Category: World Cinema
Around the World in 80 Films: Persepolis
Persepolis is a perfect example of how animated films are not just for children, but can be aimed towards a more mature, adult audience. It…
Around the World in 80 Films: Paradise Now
During an interview with the Guardian newspaper, upon the release of Paradise Now, director Hany Abu-Assad stated that “The film is an artistic point of…
Review: Cold War
Pawel Pawlikowski’s latest film Cold War, is the tale of two lovers and their troubled relationship, which spans across a decade and across several countries….
Around the World in 80 Films: Diabolique
Les diaboliques, released as Diabolique in the United States, and variously translated as The Devils or The Fiends, is a chilling psychological horror that still stands…
Around the World in 80 Films: Summer with Monika
Summer with Monika is a 1953 Swedish film directed by Ingmar Bergman, based on Per Anders Fogelström’s 1951 novel of the same title. It was…
Around the World in 80 Films: Dogtooth
Dogtooth comes from the warped mind of Yorgos Lanthimos, who divided audiences with last years brilliantly wonderful, if not disturbing film The Killing of a…
Around the World in 80 Films: L'Avventura
How have I never seen L’Avventura? This was the question I found myself asking after finishing the 1960 classic film directed by Michelangelo Antonioni. As…
Around the World in 80 Films: Au Revoir Les Enfants
For my first film on the Around the World in 80 Films event, I decided to watch Louis Malle’s autobiographical Au Revoir Les Enfants, which I…
Bee Goes Around the World in 80 Films: Introduction
Okay, confession time. I haven’t been abroad since I was 11. In fact, my passport expired long ago, and the last holiday I went on…
Estonian Fable ‘November’ is a True Cinematic Marvel
Even when we think we might have seen it all, cinema can still surprise us with hidden treasures. The farmer photographs of a certain Johannes…
Bee's Bergman Diary- Summer Interlude
So, this is my final entry in my Bergman diary and it’s been a wonderful journey. I came into this not really convinced that I…
Bee's Bergman Diary- Winter Light
We have all had times where we’ve questioned our faith, whether it’s faith in the terms of a religious sense, or faith in humanity. Bergman…
Bee's Bergman Diary – Saraband
It only seems necessary that I watch Bergman’s last film seeing as I watched his first film Torment. Released in 2003, Saraband is a sequel…
Bee's Bergman Diary: The Silence
This is entry number 6 and I decided to watch The Silence (1963), which is the third in a series of thematically related films, following…
