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CHRONICLE OF A DEATH FORETOLD (Francesco Rosi, 1987)
Based on an incident that Gabriel García Márquez recalled as having occurred in Sucre, Colombia, in 1951, and which he wrote about in his novella Cronica de una muerte anunciada, Cronaca di una mort… more »
Dennis Grunes
CHRONICLE OF A DEATH FORETOLD (Francesco Rosi, 1987)
grunes wrote 1 day ago: Based on an incident that Gabriel García Márquez recalled as having occurred in Sucre, Colombia, i … more »
TRANSAMERICA (Duncan Tucker, 2005)
grunes wrote 3 days ago: Duncan Tucker’s Transamerica is preposterous, with more holes in it than Swiss cheese. The bai … more »
WHAT TIME IS IT? (Ettore Scola, 1989)
grunes wrote 4 days ago: Mostly taken up by conversation between two characters, a father and his grown son, Ettore Scola’s … more »
SWEET MOVIE (Dušan Makavejev, 1974)
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grunes wrote 1 week ago: Whether the title refers to candy or flowing sexual juice of one kind or another, or perhaps an emis … more »
IT ALL STARTS TODAY (Bertrand Tavernier, 1999)
grunes wrote 1 week ago: For the past thirty-five years former law student Bertrand Tavernier has been one of France’s most … more »
LIFE IS A MIRACLE (Emir Kusturíca, 2004)
grunes wrote 1 week ago: Although there is much to like about it (a good deal of the film is hilarious, and its boisterousnes … more »
L’INFERNO (Francesco Bertolini, Adolfo Padovan, Giuseppe de Liguoro, 1911)
grunes wrote 2 weeks ago: Based on the first part, “L’inferno,” of La divina commedia, which Dante Alighieri wrote in th … more »
CHOP SHOP (Ramin Bahrani, 2007)
grunes wrote 2 weeks ago: In Willet’s Point, Queens, within sight and sound of Shea Stadium, in the “Iron Triangle,” Ale … more »
TABOO (Nagisa Oshima, 1999)
grunes wrote 2 weeks ago: Shogun-era Japan, 1865: As the samurai tradition wanes, teenaged Sozaburo Kano already has proven hi … more »
HE WHO GETS SLAPPED (Victor Sjöström, 1924)
grunes wrote 2 weeks ago: Paul Beaumont has made a breakthrough in his research into the origins of our species and trusts his … more »
THE AFRICAN QUEEN (John Huston, 1951)
grunes wrote 2 weeks ago: It is frightful to consider: When the 1951 Oscar nominations were announced, John Huston placed amon … more »
A SHADOW YOU SOON WILL BE (Héctor Olivera, 1994)
grunes wrote 2 weeks ago: Based on Osvaldo Soriano’s novel, writer-director Héctor Olivera’s Una sombra ya pronto serás … more »
YOL (Serif Gören, 1982)
grunes wrote 3 weeks ago: Heavy, tedious Turkish arthouse melodrama, The Road is more interesting for its history than in and … more »
PARABLE (Jon Jost, 2008)
grunes wrote 3 weeks ago: Jon Jost’s films have always tended toward parable. Now this is the case again with Parable, the j … more »
IN BRUGES (Martin McDonagh, 2008)
grunes wrote 4 weeks ago: Amidst Eigil Bryld’s exquisite color cinematography of medieval Flemish architecture, writer-direc … more »
SOLO SUNNY (Konrad Wolf, Wolfgang Kohlhaase, 1979)
grunes wrote 1 month ago: Ingrid’s stage name of Sunny may be sorely ironic, but Renate Krößner, who plays her, indeed spa … more »
THE BIG STREET (Irving Reis, 1942)
grunes wrote 1 month ago: The same year that Henry Fonda sparkled in The Male Animal, he gave perhaps his worst performance, a … more »
BHOPAL EXPRESS (Mahesh Mathai, 1999)
grunes wrote 1 month ago: A man frantically tries to stop a train before it enters Bhopal. The conductor does stop the train, … more »
MRITYUDAND (Prakash Jha, 1997)
grunes wrote 1 month ago: Do not think you can rob me of my dignity. Do not think I am powerless. — Ketki in Mrityudand, gi … more »
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