Tag Archives: Belgium

Review: Girl (2019)

Posted on March 15, 2019 by sheila

My review of the Belgian film Girl – about a trans female ballerina – is now up at Rogerebert.com. It premiers on Netflix today. I cannot recommend it.

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Review: Souvenir (2018)

Posted on March 2, 2018 by sheila

Isabelle Huppert is always worth watching, even in a movie so slight it’s barely discernible. My review of Souvenir is up at Rogerebert.com.

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February 2018 Viewing Diary

Posted on March 1, 2018 by sheila

Supernatural, Season 13, episode 12 “Various & Sundry Villains” (2018; d. Amanda Tapping) I was happy to see that the series showed at least passing interest in the inner life of one of its lead characters. Six Feet Under, season … Continue reading →

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September 2016 Viewing Diary

Posted on October 2, 2016 by sheila

Kicks (2016; d. Justin Tipping) Absolutely loved it. There have been so many excellent first-time directors making features this year. My review for Rogerebert.com. Kiss Me Deadly (1955; d. Robert Aldrich) I love this bizarre paranoid insanely phantasmagorical … film … Continue reading →

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August 2016 Viewing Diary

Posted on September 3, 2016 by sheila

My viewing this month was mostly work-related, so the viewing diary is uncharacteristically short. A lot of these I watched multiple times, for research, etc. And I’ve been ill, too, this summer. I just had no concentration outside of the … Continue reading →

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Rust and Bone: One of the Best Films of 2012.

Posted on August 31, 2016 by sheila

Not a review. I repeat: Not a review. I’ve been writing this, a paragraph at a time, for over 2 months. It’s more like one of my SPN re-caps, where I go scene by scene exploring story and character analysis. … Continue reading →

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2012’s Rust and Bone: Four Motifs (With Overlap)

Posted on August 28, 2016 by sheila

I’ve been working on a lengthy post about this great film, Rust and Bone, directed by Jacques Audiard. Figured this – a glimpse at the interconnected visual motifs in the film – would be a good teaser. One motif belongs … Continue reading →

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Review: Bullhead (2011)

Posted on August 9, 2016 by sheila

Jacky is huge. A hulk of a man. Back muscles and shoulder muscles ripple and bulge as he shadow-boxes ferociously in the bathroom with sickly underwater-sea-green light, a room that is his private domain. Sometimes he climbs into the tub, … Continue reading →

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Marilyn Manson as Interpreted By a Scary Girl’s Choir

Posted on October 29, 2015 by sheila

Scala / Kolacny is a women’s choir from Belgium. They’re fabulous, I have a couple of their albums. You probably remember their creepy cover of Radiohead’s “Creep,” featured in the first trailer for Social Network. While Scala / Kolacny don’t … Continue reading →

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“I think you can do your article by thinking about the film for yourself. I’m not the writer. I have already done the film—so now it’s your work.” – Director Chantal Akerman

Posted on October 7, 2015 by sheila

The outpouring of loss in response to the death of Belgian experimental and influential (so influential that I think it will be a generation before we really can get a handle on it) has been intense and personal. People feel … Continue reading →

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