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Tag Archives: foreign-language films
Godzilla (1954)
Sixty years. That’s how long the big guy has been stomping around. There was a new American version released this year which seems to have done reasonably well, but it all began back in 1954, with a film made in … Continue reading
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Tagged 1950s, 4 Stars, Akihiko Hirata, Akira Takarada, foreign-language films, Godzilla, Gojira, Ishirô Honda, Momoko Kôchi, movies, reviews, Takashi Shimura
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Thale
It’s not hard to see why so many websites (IMDb and Hulu included) classify Thale as a horror movie. It involves strange creatures, and it opens up with a bloody, gory mess. But that opener aside, this is a movie … Continue reading
Posted in Movie Reviews
Tagged 2010s, 4 Stars, Aleksander Nordaas, Erlend Nervold, foreign-language films, Jon Sigve Skard, movies, reviews, Silje Reinåmo, Thale
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Run, Lola, Run
Run, Lola, Run — released in its original German as Lola Rennt — is a 1998 film directed by Tom Tykwer. It takes an experimental approach to both storytelling and filmmaking, and while some of the experiments don’t entirely pan … Continue reading
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Tagged 1990s, 4 Stars, foreign-language films, Franka Potente, Herbert Knaup, Lola Rennt, Moritz Bleibtreu, movies, Nina Petri, reviews, Run Lola Run, Tom Tykwer
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Z
As a movie reviewer, there are few things more galling than to have to admit that, having watched a film, you didn’t entirely get it. That you could see something of merit there, but that it didn’t speak to you … Continue reading
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Tagged 1960s, 3 Stars, Costa-Gavras, foreign-language films, Jacques Perrin, Jean-Louis Trintignant, Marcel Bozzuffi, movies, reviews, Yves Montand, Z
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Oldboy (2003)
I have to confess, I had not previously seen any examples of Korean cinema. And indeed, had I merely stumbled across Chan-wook Park’s Oldboy blindly, I might have thought the premise sounded moderately interesting, but I may still have passed … Continue reading
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Tagged 2000s, 4 Stars, Chan-wook Park, foreign-language films, Hye-jeong Kang, Ji-tae Yu, Min-sik Choi, movies, Oldboy, reviews
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Croissant de Triomphe
I subscribe to Disney Movie Rewards, as a means to ever-so-painfully-slowly work my way towards free movies from buying DVDs and movie tickets, and as part of this they also send me regular emails regarding other Disney related ephemera. Most … Continue reading
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Tagged 2010s, 4 Stars, Bret Iwan, Croissant de Triomphe, Disney, foreign-language films, Mickey Mouse, movies, Paul Rudish, reviews, Russi Taylor, short films, Tress MacNeille
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Solaris (1972)
When I decided to watch Solaris, I knew only a handful of things about it. I knew that it was from 1972, and had been remade in 2002, as an American film starring George Clooney. I knew that it was … Continue reading
The Seventh Seal
Even if you have never seen The Seventh Seal, you are familiar with the key scene. It’s been homaged, referenced, and parodied dozens, even hundreds of times since the film came out in 1957. The knight playing chess with Death … Continue reading
M
Fritz Lang’s 1931 film M is considered by many to be a classic example of film noir. It’s made it into a few top 100 lists (including being #50 on IMDb), and is cited as being a major influence on … Continue reading
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Tagged 1930s, 5 Stars, foreign-language films, Friedrich Gnaß, Fritz Lang, Gustaf Gründgens, M, movies, Otto Wernicke, Peter Lorre, reviews, Rudolf Blümner, Theodor Loos
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The Illusionist (2010)
The Illusionist is a film I’ve been looking forward to seeing since I first heard about it. An animated feature, it was directed by Sylvain Chomet, who also directed The Triplets of Belleville, which I had seen and found hilarious. … Continue reading
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Tagged 2010s, 5 Stars, foreign-language films, Illusionist, Jacques Tati, movies, reviews, silent films, Sylvain Chomet
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