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from Paris to Tokyo (film: Tokyo Taxi – Yôji Yamada, 2025)

Posted on January 30, 2026 by admin

We are pretty much used to remakes of Japanese or Korean films that are produced in the United States or Europe. Sometimes, however, the phenomenon of remakes also works the other way around. This is the case of the film … Continue reading →

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a little more than another Liam Neeson action movie (film: Memory – Martin Campbell, 2022)

Posted on January 29, 2026 by admin

‘Memory‘, the 2022 film directed by Martin Campbell, has bigger ambitions than just being another action movie. Campbell, who has an uneven filmography in quality (if we measure it by the stars awarded by critics or the ratings on IMDB) … Continue reading →

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Thimotée Supreme (film: Marty Supreme – Josh Safdie, 2025)

Posted on January 28, 2026 by admin

I’ve discovered my favorite in the race for the Best Picture Academy Award this year. I wrote ‘favorite’ meaning the film that I liked the most out of the ten nominated (well, out of the six I’ve seen – I … Continue reading →

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a farce in the mountains (film: Catane – Ioana Mischie, 2025)

Posted on January 27, 2026 by admin

The poster, the credits and the promotional campaign for ‘Catane‘ (2025) insist on emphasizing the fact that it is a feature-length debut film. I don’t know exactly why the director and screenwriter Ioana Mischie, together with the producers, insist on … Continue reading →

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a disturbing and absorbing movie (film: Good Time – Benny & Josh Safdie, 2017)

Posted on January 26, 2026 by admin

‘Good Time‘, the 2017 film by brothers Benny and Josh Safdie, was for me one of those films that left me glued to my seat at the end and when the credits rolled I asked myself: ‘What did I just … Continue reading →

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Shakespeare in Love … again (film: Hamnet – Chloé Zhao, 2025)

Posted on January 25, 2026 by admin

What is Chloé Zhao‘s true voice? When she describes American reality from the perspective of characters who are not very favored by fate, as she did in ‘The Rider’ and ‘Nomadland’? In superhero films like ‘Eternals’? Or now, when she … Continue reading →

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everybody lies (film: Focus – Glenn Ficarra & John Requa, 2015)

Posted on January 23, 2026 by admin

‘Focus‘ – written and directed in 2015 by Glenn Ficarra and John Requa – is a pure entertainment film, from the category that Americans use to call ‘caper movies’ – films with picturesque and likeable villains, who plan robberies or … Continue reading →

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different cultures, same emotions (film: Rental Family – Hikari, 2025)

Posted on January 21, 2026 by admin

The encounter between Japanese culture and the cultures of the rest of the world is a theme that is often explored, both by Japanese and international cinema. Japan fascinates, and Japanese filmmakers are also drawn to the experiences of those … Continue reading →

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outstanding and controversial cinematic experience in the mid 1930s (film: Kermeze héroïque – Jacques Feyder, 1935)

Posted on January 20, 2026 by admin

‘La kermesse héroique‘ (‘Carnival in Flanders’ in the English distribution) was a completely unexpected discovery for me, especially since I knew almost nothing about any of the directors or actors who participated in the production with the exception of Louis … Continue reading →

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the jaws of the past (film: O Agente Secreto – Kleber Mendoça Filho, 2025)

Posted on January 19, 2026 by admin

There is no espionage story in ‘O agente secreto‘ (‘The Secret Agent‘) by Brazilian director Kleber Mendonça Filho, nor is there any connection to the novel written by James Conrad more than a century ago, which inspired many other films … Continue reading →

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