In the near future, the sun has become so toxic that people can no longer leave their houses in daytime, and normal life is conducted mostly inside the virtual realm. Against this dystopian backdrop, a dying man seeks to ensure the future wellbeing of his family, while coping with what…
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ALL I SEE IS YOU **** USA / Thailand 2016 Dir: Marc Forster. 109 mins Tagline: An Obsessive Love Story. It seems like many critics really had a dislike to this film, but I am all about swimming against the tide. This film, while far from perfect, still manages to…
THE TUNNEL (a.k.a. Tunnelen) *** Norway 2019 Dir: Pål Øie. 105 mins Tagline: “Two roads in – no way out”. I reckon that Norwegian cinema is a decade or two behind American cinema, because we have already endured a series of disaster films previously in the 1970’s. Various reviews have…
I AM REN *** Poland. 2019. Dir: Piotr Ryczko. 75 mins Hack attacks on large companies, institutions; even countries, are part of organized warfare. The idea of how to deal with everyday tech is dealt with astonishing melancholia in the Polish film I AM REN (2019), also known as JESTEM…
STRAY **** Russia 2019 Dir: Olga Gorodetskaya. 90 mins The ‘Evil Child’ subgenre is alive and well in the horror film. Unfortunately, we may see more real cases as the pandemic rages, taking a toll on the well-being of the young. Obviously, not to the extent of this film; however,…