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Radically different visions Gerald Loftus returns with his take on an EFA winner… The Germans have entitled it Warten auf Couscous, the original title is La graine et le mulet and it is known as The Secret of the Grain to the anglophone world. Yes, couscous does feature prominently in the film, but that is like saying [...] [photopress:Kelly.jpg,thumb,alignleft] The past is another country… Felix Van Groeningen (Steve+Sky (2004)) brings a determinedly unsentimental perspective to this tale of friends reunited. Arne Sierens’s screenplay portrays the lives of a disparate group of college friends grown older but not necessarily wiser that are disrupted by the reappearance of one of their number, Zwarte Kelly (Wine Dierickx), [...] [photopress:summerhours.jpg,thumb,alignleft] Family matters Olivier Assayas, who made the fascinating (and underrated) demonlover (2002), analyzes the emotional angst that is the dividend of choosing between nostalgic attachment and financial gain, in this somewhat clinical but nevertheless engaging study of family dynamics. The sudden passing of family matriarch Hélène (Edith Scob) sets her children to confrontation over the painful [...] [photopress:Mesrine.jpg,thumb,alignleft] Vive Mesrine! Let’s face it – no one does Real McCoy, well-’ard gangster flicks like we Europeans. Of course, Stateside, you can cite Scorsese’s Goodfellas (1990) or Casino (1995) and, at a pinch, Coppolla’s The Godfather (1972) but sorry, when it comes to what violence, fear of violence and callous characterizations are really all about, [...] [photopress:Lorna_1.jpg,thumb,alignleft] As promised in our recent article on the European Parliament LUX Cinema Prize, we begin our assessment of the three films up for the gong. A review of Občan Havel (2008) will follow on Picturenose presently, and you can check out Delta (2008) on our sister site, European Film Awards Reviews… Belgian director brothers Jean-Pierre and Luc [...] [photopress:diner_1.jpg,thumb,alignleft]Fools gold Another one that I’ve been meaning to immortalize on Picturenose for some time – no word of a lie, this is among the funniest films ever made and its hilarity is in large part due to the fact that it is in French, rather than in spite of it. Not interested? Allow me to [...] |
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