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a noir road movie in the ’40s (film: Detour – Edgar G. Ulmer, 1945)

Posted on December 14, 2024 by admin

‘Detour‘ (1945) is a very special and unusual film in the cinematic landscape of the ’40s. Although it was made in Hollywood, it is not a production of the major studios. The way it was made is closer to what … Continue reading →

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love, mourning & love again (film: La délicatesse – David & Stéphane Foenkinos, 2011)

Posted on December 13, 2024 by admin

‘La délicatesse‘ (2011) is a kind of experiment. It is very rare for a novelist to fully take on the screen adaptation of his own novel, writing the script and also directing the film. David Foenkinos, one of the most … Continue reading →

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from Simenon to Hitchcock (film: Maigret tend un piège – Jean Delannoy, 1957)

Posted on December 11, 2024 by admin

Jean Delannoy lived to be a hundred years old and directed some 40 feature films in a career spanning over six decades. He was a contemporary of classical French cinema, of the directors of the New Wave and those who … Continue reading →

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the story of two moles (film: Infernal Affairs / Mou gaan dou – Wai Keung Lau & Alan Mak, 2002)

Posted on December 10, 2024 by admin

‘Infernal Affairs‘ (original title is ‘Mou gaan dou‘) is the 2002 film that inspired Martin Scorsese to direct the remake under the name ‘The Departed’ four years later. I had read in many places that this is one of those … Continue reading →

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CHANGE.WORLD: Tunelul

Posted on December 10, 2024 by admin

‘No Longer An Island’ a fost titlul pe prima pagină a uneia dintre edițiile ziarului The Guardian, în luna noiembrie 1994. În atmosfera încă Euro-entuziastă a ultimului deceniu al secolului XX, Marea Britanie (împreună cu Franța și cu întreaga Europă) … Continue reading →

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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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