Eat Pray Love
by Felipe Rosa
Eat Pray Love: no reason to say more than this: shalow and boring. (But it’s always good to listen to Bossa Nova in movies, even if bad ones.)
Categories: Film reviews • Tags: drama, romance
Tag: drama
Brief Encounter
by Felipe Rosa
Brief Encounter: what a beautiful, beautiful movie. David Lean had such a great touch. It’s such a delicate, heart-breaking story, so well acted, so well written (I loved this one line about the sun!). The parallel romance between the station guard and the cafe owner, also seen in moments, is a great addition. Oh, and the use of music and photographic changes! Great stuff!
Categories: Film reviews • Tags: drama, romance, top
Get Low
by Felipe Rosa
Get Low: first of all, what a wonderful group of actors. In addition to that, the themes resonate: human contact, the fear of the truth about oneself as well as that such truth will remain hidden, self-forgiveness. Wonderful little movie!
Categories: Film reviews • Tags: drama
Black Orpheus
by Felipe Rosa
Black Orpheus: a beautiful, tragic story, as is expected from its Greek mythology source. The soundtrack is, obviously, wonderful, as are the visuals. Other than that, however, I can’t say I liked the movie much. It felt too much like a travelogue to Old Rio during Carnaval, at most times.
Categories: Film reviews • Tags: drama
The Kids Are All Right
by Felipe Rosa
The Kids Are All Right: nice movie. Good acting by everyone involved, the story was interesting. It’s not “about” homosexuality, as some would like to make us believe, but about people. I liked the road chosen at the end: it confirms what the focus of the movie was.
Categories: Film reviews • Tags: comedy, drama
Drunken Angel
by Felipe Rosa
Drunken Angel: I was able to appreciate it more than like it. I’m always impressed by how well Kurosawa navigates in different genres. But maybe today was not the best way to watch it: I needed something else, I don’t know what yet.
Categories: Film reviews • Tags: drama
Io Sono L’Amore
by Felipe Rosa
Io Sono L’Amore: beautiful movie, the old-fashioned look and feel works greatly for it, from the credits to the shots. It sometimes lingers a bit too long on its beautiful images. I can’t help but love that it deals with a traditional Italian family coping with the realities of a changed today. Its blueprint is one of my favorite movies.
Categories: Film reviews • Tags: drama
Edward Scissorhands
by Felipe Rosa
Edward Scissorhands: a cute fable, but a little too light from a story point of view. The atmosphere is nice, the film has a nice, fable-y look, Depp is fascinating, but I still felt something was missing.
Categories: Film reviews • Tags: drama, fantasy
Winter’s Bone
by Felipe Rosa
Winter’s Bone: very powerful stuff, up until the very end. Trying not to spoil too much, too many pieces fall in place. But Jennifer Lawrence is superb, and John Hawkes is great as usual.
Categories: Film reviews • Tags: drama
