Recently we discussed an Argentine movie called The Secret in their Eyes which won best foreign film at the 2010 Academy awards. Today we jump forward to look at an other Argentine movie which was shortlisted / nominated for the…
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Ida (2013) – Pawel Pawlikowski (Friday’s Finest)
Ida is a Polish movie which won the 2015 Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film. It is set in Poland in 1962. It tells of the story of a young woman is about to take her vows as a…
Loveless (Russia) 2017 – Andrey Zvyagintsev (Friday’s Finest)
Loveless (Nelyubov) is a 2017 Russian film nominated for best Foreign Language Film at the 2018 Oscars. It lost to the Chilean transgender drama A Fantastic Woman. Although I liked the latter, I thought Loveless was deserving of more ‘love’.It…
15/10 – 21/10/19 Springsteen, Madness of the Crowds and Poltergeist
Welcome to Monday’s News on the March – The week that was in my digital world. Seeing ‘Western Stars’ Article by Richard Williams at Thebluemoment: “This is my 19th album,” Bruce Springsteen says towards the beginning of the film Western…
Ordet (1955) – Carl Theodor Dreyer (Friday’s Finest)
Ordet meaning ‘The Word‘ is a 1955 Danish drama film based on a play by Kaj Munk, (a Danish Lutheran priest), first performed in 1932. The film won the Golden Lion at the 16th Venice International Film Festival. This film…
Another Day of Sun (La La Land) – Justin Hurwitz
I concur with Pamela Lowe Saldana at All Things Thriller who wrote in my post – A Lovely Night (La La Land), ‘I think the opening sequence, with all the dancers, entertainers, etc., making the best of the horrid traffic…
Tagged with: Another day of Sun, Choreography, Justin Hurwitz, La La Land
Posted in Movies and TV, Music
Posted in Movies and TV, Music
The Secret in Their Eyes (Argentina 2009) – Juan José Campanella
There is no other movie I recommend more to people than The Secret in Their Eyes (2009). Not to be confused with the abysmal Hollywood rehash starring Julia Roberts, this Argentinian Oscar award Best Foreign Language Film is my favourite…
Tagged with: El secreto de sus ojos, Juan José Campanella, The Secret in Their Eyes
Posted in Movies and TV
Posted in Movies and TV
No Filter Boxing – Wilder vs Fury Fight
This is the best heavyweight fight I have seen in my lifetime. How Fury resurrected after that last round knockdown is anyone’s guess after decimating Wilder with pure boxing for most of the rounds. I think the video below recaptures…
Tagged with: Deontay Wilder, Heavyweight boxing, Muhammad Ali, Tyson Furey, When we were kings
Posted in Movies and TV, Sport and Adventure
Posted in Movies and TV, Sport and Adventure
1/10 – 7/10/19 Spanish-Language Movies, Paul Rudd and Upstream
Welcome to Monday’s News on the March – The week that was in my digital world. Doing Poem by the Intellectual Shaman: We get ambitious until we can’t give things up even though we realize they aren’t for us. We…
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Waterland (1992) – Stephen Gyllenhaal (Friday’s Finest)
Waterland (1992) starring Jeremy Irons is based on Graham Swift’s 1982 book of the same name (shortlisted for the booker award). I’m perplexed why Waterland is so underappreciated (6.6 IMDB, 53% RT) and why it failed at the box office…
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