The Stop Button
blogging by Andrew Wickliffe
Category: Netherlands film
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Black Book is a film of convenience; whether it’s a negative to further the plot or a simple positive like there being a nonsensical chute to allow easy entry into a basement, the film keeps oiling its gears. It’s not predictable—in fact, it hinges on being unpredictable (Black Book owes a lot to the heist…
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Very cute adaptation of Annie M. G. Schmidt’s children’s novel about a cat who (through a chemical serum) becomes very human Carice van Houten, who then helps aspiring journalist Theo Maassen. She’s still able to talk cat so she gets all her old friends to dig up news around town. Lovely sets–rooftop are very important…
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