Tag: Film Review
Nothing to Laugh About [Ingenting å le av] — Scandinavian film Festival 2022
Review by John P. Harvey. Having, as he puts it, stopped paying attention to life and his part in it, ...
[Film review] Official Competition [Competencia oficial]
Review by John P. Harvey. On his 80th birthday, tycoon Humberto Suárez (José Luis Gómez) realises that he would like ...
Margrete — Queen of the North [Margrete den første] — Scandinavian Film Festival 2022
Review by John P. Harvey. The year is 1402. It is 15 years since Denmark’s Queen Margrete (Trine Dyrholm) gave ...
[Film review] Haute Couture
Review by Michele E. Hawkins. Esther (Nathalie Baye) has been head seamstress at Dior’s Avenue Montaigne workshop for many years ...
70 Is Just a Number [70 on vain numero] — Scandinavian Film Festival 2022
Review by Michele E. Hawkins. Seija Kuula (Hannele Lauri) is a former Eurovision contestant who, at almost 70, continues to ...
[Film review] The Kitchen Brigade [La brigade]
Review by Michele E. Hawkins. Cathy (Audrey Lamy) is a brilliant sous chef in the kitchen of the famous Lyna ...
The Forger [Der Passfälscher] — German Film Festival
Review by John P. Harvey. Samson “Cioma” Schönhaus (Louis Hofmann) is under threat in Nazi Germany. His Jewish parents and ...
Risks & Side Effects [Risiken & Nebenwirkungen] — German Film Festival 2022
Review by John P. Harvey. Kathrin (Inka Friedrich) learns that the reason she has been tired of late is that ...
It’s Just a Phase, Honey [Es ist nur eine Phase, Hase] — German Film Festival 2022
Review by John P. Harvey. In their younger days, Paul (Christoph Maria Herbst), now a successful author, and Emilia (Christiane ...
[Film review] How to Please a Woman
Review by John P. Harvey. In How to Please a Woman, Sally Phillips plays Gina, whose otherwise unremarkable 50th birthday ...