15 Dec 10 Director: Robert Altman USA 2006 105 min The final film by the great Robert Altman, A Prairie Home Companion is the big screen adaption of Garison Keillor’s radio show. The film showcases plenty of the director’s strengths: it’s got a gigantic cast and plenty of quirky acting and dialogue. Much like the… Continue reading A Prairie Home Companion
Category: Film season 2010-2011
Frozen River
19 Jan 11 Director: Courtney Hunt USA 2008 97 min Ray (Melissa Leo) will do anything for her children – even bending the law. Underfed, underpaid and virtually unemployed, we join her as her no-good husband disappears to Atlantic City with the final payment for her dream mobile home. Teetering on a financial precipice, Ray,… Continue reading Frozen River
4 luni, 3 săptămâni ş i 2 zile – 4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days
16 Feb 11 Director: Christian Mungiu Romania 2008 113 min Mungiu’s excruciatingly intense drama is set in Bucharest, in 1987, a time when abortion was outlawed. A young college student, Gabita, finds herself pregnant and in big trouble. Unsure of what to do, she turns to her roommate, Otilia, for help. The women meet Mr… Continue reading 4 luni, 3 săptămâni ş i 2 zile – 4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days
El Secreto de sus Ojos – The Secret In Their Eyes
02 Mar 11 Director: Juan José Campanella Argentina 2009 127 min Separated by time and circumstance, retired criminal-court employee Benjamín (Ricardo Darín) and his former superior (and unrequited love), Irene (Soledad Villamil), revisit an unresolved case from years before. It’s a lurid tale of a woman raped and murdered, a doting husband who wanted revenge… Continue reading El Secreto de sus Ojos – The Secret In Their Eyes