The Era Is Ended: 'Mad Men' Grand Finale Review
Well, it's officially... Almost three weeks ago: the greatest, the most beautiful, smart, stylish, inspiring, gorgeous film (sorry, I can hardly name it just 'TV show') is absolutely over. Mad Men is over. Every season of this brilliantly made drama was a huge present for me, it was a fresh air in a hot day, my source of inspiration in eve…
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Hong-jin Na Films: 'The Yellow Sea' (2010) and 'The Chaser' (2008)
I don't remember when I started to love South Korean films. Perhaps, it was after meeting Kim Ki-duk and his 'Empty House' or it was later when I became obsessed with Park Chan-wook's masterpieces. South Korean films for me are completely unique. They can be clever and delicate, brutal and heartbreaking at the same time. Shocking, sharp,…
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The One I Love (2014)
Last week went under a 'boring-to-death-films' flag. My best friend and I usually like to watch films at the same time, even if we're far away from each other. And because I was sick a bit, there was more time to catch up and finally watch everything I missed out. It was a pure horror, one old school film (3 h o u r s of pure boredom), one S…
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The Little Death (2014)
When it comes to comedies, I can hardly say when was the last time I've seen something really great or at least decent. As you remember recently I wrote about 'Wild Tales' (great, spicy Spanish/Argentinian film, Almodovar as a producer, lots of black humor etc.), believe me, if you enjoyed watching it - ' The Little Death ' will be …
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24: Thing and What I Actually Learned Past Year
Last Wednesday, 1st of April, I became 24 years old. I guess many of us start to make their own, very private report about the passing year. My last year was pretty colorful. I spent beautiful Summer holidays in Bremen, the first time in two years I went to the Carpathians with my best friends, got tattooed, felt a little bit dizzy because of the whole …
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Wild Tales (Relatos Salvajes, 2014)
Small or open space, crowded places, Friday 13th, spiders, lizards, ghosts, blood...That fear, those monsters aren't real, they live exactly in our heads (just like Steven King ones said). What do we hate and afraid the most in life for real? Injustice, betrayal, horrible coincidences, to lost memory in the middle of the city, to get robbed, to lost …
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'Finding Vivian Maier' (2013)
I really like documentaries. The only problem (and the biggest one) is to find something really valuable in tons of quasi-scientific films, in that huge 'basket' with boring and pretentious films about celebrities and their lives, in the infinite line of movies about boring experiments, live-shows etc. The film I'm going to write about to…
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