Posts with the tag 'Foreign'
KNIFE+HEART- 2019. Synopsis by Netflix. “Paris, Summer 1979. Anne (French pop star Vanessa Paradis) produces third-rate gay porn. After her editor and lover Lois leaves her, she tries to win her back by shooting her most ambitious film yet with her trusted, flaming sidekick Archibald. But one of her actors is brutally murdered and Anne gets caught up in a strange investigation that turns her life upside-down.”
3/15/19- Fair reviews from the critics and poor ones from audiences. TRDB.
Tags: drama, Foreign
March 16th, 2019
ICEMAN- 2019. Synopsis by Netflix. “Using the discovery of a Neolithic man’s mummified remains as a jumping-off point, this inventive drama imagines that prehistoric man’s long and perilous quest to exact revenge for the murders that wiped out his tribe.”
3/16/19- Good reviews by the critics and poor ones by audiences. TRDB.
Tags: drama, Foreign
March 16th, 2019
ASH IS PUREST WHITE- 2019. Synopsis by Netflix. “When a young gang attacks her mobster boyfriend, Bin, loyal Qiao uses his illegal gun to save him — landing her in prison for five years. But after she’s released, Qiao finds that Bin has moved on without her, and she sets off to track him down.”
3/15/19- Excellent reviews. TRDB.
7/26/19- Some interesting scenes that I enjoyed but I can’t really recommend this way-too-long Chinese movie. TRDB. Netflix Disc.
Tags: drama, Foreign
March 16th, 2019
3 FACES- 2019. Synopsis by Netflix. “From Iranian director Jafar Panahi — who’s banned from making films in his country — comes this incisive parable that follows a rural girl bent on attending a Tehran drama conservatory despite her hidebound parents’ strong opposition.”
3/8/19- Excellent reviews by the critics and weak ones from audiences. TRDB.
Tags: drama, Foreign
March 9th, 2019
AN ELEPHANT SITTING STILL- 2019. Synopsis by Netflix. “Four intertwining narratives propel this moving drama about a quartet of tortured souls trapped by circumstances and obsessed with reaching the city of Manzhouli, where a mythical elephant sits in indifference to the world’s cruelty.”
3/8/19- Excellent reviews by the critics and fair at best reviews from audiences. TRDB.
Tags: drama, Foreign
March 9th, 2019
CLIMAX- 2019. Synopsis by Netflix. “On the outskirts of Paris, 20 young dancers gather at a closed boarding school for three days of intensive rehearsals. But at the after-party, things descend into chaos when the punch bowl is spiked with LSD.”
3/1/19- Fair reviews from critics and audiences. TRDB.
Tags: drama, Foreign
March 2nd, 2019
WOMAN AT WAR- 2019. Synopsis by Netflix. “Believing that the aluminum industry is destroying the Icelandic environment, middle-aged Halla begins waging a secret eco-war to protect the landscape. But her crusade is interrupted when she gets a chance to fulfill her dream of adopting a child.”
3/1/19- Excellent reviews from all sources. TRDB.
3/15/19- Very different to say the least but interesting and very well acted. I recommend it. TRDB. At the Theater.
Tags: drama, Foreign
March 2nd, 2019
THE BOY WHO HARNESSED THE WIND- 2019. Synopsis by Rotten Tomatoes. “Against all the odds, a thirteen year old boy in Malawi invents an unconventional way to save his family and village from famine. Based on the true story of William Kamkwamba.”
3/1/19- Very good reviews. TRDB.
7/23/20- I liked this movie very much. TRDB. Netflix.
Tags: drama, Foreign
March 1st, 2019
TRANSIT- 2019. Synopsis by Netflix. “As German troops near Paris, concentration camp refugee Georg escapes to Marseille, hoping to board a ship bound for safety by assuming the identity of a dead man whose papers Georg possesses. But things change when he meets a mysterious young woman.”
3/1/19- Excellent reviews. TRDB.
4/23/19- Very well done and I enjoyed it very much. TRDB. At the Theater.
Tags: drama, Foreign
March 1st, 2019
KAILI BLUES- 2019. Synopsis by Rotten Tomatoes. “A stunning, dreamlike debut, KAILI BLUES is about a country doctor’s search for an abandoned child that takes him to a mysterious place where past, present and future become one.”
2/27/19- Excellent reviews by the critics and very good ones by audiences. TRDB.
Tags: drama, Foreign
February 27th, 2019
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