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re-watching a masterpiece (film: La Dolce Vita – Frederico Fellini, 1960)

Posted on July 14, 2026 by admin

What more can be said or written about Fellini’s ‘La Dolce Vita‘? I included watching this film in the program of an anniversary day and I did not regret a single moment. 66 years after its release and the Palme … Continue reading →

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a polish mother (film: Mama – Or Sinai, 2025)

Posted on July 8, 2026 by admin

The fate of economic migrants from the ‘second’ Europe, men and especially women who leave their countries in search of a source of income that will ensure not only their survival but also the future of their family and children, … Continue reading →

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passion and improvisation (film: Köln 75 – Ido Fluk, 2025)

Posted on July 3, 2026 by admin

The concert that Keith Jarrett gave in Cologne in 1975 is source to one of the most famous recordings in the history of music. I deliberately avoided using the term jazz because Jarrett defined his music at that time as … Continue reading →

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each family has its own secrets (film: Per amore di una donna – Guido Chiesa, 2025)

Posted on June 30, 2026 by admin

Here is a film that surprised me. For the better. ‘Per amore di una donna‘ (or ‘For the Love of a Woman‘ in English) is a film by an Italian director I didn’t know named Guido Chiesa. I chose to … Continue reading →

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a quality film de papa (film: Les orgueilleux – Yves Allégret & Rafael E. Portas, 1953)

Posted on June 29, 2026 by admin

Yves Allégret, the director of the Franco-Mexican co-production ‘Les orgueilleux‘ (known in English distribution as ‘The Proud and the Beautiful’) was in the 1950s one of the preferred target of the critics of future French New Wave filmmakers. He directed … Continue reading →

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between neorealism and Hollywood

Posted on June 27, 2026 by admin

‘Riso amaro‘ (or ‘Bitter Rice’ in the English release) is one of the films that connects the Italian neo-realism of the 1940s in its ‘pure’ form with the great Italian cinema that would emerge from this movement in the following … Continue reading →

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simple, powerful, different (film: Backrooms – Kane Parsons, 2026)

Posted on June 8, 2026 by admin

Kane Parsons, the creator, director and co-writer of the ‘Backrooms‘, will turn 21 on June 18, which means he won’t be able to legally buy a beer in the United States for a few more weeks to celebrate the success … Continue reading →

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in the shadow of the Tsar (film: The Wizard of the Kremlin – Olivier Assayas, 2025)

Posted on May 25, 2026 by admin

Is it too early for cinematic versions of the story of the rise of a personality who continues to dominate contemporary world politics like Vladimir Putin? This is certainly not what writer Giuliano Da Empoli, who published the novel ‘Le … Continue reading →

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irish horror (film: Hokum – Damian McCarthy, 2026)

Posted on May 12, 2026 by admin

It takes a bit of courage, or perhaps audacity, to give the title ‘Hokum‘ to a commercially distributed film. The noun ‘hokum’, which I learned on this occasion, has a few different meanings: it means ‘nonsense’ or ‘just plain nonsense’ … Continue reading →

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wedding and prejudice (film: The Drama – Kristoffer Borgli, 2026)

Posted on May 12, 2026 by admin

‘The Drama‘, the film written and directed by Norwegian Kristoffer Borgli who crossed the Atlantic for several years and is now making films in the United States, combines in a surprising and original way two film genres that are apparently … Continue reading →

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