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Salma Hayek
Us, an artful horror movie, also three good ones back in town from the film festival
They would be Woman at War, from Iceland, Ash is Purest White, from China and the Hummingbird Project, made in Quebec
Volkmar Richter
Mar 21st, 2019
Multiple Cate Blanchetts in Manifesto, Salma Hayek’s dissent in Beatriz at Dinner and facing obsolescence in Cars 3
Also: life well-observed in The Commune, a different kind of boxing movie with Olli Mäki and a dodgy bio of rapper Tupac Shakur
Volkmar Richter
Jun 16th, 2017
'Man from UNCLE', rappers' 'Outta Compton' and sexy stuff in a 'Teenage Girl’ diary
Also a quick history of Women’s Lib, a wannabe screwball comedy and uplifting homilies beautifully animated
Volkmar Richter
Aug 13th, 2015
Mommy, a Canadian classic, Fury, an old war, The Best of Me, another Nicholas Sparks romance
Anne Dorval gives a powerful performance in Xavier Dolan’s Mommy, Canada’s Academy Award entry. (Photo credit : Shayne Laverdière)
Volkmar Richter
Oct 17th, 2014
