Lou has a bunch of problems. Problems with women. Problems with the law. Too many murders begin to accumulate in the jurisdiction of his small Texas town. And most importantly, Lou is a killer, sadist and psychopath. When suspicions begin to weigh on him, he is left with not a lot of time before being […]
[CRITICAL] THE KINDERGARTEN TEACHER
THE KINDERGARTEN TEACHER, presented at Sundance in US Dramatic Competition is a moving film that evokes a subtle awakening to the art and to the beauty and the limits of education between parents and teachers. Passionate about his work as a teacher in a kindergarten, Lisa (Maggie Gyllenhaal) teaches all the possible ways : the […]
[CRITICAL] THE LOOK OF SILENCE
Les to testimonies collected by Joshua Oppenheimer hit first by their excessiveness. And then, one comes to grasp the magnitude : this evidence is comparable to the films shown during the Nuremberg trials to condemn the crimes against Humanity undertaken by the Nazis. In 1965, the indonesian army takes advantage of the confrontation between the […]
[critical] The Loved Ones
[CRITICAL] THE MEND
It gives off a feeling of strangeness, of blur, the output of THE MEND, the first feature film from director John Magary. Indeed, the vision of the work, emerges both a sense of déjà-vu (characters new yorkers who pose existential questions) and at the same time, there is an originality that leaves us quite perplexed […]
[critical] THE MIRROR
On cannot be repeated enough : to make a good horror film, it is necessary to first find the object on which to focus the anxieties of the spectators. By becoming THE MIRROR for its French release, the friendly OCULUS already gives away what will be the object chosen to attract and catalyze all the […]
[critical] The Murderer
Yanji, a chinese city of the Prefecture of Yanbian, wedged between North Korea and Russia, which are home to some 800 000 Chinese-koreans known as the “Joseon-Jok.” 50% of this population lives in illegal activity. Gu-nam, a taxi driver, leads a miserable life. Since six months he is without news from his wife, part in […]