2023-08-16 08:09:40
♦ Close your eyes ****
by Victor Erice
Spanish film, 2 h 50
Spanish director Miguel Garay follows in the footsteps of a young actor who died twenty-two years earlier, during the unfinished shooting of his second film. A fascinating quest coupled with a vibrant tribute to the seventh art.
READ THE REVIEW: “Close your eyes”, cinema and its ghosts
♦ Reality ***
by Tina Sutter
American film, 1:22
In 2017, Reality Winner was interrogated by the FBI at her home for long hours. Who is this ordinary-looking 25-year-old young woman? With this camera with sometimes surreal tints, director Tina Sutter sheds light on a state affair with essential repercussions for American democracy.
READ THE REVIEW: Tina Satter’s ‘Reality’: Who Really Is Reality Winner?
♦ The Beast in the Jungle**
by Patrick Chiha
French film, 1 h 43
Patric Chiha delivers a radical and haunting adaptation of the short story by American writer Henry James The beast in the jungle. Transposed to contemporary times, the plot takes place in a nightclub, where John and May meet every Saturday evening, for twenty-five years. A romantic melodrama carried by its two main actors, Tom Mercier and Anaïs Demoustier.
» READ THE REVIEW: “The Beast in the Jungle”, until the end of the night
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