45 Years

– The low lighted but chilling performance of Charlotte Rambling in the role of the insecure wife haunted by ghosts of the past. – The parallelism of the attic as a place that hides a human’s fears. It might not be a real monster hidden in there, but a dark secret of the past can…

Queen of the Desert

– The magnificent landscape shots of the vast desert, as Werner Herzog could not help it but include some documentary like footage in his feature film. The only thing missing there was his smooth narrating voice. – Nicole Kidman was given the burden of the whole film upon her shoulders and she absolutely nailed it…

Taxi

– The comforting feeling that despite the house arrest and the 20 years ban of shooting films that Jafar Panahi was sentenced to by the Iranian government, he always finds the way to bend the rules and expand the borders of the cinematic medium with new films. – However this film merely achieves to capture…