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Movie criticism (mostly foreign films, documentaries and independents: big Hollywood product hardly needs more marketing), very occasional interviews from James van Maanen, now 80 years old, who began his late-career movie reviewing for GreenCine, then took the big blog step over a decade ago. He covers new movies, video releases, and occasional streaming choices. You can reach him at JamesvanMaanen@gmail.com

Showing posts with label dark fairy tale movies. Show all posts
Showing posts with label dark fairy tale movies. Show all posts
Tuesday, April 10, 2018

A dark, mythic, mysterious "coming-of-age" in Fritz Böhm and Florian Eder's WILDLING

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That unusual little actress Bel Powley (of  Diary of a Teenage Girl ) does another memorable turn as the lead and titular heroine of a ...
Sunday, January 29, 2017

The Little (Sexy, Naughty) Mermaid and her sister show up in Agnieszka Smoczynska's genre-blending THE LURE

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Whew! What to make of THE LURE , the new Polish movie from director Agnieszka Smoczynska and writer Robert Bolesto  that my spouse insi...
Tuesday, April 19, 2016

In the dark, delicious fairy TALE OF TALES, Matteo Garrone comes through once again

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Are you a fan of the kind of fairy tales that don't have a Disney happy ending but rather explore the darker recesses of human natu...
Saturday, December 8, 2012

SCN opens with Pablo Berger's (and Spain's Oscar-entry) BLANCANIEVES

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A much more genuine "silent film" (if that's what you want) than last year's The Artist , Spain's entry into the Be...
Monday, March 22, 2010

Breillat's BLUEBEARD: the expected -- and then some

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On the face of it, there is little question why famous French moviemaker Catherine Breillat (shown below) would take her stab at adapting ...
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