Tag: Belgium

REVIEW: Close

(spoiler free) Friendship can be tough, but for the inseparable Rémi (Gustav de Waele) and Léo (Eden Dambrine) it seems like the most effortless thing in the world. After spending an idyllic summer in each other’s unceasing company, the boys must embark on the next stage of their education as they start high school together.…

1 Mar 2023
REVIEW: Earth and Blood

(spoiler free) Earth and Blood, or if you’re going by its original title La terre et le sang, is a new Belgian/French action thriller and the latest film to land on streaming platform Netflix. The film follows Saïd (Sami Bouajila), the owner of a sawmill who’s contemplating selling his factory. After an employee does a…

17 Apr 2020
Marguerite

(spoiler free) Meryl Streep and Hugh Grant star in ‘Florence Foster Jenkins’ which is released next month in the UK. Jenkins was an unfortunately notoriously bad opera singer and her life is the subject of the upcoming film. The same woman has also inspired the film that I’m going to be reviewing here, ‘Marguerite’. This…

6 Apr 2016