Heidi Val 🌔

Heidi Val 🌔

Favorite films

  • Midnight in Paris
  • My Fair Lady
  • Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
  • The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring

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  • Conclave

    ★★★★★

  • Beetlejuice Beetlejuice

    ★★★★

  • There's Still Tomorrow

    ★★★★★

  • Challengers

    ★★★★★

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  • Beetlejuice Beetlejuice

    Beetlejuice Beetlejuice

    ★★★★

    Tim is Tim, the Master of Spookyness, no matter whether he does actual horror like in Sleepy Hollow (still making me shudder even a few years after watching it) or a more playful/comedic one like with the Beetlejuice series - and he still managed to put some dark pieces/surprise scenes in this one too. Definitely good to see right in time for Halloween😉🦇. Also, I particularly liked the opening scene which, accompanied by the soundtrack along with the dark fog and the countryside around, really gives these mystical anglosaxon small town vibes.

  • The Palace

    The Palace

    ★★★★½

    "Has everyone in this hotel gotten insane?"

    Exquisite comedy and satire by Roman Polanski about the glitz and glamour (and the "bubble" quite of the super rich people seem to live in) in a remote hotel in the Swiss Alps, on top of it set during the countdown to the new Millennium (aka New Year's Eve 1999). I have to say, I enjoyed it (and it overall managed to give some laughs to the audience in the room) and I…

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  • I Am Not What I Am - The Tragedy of Othello by W. Shakespeare

    I Am Not What I Am - The Tragedy of Othello by W. Shakespeare

    ★★★½

    A modern adaption of the well-known tragedy of William Shakespeare, choosing the 2000s Rome and a clan/gang milieu as a setting. Director Edoardo Leo also takes on superbly the role of Iago and, as dictated by Shakespeare, there's sadly no happy ending in this story - and most of all there's no winner among the three main characters Otello, Desdemona and Iago. Nevertheless, some much-discussed topics still to be resolved today, including female oppression, managed to shine through even through…