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Shabd
I found this film is very unlike the usual Bollywood offers, that was a subtle study of the relationship, namely that of an author and the protagonists of his novel. He uses his wife to inspire the plot of his novel, which is where the lines between reality and fantasy becomes blurred. The fiction [...]
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Yossi And Jagger
One of the best gay-themed films I’ve seen, if only a little over an hour. A good story well told, with excellent performances and characters as real people.
A familiar enough scenario, with two gay lovers, a glamorous and happy with their sexuality, and the other more troubled and reluctant to open to [...] -
Pierrepoint -The Last Hangman
Ok its on Britain s last executioner, how he came to his profession after a lot of hard thinking, even those who were the work of the family for generations. It was considered very private and very professional job, but had to be done well and with dignity. Once someone hung that they had [...]
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Schindler’s List
I was very skeptical about seeing this movie, everyone is always raving ‘must see Schindler’s List, the most impressive film ever’ and be honest now I can see where they came from. I do not cry often at the end of films but this one really got into my head, just the realization that [...]
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Le Paltoquet
The nearest English translation of ‘Le Paltouquet’ is ‘entity’, which is a reference to one of the characters in this intriguing extrapolation of a French play. At first it sounds too stageY, but half hour the film, the story expands outward in a deconstruction of an intriguing standard thriller, but instead of a [...]
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Divine Intervention
This film is a surreal attempt to explore the Israeli-Palestinian conflict from the Palestinian viewpoint. We liked the way the problems that gave away a very human face. It is a slow moving dark comedy-cum-drama centered around freely Israeli checkpoints.
The main character’s love in some way beyond this, however and we have [...]