Month: June 2016

  • See the Sea Movie Features Scenes that Cannot be Unseen

    See the Sea Movie Features Scenes that Cannot be Unseen

    In See the Sea (1997) you will indeed cast your eyes upon la mer.  However, you may see, and hear, a few other things that are not quite as beautiful. Set on a rugged French island, there is a rustic beauty to See the Sea that helps one to swallow the bitter pill that is…

  • Stress Position is Psychological Torture for the Viewer, Too

    Stress Position is Psychological Torture for the Viewer, Too

    Stress Position traces the course of a dubious wager between two friends.  Psychological torture is the contest and the viewer is in the crossfire. Why I thought this would be a fun one is another dubious decision.  Stress Position (2013) starts out in a rather lighthearted manner which belies what is to come.  It also…

  • Jeanne Moreau Looks for Even Greener Pastures in The Lovers

    Jeanne Moreau Looks for Even Greener Pastures in The Lovers

    Jeanne Moreau looks for even greener pastures in The Lovers (1958) and she is off to the races with the first likely candidate that happens by. (NOTE:  This is something of a recap so be advised that there are spoilers within.  This story was so crazy, I just had to dish the dirt.) Her Jeanne…