The IFC Films release continues a recent home-vid trend of giving away a huge plot point it needn’t. Same goes for the trailer below; watch only at your own risk. You’ll learn the twist of the Australian drama; after all, it’s based on a true story. But in not knowing, Simone North’s film keeps you […]
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Black Heaven / Heartless
Just because the concept is as old as cinema itself doesn’t mean it’s no longer worth exploring, so long as the perspective shifts in new and interesting ways. Think Christopher Nolan’s “Inception.” Then think about checking out two current imports from IFC Films — one French, one British. I’m not suggesting they’re even in the […]
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Inspector Bellamy
Welcome to un film de Claude Chabrol, the French New Wave director who famously idolized Alfred Hitchcock. You can see that influence even in this picture, his final bow before passing away last year. It is this case of the automobile “accident” that Inspector Bellamy of Paris (Gérard Depardieu) informally investigates, despite being on vacation […]