Solaris
USA 2002 (99′)- Dir.: Steven Soderbergh. With George Clooney, Natasha McElhrone, Viola Davis, Jeremy Davies. Official site A love story dressed up as a science fiction film.
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Schott's Misc.
In an era before the Internet and Cable Television, people had encyclopedias to learn about things. It’s not even that long ago. I had one in my children’s bedroom. I read in it before going to sleep, and the fun was to discover subjects you never heard about. It was the smell of the paper,…
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War?
Last week I read an article in one of my favourite newspapers, The New York Times, about the different views of the media in Europe and the US on the conflict in Iraq. The article, which was titled The Great Divide, and written by Paul Krugman was interesting, yet did not quite explain why there…
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CQ
USA/LUX/FR 2001 (88′)- Dir.: Roman Coppola. With Jeremy Davies, Angela Lindvall, Elodie Bouchez, Billy Zane. | My rating: | Official site The setting is Paris in 1969. The styling is well done. And the story is a little farfetched but nevertheless entertaining. CQ is a film about a filmmaker who makes a film about himself,…
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Cavale
Cavale FR/BEL 2002 (111′)- Dir.: Lucas Belvaux. With Lucas Belvaux, Cathérine Frot, Dominique Blanc, Ornella Muti. My rating: | Official site | Cavale (‘Escape’) is the second part of a strange trilogy, the other two being Un couple épatant and Après la vie. Every film is an independent story, although most of the actors appear…
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Never Chick Out
Bond is back, but in a slightly different way then you might expect. This time the superhero is played by a Dutchy and the episode is called ‘Never Chick Out’. The film is produced, written and directed by Arjen van Lith. Say goodbye to Brosnan or Connery, because here is the very impressive Oscar Haffmans,…
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Gangs of New York
Gangs of New York USA/IT/GER/NL 2002 (168′)- Dir.: Martin Scorsese. With Leonardo Dicaprio, Daniel Day-Lewis, Cameron Diaz. My rating: | Official site | Gangs of New York is probably the most talked about film of the last year. Producer Weinstein and director Scorcese had some troubles together. Miramax took a huge risk by financing this…
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The Dancer Upstairs
SP 2002 (133′)- Dir.: John Malkovich. With Javier Bardem, Laura Morante, Juan Diego Botto. | My rating: | Official site Rejas (Javier Bardem) is a former lawyer turned policeman in a non-descript South-American country. His assignment is to find the terrorist ‘President Ezekiel’, a philosophy professor, who seems to be everywhere. Rejas is married to…
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Novo
FR 2002 (98′) – Dir.: Jean-Pierre Limosin. With Edouarda Noriega, Anna Mouglalis, Nathalie Richard, Paz Vega. | Official site | Anna Mouglalis | Edouardo Noriega | Due to a shock Graham/Pablo only disposes of a very term memory. Since love mainly consists of memories he can’t fall in love with the girl that falls in…
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Un couple épatant
FR 2002 (97′)- Dir.: Lucas Belvaux. With Ornella Muti, François Morel, Dominique Blanc, Gilbert Melki. Un couple épatant tells the story of a hypochondria who is so stressed out that he makes up a whole conspiracy theory. He constantly changes is last will, nervously spoken into a dictaphone. His wife Cécile is convinced he has…
