Daily Archives: March 24, 2023

Netflixable? An architect and a street urchin, united in tragedy on Panama’s “Plaza Catedral”

The boy looks like any one of the hundreds of hustling teens on Panama City’s streets. His scam is using traffic cones to sell parking spots with implied “Be a shame if something happened to your nice car” “protection” in … Continue reading

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Movie Preview: Sophie Marceau, Charlotte Rampling & Hanna Schygulla star in François Ozon’s “Everything Went Fine”

No, this trailer gives away…nothing. But that cast, with André Dussollier, in a drama about the Biggest End of Life Decision from François Ozon, who gave us “8 Women” and “Swimming Pool?” That’s worth marking April 14 on your calendar.

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Movie Review: Adoptee struggles with mixed feelings upon her “Return to Seoul”

What a fascinating, layered character “Return to Seoul” is built around. Frederique is ever-so French — aloof, patronizing and occasionally downright rude. She is young, bourgeois and pretty, an only child. That adds headstrong, impulsive and sexually assertive to the … Continue reading

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Movie Review: A Bitter Trans Romance from Pakistan, “Joyland”

The wonder of “Joyland,” Pakistan’s contender for this year’s Best International Feature Oscar, is that such a marvel exists. A more bitter than sweet transgender love triangle romance filmed and set in the Muslim world? How could this be? Director … Continue reading

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