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I am a moving images enthusiast, a books lover, a globe-trotter, an amateur photographer and (multi) culture savvy researcher, who turned one of my passions into a vocation in a variety of platforms.

PANIK
January 8, 2021 Leave a Comment by bettereyes On Books

PANIK

A timely, allegorical thriller that never loses sight of its humans as it tracks a mysterious, uncontrollable virus haunting the […]

Matilda Seer
January 8, 2021 Leave a Comment by bettereyes On Books

Matilda Seer

A promising, full of possibilities starting point of a YA fantasy series that stands out for the rich, multilayered world […]

Welcome to Chechnya
June 8, 2020 Leave a Comment by bettereyes On film & other blessings

Welcome to Chechnya

Or how director David France documents a painful, hidden truth with some strategic digital disguises. It all begins with a […]

‘Call me by your name’, fearless Call Me By Your Name
January 12, 2018 Leave a Comment by bettereyes On film & other blessings

‘Call me by your name’, fearless

Almost 10 years after his haunting ‘I Am Love’, Luca Guadagnino tells another “illicit” love story. Between two human beings […]

2017: The year of “old” ladies kicking (rules’) ass. Vol. 1 Big Little Lies
December 30, 2017 Leave a Comment by bettereyes On film & other blessings

2017: The year of “old” ladies kicking (rules’) ass. Vol. 1

What a tricky, terrible and yet wonderful, frustrating and at once satisfying year for women on both sides of the […]

‘T2’ stars are 25 years… ageless & ready to reunite in action
October 19, 2017 1 Comment by bettereyes On film & other blessings

‘T2’ stars are 25 years… ageless & ready to reunite in action

This was to be only a happy response to Terminator 2‘s re-release and forthcoming reunion, as well as (partly) the […]

Four subversions that made ‘Dunkirk’ The ultimate cinematic experience of the summer
September 8, 2017 Leave a Comment by bettereyes On film & other blessings

Four subversions that made ‘Dunkirk’ The ultimate cinematic experience of the summer

Christopher Nolan’s genre-b(l)ending, unconventional masterpieces elevated him to the status of geek guru. There is the twisty, haunted and haunting […]

How ‘Game Of Thrones’ got (most of) its groove back
August 8, 2017 Leave a Comment by bettereyes On film & other blessings

How ‘Game Of Thrones’ got (most of) its groove back

It was hailed as Games of Thrones‘ best Season ever. Last year’s Season 6 however, was merely the show’s first, […]

This is not my ‘Twin Peaks’, and you are not my Cooper
July 4, 2017 Leave a Comment by bettereyes On film & other blessings

This is not my ‘Twin Peaks’, and you are not my Cooper

I was hooked, I remember vividly, to Twin Peaks from its first ever episode. As Twin Peaks: The Return is […]

‘Wonder Woman’, or God(dess) interrupted
June 11, 2017 2 Comments by bettereyes On film & other blessings

‘Wonder Woman’, or God(dess) interrupted

Wonder Woman is not the best superhero movie you’ve seen, ever or in the recent past. It is however the […]

A bloody alien ‘Alien’
May 24, 2017 5 Comments by bettereyes On film & other blessings

A bloody alien ‘Alien’

Five years after the visually stunning but otherwise pretentious and ultimately hollow, Prometheus, comes Alien: Covenant. With it Ridley Scott […]

Has ‘Legion’ blown your mind yet?
March 30, 2017 Leave a Comment by bettereyes On film & other blessings

Has ‘Legion’ blown your mind yet?

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