Label: Movie review
The «Joker», as disturbing as it is breathtaking
Todd Phillips« »The Joker" tells the story of Arthur Fleck's gradual fall into the abyss of madness. Joaquin Phoenix splendidly embodies the role of one of the most complex characters in the DC Comics universe.
«Portrait de la jeune fille en feu»: Eurydice in abyss
Céline Sciamma's latest film, which won an award at Cannes for its screenplay, depicts the encounter and burgeoning passion between two 19th-century women. The director of Tomboy sets her story ablaze with an impressive, impressionistic plot about a painter who has to conceal from her model the fact that she has been commissioned to paint her portrait on canvas. An apt reflection on love and memory through the prism of the image.
«Midsommar, a horror festival
With «Midsommar», director Ari Aster reinvents the codes of the genre by setting his horror film under the Swedish midsummer sun. Color, drugs and Nordic songs are the order of the day for this entry into a Swedish cult.
«Le coup du siècle» is not the comedy of the century
Penny is one hustler, Josephine another. But the two women work in radically different styles. Except that they only go after men.
«Family Business», an astonishing Netflix series
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