WARNING: Movie spoilers ahead. Last week I blogged on the need for foreshadowing in novels to help the reader (more specifically, me) follow along on the journey. Commenters had other points of view, and one specifically mentioned the films by … Continue reading →
Last week, hubby and I were watching a French film – Moliére. It was an amazing movie about the playwright, done in the style of Shakespeare in Love. In the film, Moliére and his troupe are famous, summoned to Paris … Continue reading →
This is a Norwegian movie, that starts up with a Blair Witch setup: Young folk, in the middle of nowhere, with a hand-held camera bite off more than they can chew. Even the beginning, with the scrolling tale of how … Continue reading →
Yeah. It’s that little known movie with Hugh Jackman that follows three parallel story lines in a metaphysical tale of life, death, and rebirth. Jackman plays a research scientist, desperately trying to find a cure for his wife’s terminal brain … Continue reading →
How could I resist a French film about a clown and cannibals in a dystopian 1940’s setting? Delicatessen was vaguely horror, vaguely humor, and vaguely Steampunk without the gears. Louison, a former clown, is desperate for employment. He answers an … Continue reading →