French and French-language Films | North American Films
Clash of two codes of honour and loyalty in “Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai”
Jim Jarmusch, “Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai” (1999) Even after twenty years, this
Tag: Film Noir
Alien Infinity: futuristic SF noir meets monsters
Darkus Marque, “Alien Infinity” (2015) Made during his spare time between January and August 2015,
Murder on the Orient Express (dir. Sidney Lumet): a pedestrian treatment of a murder mystery
Sidney Lumet, “Murder on the Orient Express” (1974) Initially beginning as a lavish drama set
British Films | North American Films
The Courier: a film of personal growth and suffering and of friendship transcending politics and ideology
Dominic Cooke, “The Courier” (2020) The story of Greville Wynne, a most unlikely character ever
Hard Reset: a predictable and tired short film on human and AI relations in a future materialist society
Deepak Chetty, “Hard Reset” (2016) The premise and the plot are predictable and rather tired,
Italian and Italian-language Films
Bad Tales: voyeuristic survey of dysfunctional families in alienation
Damiano and Fabio d’Innocenzo, “Bad Tales / Favolacce” (2020) A survey of three families living
French and French-language Films
Hors Saison: a powerful character study of consequences arising from rash actions and interpersonal tensions
Nicolas Capitaine, Celine Desoutter, Lucas Durkheim, Leni Marotte, “Hors Saison / Out of Season” (2017)
French and French-language Films
Parfum Fraise: a short and terse film on the impossibility of escaping violence
Alix Arrault, Martin Hermane, Samuel Klughertz, Jules Rigolle, “Parfum Fraise” (2017) You can renounce a
Roman J. Israel, Esq.: character study of a fallible human being trying to live authentically in an inauthentic world
Dan Gilroy, “Roman J. Israel, Esq.” (2017) Once in a while an intelligent and worthy
Loveless: a character study and thriller that criticises Russian society as stagnant, self-absorbed and materialist
Andrei Zvyagintsev, “Loveless” (2017) As with previous films of Andrei Zvyagintsev that I’ve seen, “Loveless”
