All the Beauty and the Bloodshed (2022)

FAV per YEAR (movies) (24 movies items)

""You should see this movie, it's about Nan Goldin her activism, it's directed by a very good documentarist and of course it was huge at Venice" told me an artist-friend of mine. It's good film about this great living photographer, it's true but I also found it to be a very powerful means of expressing her voice and spreading awareness about a serious social problem that it was like an elephant in the room. I was already an admirer of Nan Golding as an artist, but now I really realized the f"

A good movie

“To be honest, I wasn’t sure what to expect from this flick but since it did win the Golden Lion at the Venice Film Festival, I was quite eager to check it out. Well, to be honest, since it had a strong reputation, I was actually expecting more from the damned thing which turned out to be 2 movies into 1. Indeed, on one hand, they focused on Nan Goldin’s life and career and, on the other hand, her recent battle with the Sackler family who was behind the opioid crisis in the US but, to be honest, I’m not sure if this mix really worked after all. First of all, I have to admit that I had never heard of Nan Goldin before and it was neat to discover this really interesting artist. Indeed, her life and work were quite fascinating and I think I would have been perfectly content if they would” read more

My trips to the cinema 2023 (410 movies items)

"SCREENING: Woman with a Movie Camera preview DATE: January 14th CINEMA: BFI LOCATION: Southbank"

Top 34 Movies of 2022 (34 movies items)

"#5"

“(PA) Nice character Nan Goldin, frank and activist, lost in themes for moments (doccumented bipic with photos, activist film, but here´s just the protagonist ans her circle, and a look on convulse times from a survivor....and the Sackler prestige going to pieces...” read more

Predicting the Winners of the 2023 Oscars (20 movies items)

"And the Nominees are... *All That Breathes *All the Beauty and the Bloodshed *Fire of Love *A House Made of Splinters *Navalny And the Oscar goes to... This is often an award easily swayed by outside motives. Quality is important, but the narrative can often outweigh that. With that in mind, I'll take Navalny. Fire of Love took the DGA award, but Navalny took the BAFTA and PGA top prizes, a fairly lethal combination here (four times has it happened since BAFTA re-established the category in "

Venice Film Festival - Golden Lion winners (67 movies items)

"directed by Laura Poitras"