Laura (Paula Beer), a very unhappy looking Laura, opens the film peering over the edge of a bridge staring at the water below. There is no pedestrian walkway on this bridge so she is where she shouldn’t be and as cars speed by with horns blaring my thought is that girl is ready to jumpContinue reading “RKS 2026 EURO Film: “Mirrors No. 3”: Healing Effect of the Intersection of Miseries”
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RKS 2023 Film: “Afire” (Roter Himmel)
The flies buzzing about during the film, the squealing wild pigs, the sky on fire, crispy burnt bodies Pompeii style and repeated helicopters flying overhead had me thinking of “Apocalypse Now” and “Lord of the Flies” and of course of the wildfires burning in abundance here in Canada. Director Christian Petzold, please forgive my metaphoricalContinue reading “RKS 2023 Film: “Afire” (Roter Himmel)”
“Undine”: A German Wet and Wonderful Mythological Romantic Film Winner
I have seen some awfully good German films in the past few years and I will count “Undine” amongst one of them. It reminded me of “Shape of Water” due to the mysticism of both those films. However there is some real lore in “Undine”. According to European mythology Undine is a water nymph whoContinue reading ““Undine”: A German Wet and Wonderful Mythological Romantic Film Winner”
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