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REVIEW: Demonlover (2002)

August 30, 2020 Grant Watson

On a flight from Tokyo to Paris, one first-class passenger surreptitiously drugs the water of another. When that drugged business executive begins to pass out at the airport, she is picked up by two men who throw her into the … Continue reading REVIEW: Demonlover (2002)

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REVIEW: The Clouds of Sils Maria (2014)

August 14, 2020 Grant Watson

A note that this reviews spoils a little more of the film’s plot than I usually would. Short version of this review is that it is a profoundly excellent film and you should see it. Maria Enders (Juliette Binoche) is … Continue reading REVIEW: The Clouds of Sils Maria (2014)

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REVIEW: Winter’s Child (1989)

July 19, 2020July 19, 2020 Grant Watson

Natalia (Marie Matheron) is heavily pregnant to her boyfriend of six years, Stéphane (Michel Feller). He has grown distant and disinterested – in both his girlfriend and his child – and is more focused on an affair with the intense … Continue reading REVIEW: Winter’s Child (1989)

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REVIEW: Disorder (1986)

July 15, 2020 Grant Watson

Three youths – Henri (Lucas Belvaux), Anne (Ann-Gisel Glass), and Yvan (Wadeck Stanczak) – attempt to burgle a music shop, only to accidentally kill its owner in a panic. Their theft was to find musical instruments to sustain their struggling … Continue reading REVIEW: Disorder (1986)

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REVIEW: Personal Shopper (2016)

April 6, 2017 Grant Watson

Maureen (Kristen Stewart) is a 28 year-old American living in Paris. During the day she works as a personal shopper for a rich celebrity named Kyra (Nora von Waldstätten). In her own time she obsesses over her recently deceased twin … Continue reading REVIEW: Personal Shopper (2016)

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