Well, hello there, kind folks. If you’re visiting this blog of mine, I presume that you have a certain interest in the cinema. As for me, even since my early childhood, I have had a deep love of everything related to movies and television. As far as I can remember, I have been more at ease in front of a screen than in the yard, outside, playing. It is a great way to travel, though other people’s stories, without having to foot any kind of steep bill. Over the years, I feel that movie-watching has even fuelled my own creativity.

All that being said, I welcome you in my Cinephile’s Nest. I hope you enjoy it here, feel free to come back at any time. Here you will find reviews of current movies and older ones. TV shows also. Some classics that have remained some of my favourites, some that have disappointed me. I will use a very basic star (*) system to grade them from 1 to 5 (5 being sliced bread level). Remember, these are just my tastes. I will try to explain in each review what I liked about these particular movies, without giving spoilers.

Il y aura aussi des critiques en français pour les films francophones, car j'aime également le cinéma dans ma langue maternelle. Avant d'apprendre l'anglais, plus jeune, je louais des tonnes de films traduits en français, surtout ceux de Bud Spencer et Terrence Hill. Ma mère a eu le choc de sa vie lorsqu'un jour, dans la boîte d'un de ces films, Deep Throat avait malencontreusement inséré. Une expérience formatrice pour le jeune cinéphile que je suis.

Bienvenue à tous, amusez-vous bien.

I welcome you all here, enjoy yourself.

Tuesday, April 21, 2015

The Woman in the Fifth (2011)

Genre: Drama
Directed by: Pawel Pawlikowski
Starring: Ethan Hawke, Kristin Scott Thomas
Running time: 85 minutes


This joint French-British-Polish drama tells the story of Tom Ricks, a divorced American novelist who moves to Paris to be closer to his young daughter, who lives with her mother. An inner battle starts within him between the need for family and the desire to create.

What started as a nice character study type of movie ended up being a complete mess. The Woman in the Fifth showed a lot of promise as it started out, but, by the end it, I could not help but wonder what was the point of the whole thing. It all ended up making no sense whatsoever to me.

Ethan Hawke and Kristin Scott Thomas are both pretty good here. There is one particular “love scene” between their characters that I found really effective storytelling-wise. Unfortunately, the story was not told effectively overall.


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