Grace and Frankie, US, (2015)

Spanx, soul, sap, sex, silly:
Seventy the new fifty.
Four Holloywood stars.

Easy Money, Daniel Espinosa, Sweden (2010)

Three men and their girls,
Messy Swedish gangdom,
Where no one is bad. 

The 100-Year-Old Man Who Climbed Out the Window and Disappeared, Felix Herngren, Sweden, (2015)

Life can be random:
And better than Forrest Gump;
Swedishly funny. 

The Green Prince, Nadav Schirman, Germany (2014)

Spy and his handler:
Unexpected sacrifice;
Blurred lines. Neutral stand. 

Omar m'a tuer. Roschdy Zem, France (2011)

Investigate truth-
Of corrupt and racist France:
Immigrant made slave.

The Second Best Marigold Hotel, John Madden, UK (2015)

Second time around,
Geriatric comedy:
Not even funny.

The Immigrant, James Gray, US (2014)

Pimping of the weak,
20's New York, and it's bleak:
Immaculate whore.

A Balcony by the Sea, Nicole Garcia, France (2010)

In a lost past time:
Algeria, France, and fraud;
Unrequited Love.

Mr Turner, Mike Leigh, US (2014)

Shots framed as canvas.
Grunting, groping, genius:
The painter of light.