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the sound of passion (film: Song Sung Blue – Craig Brewer, 2025)

Posted on January 11, 2026 by admin

‘Song Sung Blue‘ is not just a biopic about who musicians, although it has as heroes a couple of people who make music, and it is not just a musical film, although it is rich in musical numbers. The movie … Continue reading →

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who is the monster? (film: The Housemaid – Paul Feig, 2025)

Posted on January 8, 2026 by admin

Those who – like me – thought that the 2025 production of ‘The Housemaid‘ directed by Paul Feig is a remake of the 2010 Korean film with the same name (in English distribution) were wrong. The American movie is an … Continue reading →

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Truffaut settling down? (film: Domicile conjugal – François Truffaut, 1970)

Posted on January 7, 2026 by admin

‘Domicile conjugal‘ (‘Bed & Board‘ in the English distribution) was made by François Truffaut 11 years after ‘Les quatre cents coups’, one of the three films that launched the ‘Nouvelle Vague’ and changed the direction of French and world cinema. … Continue reading →

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21st century Modern Times (film: Eojjeoluga eobsda / No Other Choice – Park Chan-wook, 2025)

Posted on January 2, 2026 by admin

What a chance to start my 2026 cinephile year with a film like ‘Eojjeoluga eobsda‘ (the English distribution title is ‘No Other Choice‘) by the Korean master Park Chan-wook. I found in this film the mixture of thriller and horror … Continue reading →

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generational gaps (film: Father Mother Sister Brother – Jim Jarmusch, 2025)

Posted on December 30, 2025 by admin

It was a delight to end my 2025 film year by watching Jim Jarmusch‘s film ‘Father Mother Sister Brother‘. This is another of the triptychs that the American director wrote and brought to the screen, in which three cinematic stories … Continue reading →

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another Judgment at Nuremberg (film: Nuremberg – James Vanderbilt, 2025)

Posted on December 25, 2025 by admin

Comparisons are inevitable. Any film ever made about the war crimes trials after World War II, and the one at Nuremberg in particular, will not be able to avoid reference to Stanley Kramer’s 1961 masterpiece. Just as those trials were … Continue reading →

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truth and beauty (film: Cravata galbenă / The Yellow Tie – Serge Ioan Celebidachi, 2025)

Posted on December 20, 2025 by admin

I confess that I was a little afraid to watch ‘The Yellow Tie‘, the film by Serge Ioan Celebidachi. Writing a biography or making a biographical film about one’s own father, a dominant personality not only in his field but … Continue reading →

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small lies, big lies, bad lies, good lies (film: Eleanor the Great – Scarlett Johansson, 2025)

Posted on December 15, 2025 by admin

Scarlett Johansson has starred in films directed by some of the most remarkable directors (including female directors) of our time, from Sofia Coppola and Christopher Nolan to Robert Redford and Woody Allen, in her more than twenty-year acting career. She … Continue reading →

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The Gassman Show (film: Il Mattatore – Dino Risi, 1960)

Posted on December 12, 2025 by admin

Dino Risi‘s 1960 film ‘Il mattatore‘ (or ‘Love and Larceny‘ in the English distribution) belongs to a period in which comedies that were popular with the public and quality films were not disjoint categories. At a time when French cinema … Continue reading →

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René Clair vs. Chaplin (film: À nous la liberté – René Clair, 1931)

Posted on December 11, 2025 by admin

‘À nous la liberté‘ – René Clair‘s 1931 film – is often mentioned in tandem with Chaplin’s ‘Modern Times’ from 1936. The central theme and anti-capitalist message are shared. In the perspective, the direct filiation is obvious. At the time, … Continue reading →

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