The tale of two brothers with serious financial woes. When a third party proposes they turn to crime, things go bad and the two become enemies.
This underrated movie is how I imagine a perfect drama. Nothing is pushed, no crying and shouting, but I was gripped and the finale left the right feeling.
A myriad of outrageous calamities befall an eccentric English clan with more than a few skeletons in its closets, when its patriarch dies an unexpected death. Soon, every complication imaginable befall the grief-stricken mourners.
One of the funniest movies ever. I don’t know if it’s the script itself or that the actors were really up for it, but the result is a smart and…
Forty-year-old Andreas arrives in a strange city with no memory of how he got there. He is presented with a job, an apartment – even a wife. But before long, Andreas notices that something is wrong. Andreas makes an attempt to escape the city, but he discovers there’s no way out. Andreas meets Hugo, who has found a crack in a wall in his cellar. Beautiful music streams out from the crack. Maybe it leads […]
A heavily philosophical black comedy. You still with me? OK. Shown in a cold Scandinavian style and slow pace, this might be boring, but it’s all about style and idea.…
Jean-Baptiste Grenouille, born in the stench of 18th century Paris, develops a superior olfactory sense, which he uses to create the world’s finest perfumes. However, his work takes a dark turn as he tries to preserve scents in the search for the ultimate perfume.
We had a smart and a bit weird Christianity teacher, who played this movie during a lesson. Technically, we were just old enough to watch it and should have been…
Living with her tyrannical stepfather in a new home with her pregnant mother, 10-year-old Ofelia feels alone until she explores a decaying labyrinth guarded by a mysterious faun who claims to know her destiny. If she wishes to return to her real father, Ofelia must complete three terrifying tasks.
I was quite young when I saw this in a cinema. Expected an adventure, got a serious drama instead, but even then, I didn’t regret for seeing this movie. I…
A neo-nazi sentenced to community service at a church clashes with the blindly devotional priest.
This film has a lot of great elements of Scandinavian cinema. The director explores important social topics and does it without pushing things, in a minimalist style and with some…
Harold Crick is a lonely IRS agent whose mundane existence is transformed when he hears a mysterious voice narrating his life.
Just like Uncut Gems with Sandler, this is the only movie with Ferrell I loved. It’s well-acted, not empty and has a successful mix of genres that not many movies…
A family loaded with quirky, colorful characters piles into an old van and road trips to California for little Olive to compete in a beauty pageant.
Might be the best family movie I’ve ever seen. Technically, the plot reminds of the weekend’s morning movies, but there’s much more going on here. Seems like the directors and…
Slevin is mistakenly put in the middle of a personal war between the city’s biggest criminal bosses. Under constant watch, Slevin must try not to get killed by an infamous assassin and come up with an idea of how to get out of his current dilemma. A film with many twists and turns.
A master class on how to make an interesting crime movie. It reminds of The Usual Suspects, but it’s too good to care about this. Many crime movies are considered…
Stockholm, the fifties. Though academically bright, violent pupil Erik Ponti is expelled from his state school with the headmaster’s words “there’s only one word for people like you – evil… what you need is a good thrashing, and more”. In fact already Erik frequently receives a ‘good’ thrashing at the hands of his sadistic stepfather – so he is packed off by his mother to boardingschool
A very serious Scandinavian cinema. Young actors perfectly create the atmosphere, and even it’s a sad film, the time passes without noticing. It’s also an effectively provocative movie. I felt…