The Savage Planet, also called The Fantastic Planet, is an allegorical science-fiction animated movie about morality and the established social order.
The story is set in the dystopian planet...
"The Fantastic Planet" by Rene Laloux (1974)
Showing posts with label Foreign Movies. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Foreign Movies. Show all posts
10/28/2013
10/26/2013
"Metropolis" by Osamu Tezuka (2001)
A Japanese animation movie based on a comic by Osamu Tezuka, that tells the story of android Tima and her human friend Kenichi in the city of Metropolis. It is loosely based in the classic movie...
9/11/2013
"Last Tango in Paris" by Bernardo Bertolucci (1972)
++ This review contains or might contain spoilers++
Last Tango in Paris tells the story of the sexual relationship between Paul -played by Marlon Brando- a mature selfish widower, and Jeanne -played...
9/10/2013
"The Pied Piper" by Jiri Barta (1985)
Krysar is an adult stop-motion animation film, loosely based on the German folk tale the Pipe Piper of Hamelin. A real art-house piece of animation that has a mix of Renaissance and Medieval elements.
There...
9/02/2013
"Manderlay" by Lars Von Trier (2005)
Manderlay is the second instalment of Lars Von Trier's thought-provoking trilogy "USA - Land of Opportunities". The story starts exactly where Dogville ended. Grace, her father, and their bunch...
5/26/2013
"All About our House" by Koki Mitani (2001)
All About Our House, also known as Everyone's House, is a Japanese contemporary comedy that tells the trouble into which a posh young couple puts themselves into after they decide to build a western-style...
4/05/2013
"Underground" by Emir Kusturica (1995)
Underground is a Serbian-Franco-German allegorical tragicomedy about the disintegration of the former Yugoslavia.
The movie is structured in three parts: War, Cold War, and War. The first is devoted...
3/27/2013
"Mr. Nobody" by Jaco Van Darmael (2009)
** Warning - This review may contain spoilers. I recommend watching the movie and then coming here, especially if the ending intrigues you, and it will **
Mr Nobody is the story of Nemo, whose...
3/03/2013
"Caramel" by Nadine Labaki (2007)
Caramel is a Lebanon-France co-production with a charming story of female love, friendship and ageing. The story focus on the love lives of a group of young and middle-age Beiruti women who are regulars...
1/27/2013
"Little Otik" by Jan Svankmajer (2000)
Little Ottik is a bizarre horror comedy that adapts and reinterprets the folk story of Otesánek (aka Greedy Guts) for the big screen.This is the story of the struggle of Bozena and Karel to hide and...
11/11/2012
"Waltz with Bashir" by Ari Folman (2008)
Waltz with Bashir is a documentary animation movie that narrates director Ari Folman's personal trip to recover his memory regarding his participation in the invasion of Lebanon and in the massacre...
11/04/2012
"Antichrist" by Lars Von Trier (2009)
Antichrist tells the story of a couple's grief after the death of their child, their progressive alienation from reality, and their descend to a personal hell, especially after they retreat to their...
10/29/2012
"2046" by Kar Wai Wong (2005)
A marvellous movie by Hong Kong director Kar Wai Wong, with an original script, innovative film narrative, wonderful characters and a super-stylish visuals. The movie depicts with realism, nostalgia...
9/21/2012
"Nobody Knows" by Hirokazu Koreeda (2005)
Nobody Knows tells the story of a group of four siblings before and after their abandonment by their mother.The movie is magical and poetical, but also heartbreakingly hard, from the first scenes...
9/08/2012
"Irreversible" by Gaspar Noé (2002)
Irreversible is a very confronting raw and violent French movie that tells the story, in reverse chronological order, of a serious of violent events happened during the return home of the female protagonist...
9/02/2012
"Kiki's Delivery Service" by Hayao Miyazaki (1989)
Kiki's Delivery service is a Studio Ghibli's traditional hand-drawn animation movie loosely based on Eiko Kadono's eponymous book, but with important additions by Miyazaki. It tells the story of Kiki,...
8/18/2012
"Fahrenheit 451" by François Truffaut (1966)
Fahrenheit 451 is a visionary movie based on Ray Bradbury's eponymous novel. It was Truffaut's only English speaking movie. The title is related to the degrees needed for paper to get on fire.
The...
