Category Archives: Cinema
Film Review: “Cast Away”
As I am currently stranded on a far-away island myself, people have been making references to “Cast Away”, Chuck Noland and Wilson. The references seemed to increase as my Robinsonade persisted and my beard grew. Finally, I felt like I … Continue reading
Film review: “Parasite”
Usually, I am a few decades late with my film reviews, but this time, I manage to recommend a movie that is still playing in cinemas: Parasite. A cleverly constructed thriller, fast-paced, humorous, but also a social critique. Too much … Continue reading
Kyiv – Day 7/21 – Yoda
I really enjoyed the Botanical Garden in Kyiv, but that little dude freaked me out. Links: More about Ukraine. The National Botanical Garden of Ukraine.
First Trailer for James Bond “No Time to Die”
We still have to wait until 3 April 2020 for the new James Bond film No Time to Die to be released, but here is the first trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SpyEEpab7yc My worst fears have materialized. The writers still have absolutely no … Continue reading
Film review: “Donbass”
Truth is the first victim of war, one could sum up the film Donbass, which confused me more than it educated me. But it did so in a memorable, partly unsettling, partly amusing way. In 13 episodes, Sergei Loznitsa portrays … Continue reading
Film review: “Blue Mountains”
Maybe you have to be as old and wise as me to realize it, but movies made in the last century are really better than today’s animation/superhero/sequel/prequel crap. Actually, the difference is so stark that even Soviet films from the … Continue reading
“Wild”, not a hiking movie
It’s winter and I am in a big city, so I felt like watching a movie about the outdoors and about hiking in anticipation of the coming summer. Wild, the story of Cheryl Strayed’s hike of the Pacific Crest Trail, … Continue reading
At the Cigar Shop – 50 Years later
I had gone to Huéscar for market day, thinking I might as well look for my favorite Spanish newspaper, El Pais. It would find it at the tobacco shop, I was told. As I entered the store, just around the … Continue reading
Aretha Franklin (1942-2018)
Sad news can be a reason to (re)watch one of the best films of all time.
Film Review: “Darkest Hour”
Great, a film about Churchill and about World War II! A movie for which even this student of history can leave the desk for a few hours without a guilty conscience. And off to the cinema I was. There, the first … Continue reading
The Happy Hermit 