griggs's - September 2024 Leftovers List
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Arabian Nights: Vol.3: The Enchanted One (2015)As Mil e Uma Noites: Volume 3, O Encantado
The latest from Miguel Gomes, the director of 'Tabu', the 3 part 'Arabian Nights' is probably 2015's most ambitious cinematic undertaking, and the most talked about film experience of the 2015 Cannes Film Festival. 'Arabian Nights' uses the framing device from the original tales with Scheherazade telling stories - but that's where the similarities end. Over three features, Gomes channels the current struggles of economically depressed Portugal through an assortment of tales that range from farcical yarns to grounded accounts of social issues.
Scheherazade escapes to the seaside. This moves onto into a documentary-style exploration of the working-class sport of chaffinch singing competitions.- Director:
- Miguel Gomes
- Cast:
- Crista Alfaiate, Américo Silva, Amar Bounachada
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Godard's latest film is in 3 parts: a Mediterranean cruise, a section centered on a family, and a visual essay across 6 cities and cultures: Egypt, Palestine, Odessa, Greece, Naples and Barcelona. A typically complex collage of images, music, thoughts and quotes from film and literature that demands and will greatly reward repeat viewing. - Director:
- Jean-Luc Godard
- Cast:
- Jean-Marc Stehlé, Blandine Bellavoir, Jean-Michel Fête
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Goodbye to Language (2014)Adieu Au Langage
The idea is simple: A married woman and a single man meet. They love, they argue, fists fly. A dog strays between town and country. The seasons pass. The man and woman meet again. The dog finds itself between them. The other is in one, the one is in the other and they are three. The former husband shatters everything. A second film begins: the same as the first, and yet not. From the human race we pass to metaphor. This ends in barking and a baby's cries. - Director:
- Jean-Luc Godard
- Cast:
- Jean-Luc Godard, Héloïse Godet, Kamel Abdelli
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An epic musical on the pitfalls of love, fame and fortune from visionary filmmaker Leos Carax (Holy Motors), starring Adam Driver (Marriage Story) and Marion Cotillard (La Vie En Rose). The glamorous lives of a seemingly perfect celebrity couple - a provocative stand-up comedian and an internationally renowned opera singer - take an unexpected turn when their daughter Annette is born with a mysterious gift. An unabashedly unique and unforgettable spectacle, this Cannes Best Director prize winner co-stars Simon Helberg and features an original story and music by Sparks, one of pop's best-loved and most influential cult bands. - Director:
- Leos Carax
- Cast:
- Adam Driver, Marion Cotillard, Simon Helberg
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Blue Is the Warmest Colour (2013)La vie d'Adèle - Chapitres 1 et 2
15-year-old Adele (Adele Exarchopoulos) feels like an average teenager, with school, friends, parents and boys taking up most of her time and thoughts. That is until a chance encounter with a beguiling blue-haired girl (Lea Seydoux) turns her world upside down, forcing her to question her desires and assert herself as a woman and as an adult. - Director:
- Abdellatif Kechiche
- Cast:
- Léa Seydoux, Adèle Exarchopoulos, Salim Kechiouche
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Head-On (2004)Gegen Die Wand
Cahit, bedraggled and in a neck brace after driving his car into a wall, is more than a little surprised when beautiful, scarred Sibel proposes marriage - especially considering they met through their mutual desire to commit suicide. Cahit's Turkish blood is enough to satisfy Sibel's overbearing family and the two begin an unlikely marriage of convenience that has the even more unlikely consequence of making them want to live. Raw and uncompromising, director Fatih Akin's unparalleled energy and treatment of second generation Turkish families in Germany are reflected in the electrifying performances of the two leads: Birol Unel who celebrates poetic self-destruction like Kurt Cobain and Jim Morrison and Sibel Kekilli who was discovered in a shopping centre. Together they create a compelling chemistry that will grip you from the first frame to the last. - Director:
- Fatih Akin
- Cast:
- Birol Ünel, Sibel Kekilli, Güven Kiraç
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The Holy Girl (2004)La Nina Santa
Lucrecia Martel's outstanding new film is an enigmatic and absorbing tale about the temptation of good and the evil it causes. Sixteen year old schoolgirl Amalia (Maria Alche) lives with her divorcee mother, the manager of a shabby hotel which is hosting a medical conference. When a stranger makes a crude pass at her in a crowded street, Amalia later discovers that it was in fact one of the distinguished conference attendees, Dr Jano (Carlos Belloso). Consumed by the heady combination of her fervent religious education and burgeoning sexuality, Amalia resolves to save the respected doctor from sin, a mission that brings both their works to the brink of collapse. - Director:
- Lucrecia Martel
- Cast:
- Mercedes Morán, Carlos Belloso, Alejandro Urdapilleta
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Climates (2006)Iklimler
"Climates" is an existentialist epic that acutely observes a disintegrating relationship with an intense, unflinching eye over the course of three seasons. Acclaimed Turkish filmmaker Nuri Bilge Ceylan writes, directs and stars along with his wife Ebru Ceylan as a couple in pursuit of a happiness that no longer belongs to them. Brilliantly acted and stunningly photographed, 'Climates' is moving, painfully honest and riveting cinema from a masterly director at the height of his powers. - Director:
- Nuri Bilge Ceylan
- Cast:
- Ebru Ceylan, Nuri Bilge Ceylan, Nazan Kesal
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