*Anon*’s Film Reviews
202 Films have been rated or reviewed by *Anon*.
Blonde Venus (1932)
Marlene at her most vampish! This 1982 reprocessed print (full screen, Dolby sound) is very good & almost modern in feel. NYC looks good w/out the Twin Towers & with Cary Grant & Dietrich, seductive. A heartbreaking story that doesn't lose it's punch.
Last Night in Soho (2021)
- Outstanding, cleverly plotted & amazingly well–made. Stylish & pacey. Thomasin is just marvellous – perfect! Her mother & gran must be very proud of her. It's about exploitation – very 'Me, too' & rightly so. Scary. Viewing the bonuses is a must.
Secret Defense (1998)
Disappointing even for Rivette enthusiasts, like me. Long, repetitive, & ponderous. Even Sandrine Bonnaire cannot make this sparkle. Rivette should stick to his wonderful "surreal excursions", like "Celine & Julie go Boating"
Fanny Lye Deliver'd (The Delivered) (2019)
Very unusual, beautiful & realistic – except for the sawn wood picket fence in front of the house & barn. Extraordinarily grim, moving and interesting to contemplate the rise of the Quaker Movement. However, this is not a true story. - DVD $29.95
La Ceremonie (Judgement in Stone, A) (1995)- Huppert is brilliant! Bonnaire is a totally illiterate housekeeper & her story is heart–breaking. Very realistic. Totally gripping throughout. Based on a Ruth Rendell novel. Extra with the genius Chabrol is a lot of fun!
Intimate Strangers (Confidences trop intimes) (2004)- An intriguing plot, rather funny! Never a dull moment. Very well–acted and clever. Recommended.
Loulou (1980)- Depardieu & Huppert are geniuses in this noisy fun film. In an 'EXTRA' Huppert praises the great naturalism if Pialat's movies. "The unfolding of time is very unequal", she says & his films avoid labels and stereotypes. Pialat's films are unique.
County, The (2020)- Everyday life on an Icelandic farm in midwinter. We need brave 'Ingas' in NZ to battle the banks, supermarkets, and electricity companies. Quiet but powerful movie. When I visited, Eskifjordur was 550 km E. of Reykjavik, though it looked much the same.
- DVD $29.95
Light, The (L'Équipier) (2004)- Complex plot subtly explores the verges of deep love & deep pain very convincingly. Sandrine Bonnaire is outstanding with her nuanced passion, as always. Very spectacular landscape & fine camerawork on Ile d'Ouessant off the western tip of Brittany.
Stephen Fry and the Gutenberg Press (2009)- Complex – does not oversimplify the process but presents in an interesting way. Fry & Co assemble amazingly sophisticated engineering to replicate the original, lost for 500 years. Limits of vellum vs. paper well–explained.
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