Movie Reviews

Is this film's title a little too on-the-nose?

In recent years, the Dardenne brothers have looked at the plight of migrants in Europe, and this is the subject of their latest film, Tori and Lokita, which opens throughout Israel on May 11.

It’s a slow-paced movie, which demands patience from viewers, and will be too austere for the vast majority of moviegoers.

It’s based on an inspiring true story, and the action-packed film is very much Russian-style cinema, with pounding music and unsubtly staged drama.

The protagonist is a music executive, not an artist or a group, and the music mogul character — in this case, another Jewish one — is not treated as a villain.

If you feel you can still laugh about the way the system grinds down employees then you won’t feel too bad watching The Good Boss.

Usually, I either like or dislike a movie, but with Beautiful Minds, I kept going back and forth, finding it alternately charming and cloying.

It’s an ambitious movie, told mainly through two long scenes, the party and investigation, and it won Alexandru Belc the directing prize in the Un Certain Regard section at the Cannes Film Festival.

The title of the film really ought to be Is Valeria Getting Married? because Christina knows that this kind of mail-order partnership is not a done deal.

While the movie is often predictable, it is nevertheless enjoyable, and belongs squarely in the ever-growing genre of movies about middle-aged women making a major life transformation.