Thursday, 23 May 2019

Conte de printemps (1990)



An introverted young girl just reaching adulthood takes a liking to an older woman who she meets at a party and determines to match her off with her father.

Charming tale of friendship, attraction and relationships in the director's typical style of unagitated observation.

Halliwell**: "Witty, sophisticated comedy of manners."

Ellen Page


New acquisition: Call Me by Your Name (2017)


Mélanie Laurent

Toivon tuolla puolen (2017)



A poker-playing restaurateur and former traveling salesman befriends a group of refugees newly arrived to Finland.

Excellent personal refugee drama with relevant political implications wins with the director's typically dark style of dreary environments and his deadpan, but highly humane humor.


Tuesday, 21 May 2019

Letty Lynton (1932)


(ph: George Hurrell)

Our Kind of Traitor (2016)



A couple finds themselves lured into a Russian oligarch's plans to defect, and are soon positioned between the Russian Mafia and the British Secret Service, neither of whom they can trust.

Solid and entertaining spy thriller with a good ensemble manages to hold our attention without overdoing the action sequences.


The 39 Steps (1935)


Gunslinger (1956)



After her husband is gunned down, a woman takes his place temporarily as Marshal of a small Western town.

Unusual and interesting, but not really good Western sets a tough woman in its center.

Maltin*1/2: "Strange little Western..." 

Caroline Munro