Haiku about Film
Film reviews seen in/ Japanese poetry form/ Brevity at best.
Friday, December 30, 2016
Margaret, Kenneth Lonegran, USA, (2011).
A mess in New York,
The chaos of growing up,
With mood, guilt, and loss.
Friday, December 23, 2016
Reset, Thierry Demaiziere, France, (2016).
Visual splendour:
The politics of ballet.
P.O.B. goes mod.
Monday, December 12, 2016
Portrait of a Garden, Rosie Stapel, Netherlands, (2016)
The Zen of Tillage,
Transcending world suffering-
Two Masters Talking.
Monday, December 5, 2016
Lost in Munich, Petr Zelenka, Czech Republic, (2015)
Revenge by parrot-
For Czech WWII sellout.
Truth is rarely true!
Monday, November 28, 2016
Dhepeen, Jacques Audiard, France, (2015)
3 Tamils flee. France.
Bonding through fear, time, loss:
Chased by violence.
Monday, November 21, 2016
Bugs, Andreas Johnson, Netherlands (2016)
Anthropods as food?
Ant ceviche? Maggot cheese?
Will bugs save the earth?
Monday, November 14, 2016
Keepers of the Magic, Vic Sarin, Canada, 2016
Cinephiles delight!
Storytelling through the eyes-
The magic of film.
Sunday, September 25, 2016
Hell or High Water, David Mackenzie, US, (2016)
Robin Hood at war-
Chased by Lone Ranger, Tonto:
The details are right!
Saturday, June 4, 2016
Cowspiracy, Keegan Kuhn & Kip Anderson, US, (2014)
Those who eat meat- See
Best Reason to go vegan:
Truth of climate change.
Tuesday, May 3, 2016
Eye in the Sky, Gavin Hood, UK, (2016)
Girl: ethics of death:
The "kill chain" of a drone strike
No one wants to own.
Monday, March 28, 2016
Amy, Asif Kapadia, US (2015)
Portrait of a star,
Soulful jazz poet who croons-
Two men, her downfall.
Monday, March 21, 2016
The Homesman, Tommy Lee Jones, US, (2014)
Should I laugh or cry?
To be female is so cruel;
Who dang go crazy.
Monday, March 14, 2016
45 Years, Andrew Haigh, UK, (2015)
Final shot says all-
Very British, very bleak:
The angst of marriage.
Monday, March 7, 2016
The Fall, Allan Cabitt, UK, TV Series (2013)
Cat & mouse; who wins?
Exploring misogyny,
By feminist cop.
Monday, February 29, 2016
The Bridge (Broen-Bron), Hans Roseenfeldt, Sweden-Denmark, 2011-15
Voguish crime drama,
With autistic lady cop.
All about mood. Fab.
Saturday, February 27, 2016
Son of Saul, Laszlo Nemes, Hungary, (2015)
Inside the camp, Grim.
Driven to honour a death,
The Judas Goat, Does.
Monday, February 22, 2016
Borgen, Adam Price, Denmark, TV Series, (2010, 2011, 2013)
A woman with kids,
Idealism, rogues, bloc rule.
Leading a country.
Sunday, February 21, 2016
What Happened, Miss Simone?, Liz Garbus, US, (2015).
Child genius lost,
To race, class, men, bipolar-
Singing for justice.
Sunday, February 14, 2016
Bright Days Ahead (Les Beaux Jours), Marion Vernouz, France (2014)
Age: Quest for meaning,
So menacing, it's funny:
That sex with a boy.
Sunday, February 7, 2016
Phoenix, Christian Petzold, Germany (2015)
Jew betrayed by all.
Short focus, grey slag, bare souls:
Reclaiming her self.
Sunday, January 31, 2016
Steve Jobs, Danny Boyle, USA, (2015)
Three product launches,
Talking fast and furious:
Too smart. Too perverse.
Monday, January 25, 2016
3 and 1/2 Minutes, Ten Bullets, Marc Silver, USA, (2015)
Real, legal, thriller,
Disturbing US culture,
Stand your ground bullshit.
Monday, January 18, 2016
Dark Horse, Loiuse Osmond, UK, (2015).
Deserving people,
Who bred a winning racehorse,
Love him to pieces.
Monday, January 11, 2016
Circus without Borders: The Story of Artcirq and Kalabante, Susan Gray, USA, (2015)
Circus heals children,
Joining Guinea with Arctic.
Seven years to shoot.
Monday, January 4, 2016
Tharlo, Pema Tseden, Tibet, (2015)
Black & white is bleak;
"I know who I am", too scant-
Deep tradition lost.
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