What to Watch on Netflix Instant : Edition #15

[amazon_link id=”B00BB8XEJY” target=”_blank” container=”” container_class=”” ][/amazon_link]- Little White Lies (“Les petits mouchoirs”, France, 2010) : I loved this film. This is a fine, fine film, and one of the best movies I have seen recently. The movie is about a group of friends who vacation together every year, and it focusses on the relationships between them.

It is directed by Guillame Canet who also directed the thriller “Tell No One”, and it stars lovely Marion Cotillard, Gilles Lellouche (who was also in the fantastic “Point Blank”) and Francois Cluzet among others. For Hindi film lovers, this is like “Dil Chahta Hai” + “Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara”. But better.

[amazon_link id=”B001FOPOD8″ target=”_blank” container=”” container_class=”” ][/amazon_link]– Timecrimes (“Los cronocrímenes”, Spain, 2007) : This is my favorite kind of sci-fi film – a time-travel movie. In this film, our very ordinary protagonist Hector travels back in time by one hour, via a handy-dandy time-machine. Trouble is, he’s not the only one using the time-machine. Plus there’s a masked man running around with a very sharp object. Things get messy, and keep getting messier as Hector attempts to sort out the original problem.

This film has a nice dose of suspense, with some violence and general creepiness. Don’t take any bathroom breaks during this one, or you’ll lose the plot.

[amazon_link id=”B0036RPM8Y” target=”_blank” container=”” container_class=”” ][/amazon_link]– The Messenger (USA, 2009) : Woody Harrelson is one of my favorite actors. He delivers in every role, making you believe he is what he says he is. In this film he is Captain Tony Stone, the bearer of bad news, because he is the messenger who delivers news of death to a soldier’s next of kin. He is joined by Staff Sergeant Will Montgomery (Ben Foster) who is back in the States recuperating from a war injury.

It is a hard job, delivering this message to wives, parents, husbands and it takes a toll on the stoic messenger. Harrelson and Foster make you feel for them and for the many innocent victims of war. Great film, if a bit of a downer.

[amazon_link id=”B005MMY7GO” target=”_blank” container=”” container_class=”” ][/amazon_link]- Kai Po Che (India, 2012) : A Hindi film about three fast friends and their struggle to maintain their friendship, this was one of my Top 10 Films of 2013. Kai Po Che is based on Chetan Bhagat’s novel “The 3 mistakes of My Life”. It’s heartfelt, with realistic locales and language, and develops each character finely.

Here is the complete review.

– Bill Cunningham New York (USA, 2011) : This documentary is about fashion photographer Bill Cunningham, his work and the city he did most of his work in – New York. The film focuses on the 80 year old photographer, and his point of view, chronicling the way fashion sensibilities change. We see him on the street taking photos of passers by, at home and with other personalities of the fashion business, all of whom seem to hold him in high regard. A very interesting film indeed!