Posts da categoria: movies

Nebraska (dir. Alexander Payne, 2013) A kind of road trip with an alcoholic/senile father and his estranged son. A very sensitive movie, with wonderful photography, script and incredibly well built characters, amazing actors… of course it didn’t win the Oscars! But I think … Continue lendo →

Café Lumière (Kôhî jikô, dir. Hsiao-hsien Hou, 2003) The movie is a homage to the great Japanese director Yasujirô Ozu and is even more minimalist than the original (if that’s possible). It shows fragments of the life of young Yoko and her friend … Continue lendo →

Deadfall (dir. Stefan Ruzowitzky, 2012) The movie is basically about two brothers on the run after a casino heist. It gets more interesting when you realize that the focus of the movie is not the theft or the suspense, but the … Continue lendo →

I Wish (Kiseki, dir. Hirokazu Koreeda, 2011) It’s a movie with children rather than a children movie, you know? This little japanese gem tells the story of a 12 year old boy who believes that the energy released by two bullet trains … Continue lendo →

Lola Versus (dir. Daryl Wein, 2012) Another young-woman-searching-for-herself movie, that’s so in these days. It’s a nice movie, but I would recommend Frances Ha instead, with the same protagonist (the independent directors favorite Greta Gerwig) and a very similar central plot. The highlight … Continue lendo →