanks, Elisabeth Shue, Stephen Graham One of the anticipated movies of 2020, Greyhound is based on the 1955 novel, The Good Shepherd by C.S. Forester. Set at the beginning of World...
Road to Perdition: A Curious Study Director: Sam Mendes Starring: Tyler Hoechlin, Rob Maxey, Liam Aiken Genre: Crime, drama Language: English Duration: 1 hour, 57 mins Warning: The ENTIRE review below contains SPOILERS As far as Sam Mendes’ films are concerned, 1917 has a full-blown overwhelming perspective...
The Turin Horse Directors: Béla Tarr, Ágnes Hranitzky Writers: László Krasznahorkai, Béla Tarr Stars: János Derzsi, Erika Bók, Mihály Kormos Among the various elements of camera style, the long uncut sequence has a way of getting attention for itself. Originally, the device was a constituent of mise en...
Looper Writer-director:Rian Johnson Stars: Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Bruce Willis, Emily Blunt Time travel is a popular science fiction ploy but although the sub-genre is nominally concerned with ‘scientific possibilities’, its actual preoccupation is different. It is essentially a narrativization of technological, social or political fear. The very first bit of...
Melancholia Writer-director: Lars von Trier Stars: Kirsten Dunst, Charlotte Gainsbourg, Alexander Skarsgård Lars von Trier has zeroed in on Andrei Tarkovsky as the greatest filmmaker of all times and, judging from his pronouncements, he is regarding himself as Tarkovsky’s successor. Tarkovsky was a great filmmaker but if Lars von...
The Servant Director: Joseph Losey Writers: Harold Pinter, Robin Maugham Stars: Dirk Bogarde, Sarah Miles, Wendy Craig Genre: Drama Language: English Release date: 1964 Duration: 1 hour, 56 mins. Awards: winner of 3 BAFTAs, and nominated for a Venice Golden Lion Story Published in 1948, THE SERVANT is...
Les Enfants Du Paradis Director: Marcel Carné Writer: Jacques Prévert Stars: Arletty, Jean-Louis Barrault, Pierre Brasseur Awards: Nominated for Oscar for Best Original Screenplay Widely regarded as the greatest film ever made, Marcel Carne’s Les Enfants Du Paradis (1945) is not as well known in India where that other contender for...
Lincoln Director:Steven Spielberg Writers: Tony Kushner, Doris Kearns Goodwin Stars:Daniel Day-Lewis, Sally Field, David Strathairn Awards: Oscar for Best Actor and for Production Design. There are numerous ways in which a biopic of a statesman or a politician can be put together in cinema and the chosen approach...
