Five films (#4)

Wow, long time without one of these posts. I actually have material that will have to wait for the next issue already!

• On Golden Pond: Henry Fonda and Katharine Hepburn play a delightful couple in their late years. He’s old and grumpy, among other things, and she’s kind and just gorgeous. Then a daughter comes to visit (the daughter is played by Jane Fonda, btw).

• Eastern Promises: it’s been one year since I recommended in this very blog A History of Violence. David Cronenberg has done it again, again with the help of Viggo Mortensen. The scene in the sauna is magnificent.

• L’auberge espagnole: a French guy comes to Spain (Barcelona) as an Erasmus student for a year, and meets with some other Erasmus students (and somebody else). Very enjoyable, and has a sequel that I haven’t seen yet.

• The Visitor: I wish I remembered more about this movie, because it left me very pleased; that just means I can watch it again sometime, and says something about the movie too. An ode to people who believe in making good to others, but not a cheesy ode at all.

• The Station Agent: this movie was sold to me on the basis that I’d just be watching life pass by through a small number of people. It really felt that way most of the time, and it wasn’t boring. As it happens, same writer and director than The Vistor above, Tom McCarthy.