Movie reviews

CZERWONY KAPITAN (THE RED CAPTAIN)

Recommended. It's quite dark and heavy but consistent with the grim story. It is quite brutal too but with very good dialogues lightening up the atmosphere, e.g. the police to a priest: "Wiedzielibysmy wiecej, gdyby sie Pan wyspowiadal." ("We'd know more if you confessed.") or "Bog nas stworzyl ateistami." ("God created us as atheists."). Very good music. Gripping. Kept me on the edge of my seat.

MR. RIGHT

Watchable. Exquisite Anna Kendrick as Martha. Sam Rockwell as Mr. Right isn't sexy but is fun and fit for a killer. Tim Roth is a poor killer here, rather an old prick. The whole thing is silly but good fun.

DOM (a short animation shown together with "Je Me Tue A Le Dire")

Watchable. About a dysfunctional family. The eponymous home is bereft of meaning. All the family members talk about is food, drink and cleaning. You just feel how relieved the girl must to leave. It's all very realistic in several shades of grey and a bit of brown (for the tea and the dog).

JE ME TUE A LE DIRE (DEATH BY DEATH)

Watchable. Have all Belgians decided to specialise in weird comedies, black and white in that? The main protagonist is fat, hairy, ugly. His mother looks little better. So not much of a visual pleasure here. Good music, matching the weirdness of the movie which is predominantly about breasts. Breasts here can either feed or fall ill and it's the guy's main obsession. I found one scene funny: the guy is pissing against a gate when it starts sliding open.