A vivid French drama with the right ingredients. Juliette Binochet and Benoit Magimel used to be romantic partners from 1998 to 2003, even having a daughter together, and co-starring in “The Children […]
The Taste of Things
Perfect Days
Win Wenders’ love letter to the wise, old, cassette loving janitor. The life of a janitor in Tokyo is simple. He gets up, freshens up, sprays his plants, puts his “Tokyo Toilet” […]
Driving Madeleine
A taxi ride that’s well worth your time. “Driving Madeleine” is obviously a French modern day version of “Driving Miss Daisy but without a black driver. Actually, this driver is two points […]
The Teacher’s Lounge
A teacher’s game of detective goes horribly wrong in this gripping drama. “The Teacher’s Lounge” is a German import that’s also a powerful and complex school drama. When it comes through the […]
The Zone of Interest
You can easily tell this Nazi drama is a horror film. In his first feature since “Under the Skin,” writer/director Jonathan Glazer gives Martin Amis’ book “The Zone of Interest” a gripping […]
Monster
You need to hear all sides to get the facts straight. Why would 5th grader Minato (Soya Kurokawa) deliberately fall out of the car door, cut his own hair, lose a sneaker […]
Fallen Leaves
These two lonely people are a match made in Heaven. “Fallen Leaves” introduces us to two lonely people who both lose their crappy jobs, spot each other on Karaoke Night, have a […]
Anatomy of a Fall
Accident or murder? This profound movie must figure that out. The death of a loved one is heartbreaking beyond measure, especially if it has to be a painful one. It regards a […]
Strange Way of Life
Hawke and Pascal shoot and score in Almodovar’s hit-&-miss short western. In his latest short film “Strange Way of Life,” Pedro Almodovar has developed a western that uses the right convictions to […]
El Conde
This vampire satire drinks some fresh blood. “El Conde” is the third vampire movie I have seen this year, after the charming “Renfield” and the boring “Last Voyage of the Demeter.” I’ve […]
