Category Archives: movies

another end of the world (film: Leave the World Behind – Sam Esmail, 2023)

Posted on March 12, 2025 by admin

I avoid comparisons between films and books, even (or especially) when it comes to screen adaptations of more or less well-known books. Film and literature are arts that work 90% with different materials. In the case of the 2023 film … Continue reading →

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stairway to Olympus (film: Becoming Led Zeppelin – Bernard MacMahon, 2025)

Posted on March 11, 2025 by admin

‘Becoming Led Zeppelin‘, the film released in 2025 by Irish filmmaker Bernard MacMahon, an expert in documentary films about music and musicians, seems to have been made for people like me. I am an absolute fan of Led Zeppelin, which … Continue reading →

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the beginning of the career of a great musician (film: A Complete Unknown – James Mangold, 2024)

Posted on March 3, 2025 by admin

Bob Dylan’s biography, person and music are a source of inspiration for interesting films. There have already been quite a few, from one of the best music documentaries ever made to experimental biographies and musical films. ‘A Complete Unknown‘ (2024), … Continue reading →

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architecture and cinema (film: The Brutalist – Brady Corbet, 2024)

Posted on February 7, 2025 by admin

‘The Brutalist‘ (2024) is a very ambitious film. Brady Corbet is at his third feature film and, although he is relatively little known as a director, he has managed to co-write an original and complex script, attract a very well-made … Continue reading →

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Pakula’s western (film: Comes a Horseman – Alan J. Pakula, 1978)

Posted on February 6, 2025 by admin

Alan J. Pakula is one of the American filmmakers who intrigues me. Although he is half a generation older, he debuted as a director around the same time as Spielberg or Scorsese, but he did not keep up with them. … Continue reading →

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a political thriller at the Vatican (film: Conclave – Edward Berger, 2024)

Posted on February 5, 2025 by admin

Cinema has already dealt with the popes, their lives and deaths, including the process of electing the new sovereign pontiffs by convening the Conclave. There have been feature films and television series, dramas and comedies, historical or current affairs films … Continue reading →

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Day Zero of TV entertainment news (film: September 5 – Tim Fehlbaum, 2024)

Posted on February 3, 2025 by admin

September 5, 1972, has gone down in history as an infamous date in the history of the Olympic Games. Several documentaries and fiction films have already been made about this event and its aftermath, including a film directed by Spielberg. … Continue reading →

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a japanese autumn sonata (film: Teki – Daihachi Yoshida, 2024)

Posted on February 1, 2025 by admin

‘Teki‘, the 2024 film by Japanese director Daihachi Yoshida, is a film about the old age. I don’t know to what extent contemporary Japanese cinema addresses this topic, but it seems natural to me that it would in a country … Continue reading →

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the cloud that kills (film: Cloud / Kuraudo – Kiyoshi Kurosawa, 2024)

Posted on January 31, 2025 by admin

Japanese director Kiyoshi Kurosawa‘s filmography already includes several films where the horror and techno-thriller genres meet, reflecting a world where technology overwhelms its heroes and terrifies the audience. ‘Cloud‘ (‘Kuraudo‘ in the original – 2024) can be included in this … Continue reading →

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three tales of one city (film: Tokyo! – Michel Gondry & Leos Carax & Bong Joon Ho, 2008)

Posted on January 29, 2025 by admin

I don’t know the history of this production, but the idea seems formidable to me. ‘Tokyo!‘ (2009) is a triptych of short films set in Tokyo and directed by three directors who are not Japanese, but who are talented and … Continue reading →

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