The little white attic

What do you think of when you think of Woody Allen? Woody Allen or a Woody Allen character (lately played by Jesse Eisenberg). Lots of talk....

I’m in Leeds for another month and will return to Oslo in summer.  Just on 22/5, there was a terrorist attack in Manchester (about an hour ...

There are films that work well largely because of the leading actress, and Summer with Monika (1953) is 1 of them, with Monika played by Ha...

1/ In Three Colours: Blue , there is something unusual in editing that I’ve never seen in films before: several times there’s a fade-out and...

Before, by Kieslowski I’ve seen the Three Colours trilogy and The Double Life of Veronique . Now I’ve watched the entire Dekalog , which, a...

If Dekalog 8 , about the confrontation between a Holocaust survivor and an ethics professor over a decision 40 years previously, lacks drama...

Dekalog 7 , compared to previous episodes, is weak. The backstory is mostly explained through dialogue, which sometimes sounds contrived; an...

The Dekalog episodes I’ve seen can be divided into 2 groups. Dekalog 1 and 5 , albeit never didactic or heavy-handed, are about ideas— Deka...

I’ve been watching Dekalog . After 4 episodes, or films (each feels more like a great film on its own), I already feel that Kieslowski’s mag...

Rereading Lolita after 5 years, I realise how easy it is to be confused. It is a complex and tricky novel. Dolores Haze, or Lo, as describe...