Monthly Archives: April 2004

Sweet kid/pubescent movie from the 80s, partially written by Steven Spielberg. Never seen it, but it felt like an instant classic. Treasure hunt, pirates’ skeletons, teenage romance, monsters, lots of memorable quotes. Good entertainment and nothing more. Not that I … Continue reading →

I have seen this movie couple of times in the past and always liked it. This time I was watching it with friends in The Netherlands, with Dutch subtitles. And by this time I knew that Michael Nyman wrote the … Continue reading →

I was planning to read the book before checking out the movies. But it didn’t turn out that way and I don’t think I will do it now. My personal connection to the location was that I recognized some of … Continue reading →

Directed by the same person (Carlos Saura) who did the aforementioned Carmen. Geraldine Chaplin, his real life partner plays double roles both as the main character’s adult self and as her mother. Thus one of the messages is a reflection … Continue reading →

Let me start off with an irrelevant fact, that did affect my experience of this movie. I have seen it only a few days after “The Battle of Algiers”. Both of them covering the same period, but in Cleo Algiers … Continue reading →