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no hope to cling (Film: I, Olga Olga Hepnarová – 2016)

Posted on August 27, 2017 by admin

For the second consecutive year the cinematheque in my city hosts a Czech Film Festival, and the most interesting film I have seen by now is this work co-directed by Petr Kazda and Tomás Weinreb describing an event that took … Continue reading →

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solid war drama (Film: The Man with the Iron Heart – Cédric Jimenez, 2017)

Posted on August 26, 2017 by admin

The assassination in Prague in 1942 of Reinhardt Heydrich – ‘protector’ of Bohemia and Moravia and one of the planners of the ‘final solution’ – was one of the most spectacular events of WWII. Although it did not change dramatically … Continue reading →

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mirror games (film: L’amant double – Francois Ozon, 2017)

Posted on August 17, 2017 by admin

After having seen last week the 2016 “Frantz” I continued yesterday my (François) Ozon cure with “The Double Lover” (or “L’amant double” in original) the latest film of the French director, a film that was present also in the 2017 … Continue reading →

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not just action (Film: Edge of Tomorrow – Tom Cruise, 2014)

Posted on August 15, 2017 by admin

A lot of film fans deplore or criticize Tom Cruise‘s latest choice of roles. They all seem to be focusing on action movies, with the 55 (!) years old actor cast in roles where the ration between fights, high-speed chases … Continue reading →

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magic fun (Film: Now You See Mee – Morgan Freeman, 2013)

Posted on August 13, 2017 by admin

I have somehow missed ‘Now You See Me‘, a very entertaining movie directed by Louis Leterrier when it was released four years ago. Luckily, it’s one of those movies that do not lose their appeal that fast, and then it’s … Continue reading →

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victims of war (Film: Frantz – Francois Ozon, 2016)

Posted on August 12, 2017 by admin

‘Frantz‘ is one of those films that follows you long after the screening is over. What I and maybe many other viewers of François Ozon‘s 2016 film  will remember years from now will be the silhouettes of the two principal … Continue reading →

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graphic novel on screen (Film: Sin City: A Dame to Kill For – Mickey Rourke, 2014)

Posted on August 11, 2017 by admin

There are films based on graphic novels (comics books) heroes and action stories and the genre is flourishing making happy studios and fans of all ages. And there are the ‘Sin City’ films which are graphic novels on screens.  ‘Sin … Continue reading →

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men at war (Film: Dunkirk, Christopher Nolan, 2017)

Posted on August 10, 2017 by admin

I fail to join the chorus of praise from critics and many film fans for Dunkirk. I came with big expectation to this film, not only because I read the critics, but also because Christopher Nolan is a director whose … Continue reading →

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the enemy is not what we believed (Film: The Beguiled – Nicole Kidman, 2017)

Posted on August 8, 2017 by admin

Director Sofia Coppola has built a name of herself clearly distinct from the one of her illustrious father by describing the world of women, their fears and tragedies, their anxieties and ambiguities, their relation with the world of men and … Continue reading →

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Holocaust – the story of the people who helped (Film: The Zookeeper’s Wife – Jessica Chastain, 2017)

Posted on August 7, 2017 by admin

It’s not easy to make a good fiction movie about the Holocaust. The story was told many times from different perspectives, it has a well known ending and a definite set of tragic victims and of evil characters. Although the … Continue reading →

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