Alvorada Vermelha – Red Dawn Directed by João Pedro Rodrigues & João Rui Guerra da Mata 28 minutes, 2011 A documentary on a meat market in Macao evokes question of life, death and morality. Opening with a high heeled shoe in foreground in a presentation of the mundane, we are introduced to our world under the …
Remakes, “re-adaptations”, and “re-imaginings” have been a frequent occurrence in cinema throughout much of its history, alongside the franchise “reboot” concept that has become particularly commonplace in the last decade. 2011, however, saw a rather curious trend of remakes of films and TV shows, either formerly original concepts or previous adaptations themselves, where the original’s …
Midnight in Paris Written by Woody Allen Directed by Woody Allen USA/Spain, 2011 It has been a long while since Woody Allen has been a reliably strong filmmaker in spite of his yearly output of festival fodder. Midnight in Paris remains lightweight and cannot hold a candle to his best work of the last ten …