Going to the Movies April 2017
...Out, but what it comes down to is that this is one of those movies you have to try go and see before someone else tells you all about it....... Read more
Going to the Movies: Love & Anarchy Edition 2019
...get a limited cinematic run prior to its premier a few weeks later on Netflix. But it is not all just blockbuster movies or epic tv series like Game of...... Read more
GOING TO THE MOVIES – OSCAR EDITION
Karstein Volle It’s that time of year again, when the best of the past year’s movies compete for accolaids and attention. Some award shows have already come and gone. The...... Read more
Going To The Movies Autumn 2017
...to fight crime and corruption, the movie’s tagline is ‘revenge begets revenge’. The masked Rendel sets out for retribution and fights VALA, the huge criminal organization. This superhero film veers...... Read more
Going to the movies: Janne Sundqvist
...with, his choices highlight just how diverse a field of movies there are to choose from this year. WITHIN OUR GATES (1920) Oscar Micheaux was the first African American feature...... Read more
Going to the movies: Love & Anarchy 2020
...this year, so there will be no less than 560 screenings included in the programme. The festival will feature 140 full length length movies and 170 short films. A system...... Read more
Going To The Movies: Coming to a cinema near you
Karstein Volle Armoton Maa, in cinemas now Director: Jussi Hiltunen Starring: Ville Virtanen, Antti Holma, Mikko Neuvonen, Jørgen Langhelle, Outi Mäenpää, Pernilla August, Malin Buska Armoton Maa is...... Read more
Going to the Movies Love & Anarchy Edition 2018
Rakkautta ja Anarkiaa Love & Anarchy is the highlight of the Finnish cinema calendar, this year looks like it will be no exception. BLACKKKLANSMAN (2018) Director: Spike Lee...... Read more
Going To The Movies – Love & Anarchy Edition
Samuli Heimonen This year the Helsinki International Film Festival – which is better known locally as Love & Anarchy (Rakkautta & Anarkiaa) – celebrates their thirtieth year. Ten...... Read more
I Survived Flow 2016
...this unnecessary behaviour going on. After a couple of songs of M83 I decide to leave and make my way out of the tent. I briefly considered going to the...... Read more
My Lawyer Will Call Your Lawyer: Singin’ In The Rain
...making movies within movies, the humour, the creativity, Gene Kelly. Perfect. This movie is etched in my memory through songs and dance routines and the vivid colors. On bad days...... Read more
Two years, is that all we got?
...podcast, One Quart magazine playlist, Hei sinä!, NYC Looks best of, My lawyer will call your lawyer, Kesken podcast, Suuri Salaisuus, Going To the movies, Tales from the bus, A...... Read more
Primer: will the real Montgomery Clift please stand up?
...started collecting photographs of Clift by the age of 20. Even in my middle age and countless viewings of all his movies, Clift remains a pleasure for me. If he...... Read more
My Lawyer Will Call Your Lawyer: 2016 in review
...Movies that left an impression in 2016 were not really new movies at all. I watched Tracks (2013) and enjoined the spaciousness of the storytelling and the scope of the...... Read more
Let The Record Show: Dexys Do Irish & Country Soul
...going on in that look. An Irish docker of the time or a New York cabbie going out on the tiles perhaps. It’s stylish and Rowland lives and breathes these...... Read more
Suicide Squad: First Impressions
...movie is set post Batman V Superman. The trailer ends with a deranged Joker saying, “Oh I’m not going to kill you, I am just going to hurt you really...... Read more
The rise of the zombies… George A Romero was onto something
...to in Game of Thrones (and so much more) – a different kind of cultural reflection was going on with Romero’s zombie movies. An indefinite Zombie–state, that constant straight line...... Read more
Pokémon GO
...pulling them. The scenario with the pink flamingos was not that far from reality. So that’s how the summer was going to look and how people were going to behave....... Read more
Ukraine Bans Films
...in the fight regarding Gogol over his Ukrainian or Russian citizenship – this debate has been ongoing since the film’s release. Even the New York Times pointed out the attempts...... Read more
Learning to live while waiting for The Big K.O.
...responsibilities – like in the movies. Reality reminds us everyday of life’s fragile nature. I have imagined my own demise and mostly contemplated the most pain-free version of death. I...... Read more