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Merata: How Mum Decolonised the Screen

5 Comments / Movies, Streaming / By Virginia DeBolt / May 31, 2019 / documentary films, foreign films, Merata Mita, Merata: How Mum Decolonised the Screen, Taika Waititi, trailers

Merata: How Mum Decolonised the Screen is a personal journey by Merata Mita’s youngest son through his groundbreaking mother’s life as a filmmaker.

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Carmen Maura, Clara Lago, Alexandra Jiménez, Carlos Cuevas, Paula Malia, and León Martínez in In Family I Trust (Gente que viene y bah)

Review: In Family I Trust (Gente que viene y bah)

2 Comments / Movies, Spanish Language, Streaming / By Virginia DeBolt / May 28, 2019 / Álex García, Alexandra Jiménez, Carlos Cuevas, Carmen Maura, Clara Lago, Fernando Guallar, foreign films, Gente que viene y bah, In Family I Trust, Laura Norton, León Martínez, Marta Belmonte, Patricia Font, Paula Malia, Women Directors

In Family I Trust (Gente que viene y bah) comes from Spain. It’s a classic, true to the genre, romantic comedy. It’s currently streaming on Netflix.

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Blanca Suárez, Amaia Salamanca, Belén Cuesta, and Macarena García in Despite Everything (A pesar de todo)

Review: Despite Everything (A pesar de todo)

1 Comment / Movies, Spanish Language, Streaming / By Virginia DeBolt / May 17, 2019 / A pesar de todo, Amaia Salamanca, Ariana Martínez, Belén Cuesta, Blanca Suárez, Cable Girls, Carlos Bardem, Despite Everything, Emilio Gutiérrez Caba, foreign films, Gabriela Tagliavini, Grand Hotel, Macarena García, Marisa Paredes, Maxi Iglesias, Tito Valverde, trailers, Women Directors

Despite Everything (A pesar de todo) is a Netflix Spanish language drama about 4 sisters. It’s a lightweight plot, but an interesting look at the relationship of the sisters.

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Review: Chavela

1 Comment / Movies, Spanish Language, Streaming / By Virginia DeBolt / April 9, 2019 / Catherine Gund, Chavela, Chavela Vargas, Daresha Kyi, documentary, foreign films, Frida Kahlo, Jose Alfredo Jimenez Jr., Pedro Almodóvar, Women Directors

Chavela is an inspiring documentary about the life of the famous Costa Rican-born Mexican singer Chavela Vargas. She died in 2012 at the age of 93 after a tempestuous, rebellious, lifetime filled with songs, love, and loneliness.

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Adriana Ugarte in Mirage (Durante la tormenta)

Review: Mirage (Durante la tormenta)

1 Comment / Movies, Spanish Language, Streaming / By Virginia DeBolt / March 26, 2019 / Adriana Ugarte, Álvaro Morte, Chino Darín, Durante la tormenta, foreign films, Julio Bohigas-Couto, Lara Sendim, Mirage, Oriol Paulo

Mirage (Durante la tormenta) is a new Spanish language film on Netflix. It stars Adriana Ugarte in the key role. I remember her performance in The Time in Between very well, and was happy to watch another story with her

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Review: Cold War

2 Comments / Movies, Streaming / By Virginia DeBolt / March 25, 2019 / Agata Kulesza |, Borys Szyc, Cold War, foreign films, Joanna Kulig, Pawel Pawlikowski, Tomasz Kot, trailers, Zimna wojna

Cold War (Zimna wojna) is an epic and tragic love story that begins in 1949 in Poland and ends in the 1960s. During those years the protagonists travel all around Europe.

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Review: White Lies (Taukiri Huna)

1 Comment / Movies, Streaming / By Virginia DeBolt / March 6, 2019 / #eldersrock, Antonia Prebble, Dana Rotberg, foreign films, Rachel House, Taukiri Huna, Whirimako Black, White Lies, Witi Ihimaera, Women Directors

White Lies (Taukiri Huna) comes from New Zealand. Matters of life and death are set against the culture clash of Maori and colonial in the early 20th Century.

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A village woman in Period. End of Sentence.

Review: Period End of Sentence

1 Comment / Movies, Streaming / By Virginia DeBolt / February 27, 2019 / documentary films, foreign films, Melissa Berton, Period End of Sentence, Rayka Zehtabchi, The Pad Project

Period. End of Sentence. is a mere 26 minutes long, but that’s long enough to tell how something as simple as a sanitary pad can change the lives of women. The documentary just won the 2019 Oscar for Best Documentary

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Jackie van Beek and Madeleine Sami in The Breaker Upperers

Review: The Breaker Upperers

1 Comment / Movies, Streaming / By Virginia DeBolt / February 21, 2019 / Ana Scotney, Celia Pacquola, Cohen Holloway, foreign films, Jackie van Beek, James Rolleston, Madeleine Sami, The Breaker Upperers, trailers, Women Directors

A comedy from New Zealand, The Breaker Upperers brings us new voices and faces with some original ideas that will make you laugh.

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Saloni Batra and Geetika Vidya Ohlyan in Soni

Review: Soni

1 Comment / Movies, Streaming / By Virginia DeBolt / January 29, 2019 / foreign films, Geetika Vidya Ohlyan, Ivan Ayr, Mohit Chauhan, Saloni Batra, Soni, trailers, Vikas Shukla

Soni, a drama from India about two women police officers, demonstrates the difficulties the country is having granting women equal rights. I take hope from the fact that the director Ivan Ayr is a man who obviously gets it.

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