The Roxy Theatre in 1927
Monday, 5 December 2016
The Condemned (2007)
A death row prisoner is "purchased" by a wealthy television producer and taken to a desolate island where he must fight to the death against nine other condemned killers from all corners of the world, with freedom going to the sole survivor.
OK actioner with a moral message stuck on top of it to justify the constant succession of violent combats.
Maltin BOMB: "Reprehensible exploitation film disguised as a morality play, it titillates its audience with a constant stream of brutal violence, then attacks people who find violence entertaining and turn it into a commodity."
Diplomatie (2014)
A historical drama that depicts the relationship between Dietrich von
Choltitz, the German military governor of occupied Paris, and Swedish
consul-general Raoul Nordling.
Stage-struck adaptation of a play has a good cast and is well-intentioned, but is obviously aimed for educational screenings at schools than for a cinema.
Sunday, 4 December 2016
Lost Highway (1997)
After a bizarre encounter at a party, a jazz saxophonist is framed for the murder of his wife and sent to prison, where he inexplicably morphs into a young mechanic and begins leading a new life.
A wonderful Noir dream adding more facets to the Lynch universe and leaving the audience even more puzzled than ever before.
On renewed viewing: It's fascinating to see that Lynch has every aspect of this tale (images, sound, characters) tightly knit into his vision, which sets reality and phantasm into a dreamlike loop.
Halliwell*: "An exploration of four characters in search of each other that leaves them, and the audience, too often stranded in limbo."
Saturday, 3 December 2016
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