Not so scary Halloween movies
by The Flamingo I love Halloween, but I hate watching horror movies. I’m afraid I tend to be more of a chicken the older I get. So you won’t find any Exorcists, Chuckys, living dead, creepy clowns or psychopaths with…
Woody Allen and his black comedies
by The Flamingo I reached the last article in my Woody Allen series, this one focusing on his comedies. In my opinion, the best thing that Allen does is mixing comedy and drama, happiness and sorrow, laughter and crying. The…
Woody Allen and his European pictures
by The Flamingo One of the reasons I love Woody Allen as a director is that cities are real characters in his stories. All of the cities he shoots in are presented in the best way possible, they all seem…
Woody Allen and his dramas
by The Flamingo This article focuses on Woody Allen’s dramas. In my opinion, there is no drama like a Woody Allen drama. His movies that fall into this category tend to be soul shaking. They are destined for the contemplative…
Woody Allen and his New York
by The Flamingo As I promised in my previous article, I will release a series of posts with small reviews on Woody Allen’s movies that he directed and written and why I liked them. This article is about his films…
On Woody Allen
by The Flamingo Woody Allen is definitely one of my favorite directors, alongside Martin Scorsese, Sophia Coppola, Tim Burton and Quentin Tarantino. I grew up with Scorsese’s mob movies all my childhood, also with “Beetlejuice” and “Edward Scissorshands”. But with…
‘Normal people’ – a book review
by The Flamingo Normal people by Sally Rooney was my latest read and I got to say it impressed me deeply. I rarely find books that I want to read twice and that leave that kind of mark on me.…
My first Korean drama
by The Flamingo My first big discovery during this coronavirus lockdown is Korean cinema. I really can’t express how big of a revelation this was. I am a big fan of Japanese culture and I tended to concentrate on that:…
The Highwaymen – a movie review
by The Flamingo The Highwaymen is one of the recent movies I watched (before this whole madness happened) and it inspired me to write a bit about it. It’s a Netflix film, directed by John Lee Hancock, featuring Kevin Costner,…
Art museums
by The Flamingo Art has played a big part in my life ever since I was a child. I remember studying every painting in my parents’ art albums, since before I knew how to read. From the collections of Hermitage…
