I really liked this! I really love the dry Austrian humour, beautifully underplayed to maximum effect. Andrea is a cop in a sleepy little town in the Austrian countryside where nothing ever happens, but things are looking up! She just got a big promotion to detective, which will involve moving to a more lively city,…
That was chronic. The Water is about a teenager living in a small superstitious village in Spain. The local river is said to fall in love with women and carry them off in floods. The women ‘get water inside them’ which calls them to the river. Ana, the main character belongs to a family of…
Another one for the all cops are bastards file. Prison 77 is a fictionalised story based on the real events that took place in Spain during the transition from fascism to democracy. With the prospect of amnesty for political prisoners on the horizon, the ordinary prisoners demand it cover them as well. After all, what…
The Man Standing Next is about the 40 days leading up to the overthrow of President Park of South Korea in 1979. This is some straight-up slick 70s spy shit right here. If you like John le Carre, this will be right up your street. I have to admit, I’m completely ignorant about South Korean…
A pretentious arsehole actor meets a woman on a bridge with actual real problems. The film starts with Jihoon’s long-suffering girlfriend dumping him, like the woman of sense she is. After a decade in a relationship together, he has no intention of marrying her, or concern about contributing financially. He is an act-tor don’t you…
Voice of Silence is a comedy crime caper about a mute guy, Tae-in, and his pal who get lumbered with a wean that is being held hostage as part of a kidnapping. Tae-in is not a bad guy, he’s just working for the only business employing in the area, namely a crime family. Usually he…
South Korean samurai movie. Go-hor-geous! A full on eyegasm. From the opening title sequence, I was every kind of Here For It. Kingsguard Tae-yul is unable to stop the deposition of his king, but spirits his daughter away into the mountains, out of harm’s way. Raising her as his own, they live in peace, until…
What a lovely way to start of your day, with Dive: Rituals in Water. It is a documentary about Snorri, an Icelandic swimming instructor. He started out teaching adults with developmental and co-ordination challenges, and then went on to open the nation’s first baby swim class. What he learnt was just fascinating, teaching babies a…
The Third Marriage is a movie about how we fall in love with our friends. Martin is an old grumpy gay guy left bankrupt by the death of his husband. Tamara is an African migrant who needs to marry for a visa. A deal is done and they shack up to prove the validity of…
For A Happy Life is about love overcoming the insurmountable problem of one person not being Pakistani. An Algerian lass is in love with a Pakistani boy, whose parents are determined to marry him off to his cousin. The movie follows the unbelievable shitshow fallout of them struggling to be together.