Author Archives: Srabasti

John Lee Hancock – Saving Mr. Banks (2013)

Posted on April 20, 2014 by Srabasti

Mary Poppins is up next, for obvious reasons. Although, I don’t really dig musicals.

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Neil Jordan – The End of the Affair (1999)

Posted on October 27, 2011 by Srabasti

Genre: Thriller 7/10 Adapted from Graham Greene’s novel, the movie opens with novelist Maurice Bendrix (Ralph Fiennes) starting to write a book about hatred. It is not revealed who the hatred is directed to. It was said that the book … Continue reading →

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Chris Gerolmo – Citizen X (1995)

Posted on October 27, 2011 by Srabasti

Genre: Biography 6.5/10 A  TV movie made by  HBO, Citizen X is about the Russian serial killer Andrei Chikatilo, who over a period of 8 years brutally murdered over 50 people. Based on the Robert Cullen book The Killer Department, … Continue reading →

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Christian Petzold – Yella (2007)

Posted on October 16, 2011 by Srabasti

Language: German Genre: Thriller 7/10 *POSSIBLE SPOILERS* Following an estrangement from her violent husband, this is the story of Yella who decides to leave her hometown for West Germany for better opportunities and to get rid of her ex-husband Ben … Continue reading →

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Jean-Stéphane Bron – Mon frère se marie (2006)

Posted on October 16, 2011 by Srabasti

English Title: My Brother is Getting Married Language: French Genre: Comedy 6/10 ‘Mon frère se marie’ was screened at a Swiss Film Festival to a delightfully packed auditorium. Centered around a dysfunctional, separated family that has to pretend to be … Continue reading →

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Niels Mueller – The Assassination of Richard Nixon (2004)

Posted on October 13, 2011 by Srabasti

Having recently watched the disappointing Frost/Nixon, I was interested to watch this as I had assumed this one would also deal with the Watergate scandal and Nixon’s resignation. But, this movie hardly deals with any of those facts and instead … Continue reading →

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Luis Puenzo – La historia oficial (1985)

Posted on October 9, 2011 by Srabasti

La historia oficial aka The Official Story, is a powerful Latin American movie set in Argentina right after the Dirty War during ’75-’80 ended. It centers around a high school upper middle class History teacher Alicia (Norma Aleandro) with an … Continue reading →

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Cary Fukunaga – Jane Eyre (2011)

Posted on October 8, 2011 by Srabasti

Despite there being several adaptations of Charlotte Bronte’s Jane Eyre, this one still manages some new angles. The visual imagery brings to life the book as most of us might have imagined. The premise is simple: a plain governess with … Continue reading →

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David Cronenberg – Scanners (1981)

Posted on September 28, 2011 by Srabasti

‘Scanners’  are people with telepathic powers, that can be used to their advantage to control people around them. Darryl Revok (Michael Ironside), is the most powerful of all scanners, who has been building an army of scanners to attain world … Continue reading →

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David Cronenberg – Spider (2002)

Posted on September 12, 2011 by Srabasti

*POSSIBLE SPOILERS* ‘Spider’ is a vicarious peek into the mind of a mentally ill Dennis Clegg, played by Ralph Fiennes. Nicknamed Spider by his mother (Miranda Richardson), Dennis has a long-standing history of schizophrenia. Recently released from a mental institution, … Continue reading →

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