Category 2020

Greyhound

The strong points of the film are...

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The Devil All the Time

In Knockemstiff, Ohio and the surrounding woods, sinister characters – an unfaithful priest (Robert Pattinson), a perverted couple (Jason Clarke and Riley Keough) and a corrupt sheriff (Sebastian Stan) – revolve around young Arvin Russell (Tom Holland). while he faces evil forces that threaten him and his family. The Devil, directed by Antonio Campos, always spans the period between World War II and the Vietnam War and paints a seductive and frightening picture of the eternal struggle between the honest and the corrupt...

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Palm Springs

Palm Springs is looking for an unlucky man who is forced to relive the same day in his life when he attends a friend’s wedding...

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Never Rarely Sometimes Always

The story of two teenage girls from rural Pennsylvania who travel to New York City for medical help after one of them gets an unwanted pregnancy...

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Spinning Out

At the end of December, as I was reviewing dozens of Netflix-ready titles in January, I was writing about Spinning Out that it would be the syrup portion of the month, but that it could be a little more than that. And it really is...

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Kalifat

If you watch series like Homeland or Tom Clancy’s Jack Ryan, the fate of the world is always on the shoulders of a secret agent whose intuition and dedication go against the plans of the most arrogant terrorists in the world. The series Caliphate / Kalifat, released a few days ago on Netflix, brings the genre to Europe, washes it somewhat of the sins of the white savior perspective and focuses on telephone communication between a young mother in Syria and the Swedish policewoman to whom she betrays her terrorist husband...

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The Broken Hearts Gallery

Sometimes we keep in our souls and drawers memories of previous relationships, but what happens when this collection haunts us and thus prevents us from healing our wounds and opening our hearts to new relationships...

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Honest Thief

An honest thief is the story of an old bank robber who wants to surrender because … he fell in love...

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The Truth

“The Truth” tells the story of a diva who has all the love and admiration of men, but who has a complicated relationship with her own daughter. When Fabienne (Catherine Deneuve) publishes her memoirs, Lumir (Juliette Binoche) returns from New York to Paris with her husband (Ethan Hawke) and her child...

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Queen of Hearts

Anne has a successful law firm and, with an uncompromising approach, wins many cases with child or adolescent victims. The happy life with her husband Peter and their twin daughters is challenging when Gustav, Peter’s rebellious son from a previous marriage, moves into their home. If Peter has difficulty getting close to the estranged son, things are not the same with Anne, who is used to difficult minors and quickly finds a way to communicate with Gustav. Their relationship evolves and, when Anne seduces the boy, she endangers her career and family...

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