Before I even start this review, I have to make one thing clear: I’m a big fan of both Julie Delpy and Chris Rock. Putting them together caught my interest right away. That, and the fact that the movie was written and directed by Delpy made me curious as to what she would create. There’s [...]
Every once in a while, something comes along that just has a magical spark to it. This short film is in that category, an Irish production about a young guy in China who, bored with his life, decides to make a major change with unimagined consequences. Though a few years old, it’s worth seeing and [...]
Of all current novelists, perhaps the most difficult to translate to the cinema has been Haruki Murakami. His books move from reality to metaphor and back again, faster and more fluently than any author I’ve ever read. Now I have to admit I’m a big Murakami fan and have read most of his works, including [...]
If I were to describe China to someone who’s never been in the country, I would just ask them to watch a movie by Jia Zhangke. Unlike many other directors he has an uncanny ability to create a realistic portrait of contemporary life down to the details of everyday life. His hasn’t been an easy [...]
What makes Paris so attractive to so many artists? Is it the architecture, the food and the museums? Is it knowing that so many great writers, painters and thinkers lived there in the past? Has Paris’ Golden Age passed us by? Would it have been better to have lived there some time in the past? [...]
