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Another alluring film by Pedro Almodovar based on three short stories (“Runaway”) by Alice Munro. Almodovar’s vast comprehension of the female condition, grasping their resiliency, intensity, intricacies, especially the binds entwining mothers and daughters, is sublimely refined in “Julieta”.  Almodovar/Munro, the perfect pairing. A middle-aged classic professor “Julieta” (incredible Emma Suarez) is readying to move to Portugal, from Madrid, with …

“Worlds Apart” took me by surprise; its complexities, beauties, pain and pathos, resulting in a tapestry of love so vital, riveting, touching the astounding similarities, anomalies of a heart’s uncontrolled flight when pricked at the will of “Eros”, the Greek god of love; masterfully entwining three disparate couples with the harsh threads of Greece’s contemporary financial crisis and the delicate …

Two powerfully disturbing, provocative films centered on two twentieth-first century women, maneuvering successfully, in previously male populated arenas. “Elle” , “Michelle LeBlanc” (remarkable, brilliant Isabelle Hubert) runs a Video Game Company; she is violently raped in the first scene while her cat passively watches; she decides to discover the rapist using her own tools of detecting; shameless, empowered, her calculated, …

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At fifty-one, Shah Rukh Khan is incandescently comfortable in his role as “King Khan”, his recent films have shown the breath of his talent and understanding of the human condition: subtly sensational as a physiatrist in “Dear Zindagi”, mesmerizing in a dual role as stalker/star in “Fan”; riveting as a good-hearted bootlegger, “Raees” in Gujarat, India; a state that adheres …

Loosely based on a traumatized German couple, Otto and Elise Hampel, who dually wage their solitary crusade against Hitler and the Nazi regime; referencing Hans Fallada’s 1947 novel, “Everyone Dies Alone”, his source culled from Gestapo files after the war; director Vincent Perez with actors Brendan Gleeson, Emma Thompson and Daniel Bruhl quietly and at times blandly, but ultimately compelling, …

Exodus 21:2. If you buy a Hebrew slave, he is to serve you six years; in the seventh year he is to go free, without paying anything. In Kazakh tradition you free your faithful eagle, after seven years of devotion, so the rest of their existence is at their own whim. Director Otto Bell, Cinematographer Simon Niblett and Sia’s song …

“La La Land” provided fabulous fodder for Jimmy Fallons’s  star-infused, opening number; redemptive program, erasing last years’ deadly dud! Acceptance awards by the winners were gracious, heartfelt and in some cases inspirational: Viola Davis wins the highest plaudits for her stunning, humble acknowledgment of her win as the Best Supporting Actress (“Fences”); Ryan Gosling’s (Best Actor Comedy/Musical) tribute to his …