Bad Education (2004)

I really enjoy Pedro Almodóvar latest film Bad Education! I went into the theatre without knowledge of the plot, since the trailer is so short and ambiguous so I didn’t know what to expect other than a colorful Almodóvar treat. Turns out it’s a top-notched, carefully crafted Film Noir + Hitchcockian thriller (with tranny & [...]

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Troll ~A Love Story~

Troll ~A Love Story~ (2000)
Johanna Sinisalo
Originally titled ‘Ennen päivänlaskua ei voi‘ (translated as ‘Not Before Sundown’) in Finnish, it finally got translated and released here four years later. It won the highest Finnish literature award Finlandia. The story set place in contemporary world with a slight alternate history twist: mythical creature troll’s existence has been [...]

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Another Country (1985)

Based on the infamous Cambridge spies for Russia Guy Burgess & Donald Maclean, Another Country projected a possible motivation on what could have driven two rich upper class school boys into betraying their own country. Set in the 30s, it’s essentially a British boarding school movie starring the very young and handsome Rupert Everett and [...]

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Celluloid Closet (1995)

Interesting eye-opening documentary on the portrayal of homosexuality in Hollywood cinema history. From the early days comedic but harmless sissy (who were all stylists, costume designers, interior designers ^^;;), to the dark days of The Hayes Code (started in late 30s) that censored all ‘dirty’ immoral stuffs according to Church, where homosexuality wasn’t allow to [...]

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