Category: Review of film

by M. Bijman October 12, 2024

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A deep dive – My all-time favourite film

Finnish director Aki Kaurismäki made The Man Without a Past (Mies vailla menneisyyttä) in 2002. This, strange as it mayContinue Reading

by M. Bijman November 6, 2023

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The worst film I’ve ever seen

Let me tell you about a movie that is so bad in every way that I felt obliged to watchContinue Reading

by M. Bijman August 1, 2022

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Sp(r)outing nonsense? The how-to of reviewing

On YouTube, the ultimate destination for everyone who has an opinion they want to share, there are many rants andContinue Reading

by M. Bijman December 9, 2013

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Mary Poppins, P.L. Travers’ Hard-Hearted Nanny, the topic of new film

Update on this post: Here is an excellent analysis in the New Yorker of P.L. Travers’ youth, development as anContinue Reading

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