hamidrezarafatnejad Reviews

The Late Mathias Pascal (1925)

If you like Paul Auster!

[8/10 · 3 May 2018]

This was the 2nd Marcel L'Herbier movie that I watched. It has some strange and mystical quality that sometimes remind me of #PaulAuster's novels. Amazing adaptation, wonderful plot.

La nuit fantastique (1942)

Ophuls's dinner with Jean Cocteau!

[8/10 · 24 April 2018]

A weird, great, creative, and pure fantasy, with a fresh approach, like you can't find one like this, even now! Marcel L'Herbier's style was like Max Ophuls mixed with Jean Cocteau. --- Hamidreza Rafatnejad

Presumed Innocent (1990)

Minor flaws can be connived!

[8/10 · 23 April 2018]

As an Alan J. Pakula fanatic, there is nothing to dislike about this well staged adaptation. There are some minor plot flaws, sure, but with Gordon Willis magnificent photography nothing can beat the movie!

--- Hamidreza Rafatnejad

Wild Tales (2014)

Naked subconscious!

[10/10 · 23 April 2018]

This episodic humble baby is a huge WOW! You can watch it again and again endlessly, because lets face it, it is the sculpture of our subconscious's projection, in its very naked form!

The Passionate Friends (1949)

Old plot, well directed

[10/10 · 23 April 2018]

You may say that's an old plot, but hand it to David Lean, its going to be fresh as new! Powerful storytelling, masterfully directed. Like Brief Encounter, this too surfs the human soul.

The Florida Project (2017)

Like dancing on a thin ice

[8/10 · 23 April 2018]

Wonderful acting, specially the kids. Minimal plot, with minor ups and downs, tricky ending which walks on the thin ice of turning in to a disaster, whereas it can be a delicate dance on the ice.