Archives: Movies

A Gentle Woman

Robert Bresson France 1969

Bresson's earliest “official” Dostoevsky adaptation – of the short story A Gentle Creature (Krotkaya, 1876) – transposes the setting of the St Petersburg story to Paris in the late 1960s.

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A Room in Town

Jacques Demy France 1982

Jacques Demy's '80s magnum opus continues in the genre of sung-through musical familiar from The Umbrellas of Cherbourg (1964).

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Absolute Beginners

Julien Temple United Kingdom 1986

This adaptation of Colin MacInnes' 1959 novel about London's jazz circles and its burgeoning rock scene was a critical and commercial failure upon release, but Julien Temple's fascinating and exquisitely colourful musical has gained momentum during later years.

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Ari

Léonor Serraille France 2025

Unlike with the protagonist of Montparnasse Bienvenüe, Ari’s detachment is a little painful.

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Butterflies

Jenni Toivoniemi Finland 2024

Tangomarkkinat is an iconic summer event held in the Ostrobothnian city of Seinäjoki. Culminating in the crowning of a Tango... View Article

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