Monthly Archives: October 2025

a fantasy movie in the 1900 Vienna (film: La Ronde – Max Ophüls, 1950)

Posted on October 8, 2025 by admin

The year was 1950 and film director Max Ophüls was returning to Europe. He had spent the decade of the 1940s in the United States, where between 1947 and 1949 he had made four films. He was returning to France, … Continue reading →

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a star has fallen (film: The Barefoot Contessa – Joseph L. Mankiewicz, 1955)

Posted on October 7, 2025 by admin

When he wrote and directed ‘The Barefoot Contessa’ (1954), Joseph L. Mankiewicz was coming off the huge success of one of his previous films – ‘All About Eve’ (1950). That film depicted the twilight of a Broadway star’s career, and … Continue reading →

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CHANGE.WORLD: În căutarea particulelor fantomă

Posted on October 6, 2025 by admin

Articolul de astăzi se bazează pe o știre de la sfârșitul verii, care a trecut aproape neobservată în vârtejul de evenimente care constituie actualitatea noastră curentă. Pe 26 august a intrat în funcțiune Observatorul subteran de neutrini de la Jiangmen … Continue reading →

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two men and one woman (film: Après l’amour – Diane Kurys, 1992)

Posted on October 6, 2025 by admin

Diane Kurys, the director and co-writer of the film ‘Après l’amour‘ (or ‘Love after Love‘ in the English distribution) is one of the few woman filmmakers who has managed to make a name for herself and build a career and … Continue reading →

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the Beauty and the Militant (film: The Way We Were – Sydney Pollack, 1973)

Posted on October 4, 2025 by admin

The most appropriate way to honor the memory of a filmmaker or actor who is no longer with us is to see or re-watch their films. ‘The Way We Were‘ from 1973 is one of the films that consolidated Robert … Continue reading →

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the full Giulietta (film: Giulietta degli spiriti – Frederico Fellini, 1965)

Posted on October 3, 2025 by admin

In 1965, the year he filmed and released ‘Giulietta degli spiriti‘, Federico Fellini had long since ended his neorealist period and had made two of his best-known (perhaps even his best) films – ‘La dolce vita’ and ‘8 1/2’. His … Continue reading →

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murders under northern lights (TV series: Annika – Nicola Walker, 2021-23)

Posted on October 2, 2025 by admin

If you like detective novels and the Scandinavian movies inspired by these novels and you also appreciate British television series, but especially if you like intelligent films with interesting heroes, then you will probably want to watch ‘Annika‘. It is … Continue reading →

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a strong visual testimony (film: Hiroshima – Hideo Sekigawa, 1953)

Posted on October 1, 2025 by admin

It’s been a long time since I’ve seen a film with such a strong visual impact as Hideo Sekigawa‘s ‘Hiroshima‘. I have no hesitation in saying that, at least in my experience, what this Japanese director, whom I didn’t know … Continue reading →

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