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BLINDSPOTTED @ FRENCH FILM FEST: La Grande Illusione [1937]
What an odd yet compelling day! When I arrived to this one-off screening, I was greeted in French by a young lady who showed me to the lounge area, where a selection of French wine was waiting. Having...
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AFFF: DIPLOMACY (Diplomatie) [2014]
Directed By Volker Schlöndorff, Written by Cyril Gely (play), Cyril Gely (adaptation) Starring: André Dussollier, Niels Arestrup, This film made for a very interesting modern double to follow the...
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AFFF: THE BLUE ROOM (Le Chambre Bleue) [2014]
Directed by Mathieu Amalric Starring: Mathieu Amalric, Léa Drucker, Stéphanie Cléau I first saw Matthieu Amalric in Roman Polanski’s last film, which oddly enough can be compared to this film in some...
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AFFF: SUPERCONDRIAQUE [2014]
Directed and Written by Dany Boon Starring: Dany Boon, Kad Merad, Alice Pol I don’t think the basic premise of this film is hard to guess. It revolves around Chris O’Dowd’s French doppelgänger,...
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STATIONS OF THE CROSS (Kreuzweg) [2014]
Directed by Dietrich Brüggemann Starring: Lucie Aron, Anna Brüggemann, Michael Kamp Religion is a touchy subject. In this movie we see religious fanaticism at its extreme, as a girl (Maria) is...
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MOMMY [2014]
Directed and Written by Xavier Dolan Starring: Anne Dorval, Antoine-Olivier Pilon, Suzanne Clément, Patrick Huard I have mixed feelings about this film. There is no doubt that Xavier Dolan is a...
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JAUJA [2014]
Directed by Lisandro Alonso, Written by Lisandro Alonso and Fabian Casas Starring: Viggo Mortensen, Ghita Nørby, Viilbjørk Malling Agger This isn’t a film that anyone can write a conventional piece on....
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REWOUND: THE CITY OF LOST CHILDREN [1995]
Directed by Marc Caro and Jean-Pierre Jeunet, Written by Gilles Adrien, Jean-Pierre Jeunet and Marc Caro Starring: Ron Perlman, Daniel Emilfork, Judith Vittet, Dominique Pinon If I were to imagine a...
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WILD TALES (Relatos salvajes) [2014]
Directed and Written by Damián Szifrón Starring: Darío Grandinetti, María Marull, Mónica Villa I like my comedy dark. I like to laugh and then feel ashamed for having laughed at what I did. This is...
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Marshland (La isla mínima) [2014]
Originally written for: Directed by Alberto Rodríguez Written by Rafael Cobos, Alberto Rodríguez Starring: Javier Gutiérrez, Raúl Arévalo, María Varod, Jesús Ortiz, Antonio de la Torre Marshland is...
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13 Minutes (Elser – Er hätte die Welt verändert) [2015]
Directed by Oliver Hirschbiegel, Written by Léonie-Claire Breinersdorfer (screenplay), Fred Breinersdorfer (screenplay) Starring: Christian Friedel, Katharina Schüttler, Burghart Klaußner, Johann von...
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AFF: TAG [2015]
Sadly the Adelaide Film Festival is now over, but many more thoughts are to come on the incredibly unconventional films I was lucky enough to see. saw. It is a biennial event, but there is an encore of...
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AFF: THE CLUB (El Club) [2015]
Originally written for: Directed by Pablo Larraín, Written by Guillermo Calderón, Pablo Larraín, Daniel Villalobos Starring: Roberto Farías, Antonia Zegers, Alfredo Castro, Alejandro Goic, Alejandro...
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AFF: CARTEL LAND [2015]
The Adelaide Film Fest has been over for a week now but I still have so many films to write about! I must have seen at least twenty films during the ten days the festival ran for, so there is still...
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AFF: THE ASSASSIN [2015]
If I were to choose a favourite film of the Adelaide Film Festival, it would have to be The Lobster, which worked for me on multiple levels. But, a close second is definitely this visual masterpiece,...
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AFF: CEMETERY OF SPLENDOUR (Rak ti Khon Kaen) [2015]
Originally written for: Directed and Written by Apichatpong Weerasethakul Starring: Jenjira Pongpas, Banlop Lomnoi, Jarinpattra Rueangram I am a life-long insomniac. Sleep is a battle, one that I have...
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AFF: A PIGEON SAT ON A BRANCH REFLECTING ON EXISTENCE [2014]
Originally written for: This is perhaps the first movie where I read article upon article describing a director’s style for months before I was finally able to watch this latest effort at the Adelaide...
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SON OF SAUL [2015]
Directed by László Nemes Written by László Nemes, Clara Royer Starring: Géza Röhrig, Levente Molnár, Urs Rechn Son of Saul was Hungary’s nominee for the best foreign language film Oscar, and it is...
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AFFF: THE BRAND NEW TESTAMENT (Le Tout Nouveau Testament) [2015]
Directed by Jaco Van Dormael Written by Thomas Gunzig, Jaco Van Dormael Starring: Pili Groyne, Benoît Poelvoorde, Catherine Deneuve, François Damiens A girl, Ea, tells us her story. She knows who God...
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AFFF: MY KING (MON ROI) [2015]
Directed by Maïwenn Written by Etienne Comar (screenplay), Maïwenn (screenplay) Starring: Vincent Cassel, Emmanuelle Bercot, Louis Garrel Much like Lolo, I doubt I’d have seen this film if it were...
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