Sometimes you watch a movie were every piece comes together so cohesively that you realize you're experiencing something only found in or achieved through cinema.
This is easily my favorite Gilliam movie of the few I've seen and it's one of the most fantastic movies Ive seen. It's probably a must watch.
Two things I didn't know before watching this movie: 1. It's a Christmas movie and 2. I need a terrorist baddie like Jill in my life.
It’s a shame that Varda is a forgotten director in the French New Wave when it first started, because so many important elements in the movement are here.
Genre blending and manipulation, a poetic understanding of film, and many other important features are on display in movies that, like others in this new wave, feel timeless.
Varda weaves together three stories, though the one about the cats is more abstract. However, the relationships are similar in that they occur between…
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Marshal Curly: “I’ll buy you a drink”
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As with her previous work, Akerman focuses on the interior of her characters, but this film, arguably, has more themes surrounding it than previous ones. In "Les rendez-vous d’Anna", Akerman balances multiple themes such as migration, longing, gender, and more to compose a complex image of Europe where the shadow of World War II looms. Interestingly, she has created a historical film that subtlety shows you how Europe and it's people are rebuilding (or trying to) without explicitly mentioning the…
