Dimitris Passas

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Blood Ties

Nov 18, 2024 | tapthelinemag.com | Dimitris Passas

Books Nov 19, 2024 Dimitris Passas 1. The second part in Jo Nesbo’s saga about the pains and hardships of brotherly love follows a similar recipe to the first installment, The Kingdom, in terms of narrative structure, pacing, and plot complexity.
The Substance

Nov 18, 2024 | tapthelinemag.com | Dimitris Passas

In one of the most aspiring releases of 2024, the French director Coralie Fargeat pursues to create a highly stylized film narrating a Faustian tale with several references to contemporary mass media reality. The Substance can be watched as an homage to David Cronenberg's iconic body-horror movies such as The Fly and Videodrome or a dark satire, however, the story struggles to convey a creative subtext for the audience to interpret and resorts to pomposity and didacticism.
Dimitris Passas: A Grain of Sand

Jul 18, 2024 | thebrusselsreview.com | Dimitris Passas |Kirby Wright |Kalahari Marrakesh |Jeremy Gadd

I shall never forget that day in May, almost 35 years ago. I was a 5-year-old boy, feeling trapped within our tiny family home in Koukaki, an ancient, scenic neighborhood near the center of Athens. My mother, an English professor at a local high school, took me by the hand. Together, we exited the wood-paneled entrance of our house and strode toward our private paradise: a small garden brimming with colors and the fresh scents of spring.
An In-Depth Review of Salman Rushdie's Knife: A Memoir

Jul 16, 2024 | thebrusselsreview.com | Dimitris Passas |Kirby Wright |David G. McVey

On August 12, 2022, a horrific terrorist attack took place in Chautauqua, New York, igniting discussion about one of the most debated issues in the Western world: freedom of speech. Salman Rushdie, an Iranian-born author internationally known for his distinctive oeuvre interlacing the political and historical with the subjective and magical, was stabbed multiple times by a radicalized Islamist while on stage at the Chautauqua Institution.
The Couples Trip

Jul 2, 2024 | tapthelinemag.com | Dimitris Passas

Books Jul 2, 2024 Dimitris Passas Ulf Kvensler's name is well-known among fans of Swedish TV dramas as he has signed the screenplay of several successful productions such as The Restaurant, Black Lake, and the more recent Riding in Darkness.
Kinds of Kindness

Jun 27, 2024 | tapthelinemag.com | Dimitris Passas

Movies Jun 28, 2024 Dimitris Passas From the pioneer of the deadpan and unsettling Yorgos Lanthimos, comes Kinds of Kindness, a portmanteau film comprising 3 distinctive storylines merged by their commonalities in terms of theme selection. Efthimis Filippou signs the screenplay in his fifth collaboration with the Greek auteur, which signals a regression to Lanthimos's early years and works such as Dogtooth and Alps.
Lilith

Jun 27, 2024 | tapthelinemag.com | Dimitris Passas

Books Jun 27, 2024 Dimitris Passas As Gary Younge observes in the Guardian review of Paul Auster's Bloodbath Nation (read it here): "There is an atavistic attachment to firearms in America that places the gun at the center of some of the nation's most cherished myths".
The Fury

Jun 27, 2024 | tapthelinemag.com | Dimitris Passas

Books Jun 27, 2024 Dimitris Passas In his latest outing, Alex Michaelides chooses to follow the all-too-familiar recipe in terms of narrative tropes and eventually delivers another run-of-the-mill closed-room mystery, perhaps the most saturated version of the genre during the last decade.
April's Foul Day - Literary Heist

Jun 20, 2024 | literaryheist.com | Dimitris Passas

He was walking with fast strides toward nowhere. Within his headspace a war was raging, a merciless bloodshed claiming the lives of myriads, and he felt like the sheer bulk of his niggling memories would eventually override any sad attempts at rational thinking.
Department Q Film 'Boundless' Unravels

Jun 6, 2024 | popmatters.com | Dimitris Passas

Ole Christian Madsen’s Boundless signifies the sixth film adaptation of the Department Q book series, written by one of the gurus of contemporary Danish crime fiction, Jussi Adler-Olsen. The Danish director picks up the mantle from Martin Zandvliet, director of film number 5, The Marco Effect (2021), and summons a modified cast as Ashfin Firouzi succeeds Zaki Youssef in the critical role of Assad.