Monthly Archives: December 2024

inovative cinema, weak stories (film: Here – Robert Zemeckis, 2024)

Posted on December 9, 2024 by admin

‘Here‘ (2024) is a technological marvel. There are directors from whom I expect something like this, one of them would be Steven Spielberg, and then Robert Zemeckis, the director of this film, whose movies Spielberg produced on many occasions. The … Continue reading →

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a duel of giants (film: Flic Story – Jacques Deray, 1975)

Posted on December 6, 2024 by admin

‘Flic Story‘ (1975) is one of the last films in a remarkable series of films ‘noir’ inspired by the world of French gangsters, made between the 1950s and the 1970s. The master of the genre was Jean-Pierre Melville, whose last … Continue reading →

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fresh, authentic, human (film: Red Rocket – Sean Baker, 2021)

Posted on December 5, 2024 by admin

I didn’t miss the opportunity to watch ‘Red Rocket‘ (2021) because it is the previous film by Sean Baker, the director of ‘Anora’. This was one of the revelations of the year for me and not only for me, as … Continue reading →

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Edward G. Robinson at his best (fim: Scarlet Street – Fritz Lang, 1945)

Posted on December 4, 2024 by admin

‘Scarlet Street‘, the 1945 film by Fritz Lang, once again demonstrates that many of the secrets of the filmmaking profession were already discovered and used by the masters of cinema of those times. Here is a film made almost 80 … Continue reading →

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the immense cost of the lie system (TV series: Chernobyl – Craig Mazin, 2019)

Posted on December 3, 2024 by admin

If further proof was needed that studios that make movies with streaming as their main distribution method can also produce remarkable productions, then this is the mini-series ‘Chernobyl‘ produced in 2019 by HBO. Craig Mazin is the author of a … Continue reading →

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Altman’s anti-western (film: McCabe & Mrs. Miller – Robert Altman, 1971)

Posted on December 2, 2024 by admin

Robert Altman called ‘McCabe & Mrs. Miller‘ (1971) an ‘anti-western’ while some critics classify it as a ‘revisionist’ western. The story and the setting are those of the classic films of the genre. We are in a frontier town in … Continue reading →

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CHANGE.WORLD: Lumea oglinzilor sau Gemenii virtuali

Posted on December 2, 2024 by admin

Civilizația noastră este fascinată de oglinzi. Alice a lui Lewis Carroll trece de cealaltă parte a oglinzii și pătrunde într-un tărâm în care fizica și societatea sunt guvernate de cu totul alte legi. Mama cea rea din ‘Albă ca Zăpada’ își întreabă … Continue reading →

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