Kanye Releases Unsettling New Wash Us in the Blood Music Video
Kanye West released a new music video for his recent single Wash Us in the Blood.
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Watch the Only You Freestyle Video by Headie One and Drake
Drake features on UK Drill artist Headie One’s new Track “Only You Freestyle” for the upcoming album “Edna”.
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Marriage Story – ★★★★½
The US comedy drama “Marriage Story” with Adam Driver and Scarlett Johansson by Noah Baumbach from 2019 on Netflix is excellent. A sensitive portrait of a break-up marriage and at the same time of a family that stays together. The acting and the dialogues are excellent and especially Adam Driver and Laura Dern, in a
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Portrait of a Lady on Fire – ★★★★★
Amazon Prime Video now feautures the most visually beautiful and finest art house film of 2019, “Portrait of a Lady on Fire” by Celine Sciamma from France. A historical drama about the relationship of a young aristocrat and a painter who is supposed to portray her. The framing, the light, the colours and the faces
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A Prayer Before Dawn – ★★★★
The 2017 biographical film “A Prayer Before Dawn” by Jean-Stéphane Sauvaire is now available on Prime Video and is one of the greatest smaller international films I discovered that year. It is based on the experiences of British Billy Moore, a drug-addicted Muay Thai boxer who lives in Thailand and is jailed for drug dealing.
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I Am Not Your Negro – ★★★★
You can now watch Raoul Peck’s 2016 US documentary “I Am Not Your Negro” on Netflix. The film is inspired by the unfinished manuscript “Remember This House,” a collection of notes and letters written by writer and activist James Baldwin in the 1970s that recall the work and life of his close friends and civil
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Dolor y Gloria – ★★★★
On Amazon Prime you can see the excellent movie “Dolor y Gloria” (Pain and Glory) from 2020 by the Spanish director Pedro Almodóvar. A very personal work about an ageing film director with physical suffering, reflecting on the relationships and experiences that have shaped him in his life. Very sensitive film with Antonio Banderas and
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Das Weisse Band (The White Ribbon) – ★★★★★
Das Weisse Band (“The White Ribbon”) is the first film I saw by Michael Haneke and is still my favourite film by the Austrian Director. Using the inhabitants of a small village just before the beginning of the First World War as an example, Haneke depicts the German society of that time, in which strict
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YI YI – ★★★★★
The Taiwanese film “Yi Yi” by Edward Yang from the year 2000 is a masterfully crafted, calm reflection on the aspects of human life. Using the example of a family of three generations, the drama shows how everyone, old or young, faces their own personal problems and challenges. While the film begins with a wedding,
The Last Dance – ★★★★½
The 10-part miniseries “The Last Dance” (USA, 2020) by Jason Hehir is now available on Netflix. The docuseries follows Michael Jordan’s incredible career with the Chicago Bulls and features previously unreleased footage of Air Jordan’s last Bulls season of 1997-98.
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