Tag Archives: Christoph Waltz

small is the future (film: Downsizing – Alexander Payne, 2017)

Whenever I have a hard time to categorize a film in a certain genre, the reasons can be very good or very bad. Sometimes it’s one of those original and inventive films that escapes the patterns imposed by film critics. … Continue reading

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glamour and fraud, art and kitsch (Film: Big Eyes – Tim Burton, 2014)

‘Big Eyes‘ is an unusual film from many points of view. We are dealing with a story that takes place in the world of American art from the second half of the 20th century, a story inspired by real biographies … Continue reading

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007 – overcome by events (Film: Spectre – James Bond, 2015)

Action films have a problem this fall. The reality of the crazy world we live in is not only rapidly closing in the horrors and destruction imagined by script authors, but it is overcoming it also at some moments. ‘Spectre’ … Continue reading

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Zero or Infinity (Film: The Zero Theorem – Terry Gilliam, 2013)

‘The Zero Theorem’ is directed by Terry Gilliam, a highly original creator and an explorer of the future, which he already described in rather dark colors in several memorable films like ‘Brazil’ and ‘Twelve Monkeys’. His other principal title of … Continue reading

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