In praise of the 1980 Western fiasco
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The Film(s): “Unflinching” is the best word to describe the work of filmmaker Michael Haneke. In topic, tone and technique, he is consistently unflinching, a clear-eyed social commentator who is
Spanish director Pedro Almodovar, 74, was clearly over the moon when his new feature, The Room Next Door, won this year’s Golden Lion at the Venice Film Festival. It represents
5.5
… a really slight and under-written affair, and never approaches the quasi-Zen sublimity or artfulness its makers evidently intended.
...tiptoes elegantly between farce and an account of a crime passionnel with plenty of delicious red herrings along the way.
… incongruous mixture of social realism and impressionist vignettes… an ode to nature that is often hauntingly beautiful and diaphanous, leading us to contemplate how easily we disconnect from beings
… a gem that glitters like the trimmings on a gown.