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Casanova as Opera Hero (Film: Casanova Variations – John Malkovich, 2014)

Posted on June 18, 2017 by admin

Giacomo Casanova, the great lover of the 18th century and maybe of all centuries does not stop to inspire creators. The first of them was of course himself, with the life he led and with the memoirs that he had … Continue reading →

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a chilling killer (film: The Iceman – Michael Shannon, 2012)

Posted on June 17, 2017 by admin

I am not a great fan of ‘true crime’ stories, books, or films. And then, there are exceptions. The Iceman directed by Ariel Vromen is one of them, and I will try to shortly explain why it succeeds in my … Continue reading →

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enjoyable (Film: Wonder Woman – Gal Gadot, 2017)

Posted on June 14, 2017 by admin

So we bought our tickets and our medium sized popcorn box (usually lasts about 15 minutes in the movie), grabbed the 3D spectacles and sat in the theater to watch Wonder Woman. That’s the way to do it. Each genre … Continue reading →

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an early different approach to ww2 stories (Film: La vingt-cinquième heure – Anthony Quinn, 1967)

Posted on June 8, 2017 by admin

It’s only now that I had the occasion to see ‘La vingt-cinquième heure’ (The 25th Hour, or ‘Ora 25’ in Romanian) a film made exactly 50 years ago. In 1967, Anthony Quinn was at the peak of his acting career … Continue reading →

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a woman dies (Film: The Descendants – George Clooney, 2011)

Posted on June 7, 2017 by admin

The opening sequences of director Alexander Payne‘s The Descendants include a short (maybe less than one second) image of a powerful and beautiful woman surfing on the waves around Hawaii. For most of the rest of the film the woman … Continue reading →

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aging beautifully (Film: Le samourai – Alain Delon, 1967)

Posted on May 24, 2017 by admin

What a delight! I remember having seen Le Samouraï as a teenager 50 years ago, during the short few years of ideological and artistic de-icing of the Romanian communist regime between 1964 and 1968, when some of the world cinema crossed … Continue reading →

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ridiculously entertaining (film: Colossal – Anne Hathaway, 2016)

Posted on May 19, 2017 by admin

Here is a very strange combination. Actually let me formulate this as a question. Can a team of film makers take a completely ridiculous ‘kaiju’ (Japanese monster) story, combine it with a sweet and teary romantic story, and make out … Continue reading →

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le Paris noir (film: Tchao Pantin – Claude Berri, Coluche, 1983)

Posted on May 15, 2017 by admin

Thanks to ARTE TV I could see now Claude Berri‘s ‘film noir’ Tchao Pantin (or So Long, Stooge in its English version) starring Coluche in the lead role. The film was made in 1983, at a time when I was … Continue reading →

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heavy rainbow (Film: Beyond the Black Rainbow – Panos Cosmatos, 2010)

Posted on May 11, 2017 by admin

Beyond the Black Rainbow is the only movie that I have found listed on IMDB as being directed by Panos Cosmatos. As the film has been released in 2010 one may wonder what did the director do since then. He did … Continue reading →

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words are not enough (film: Stefan Zweig: Farewall to Europe, Maria Schrader, 2016)

Posted on May 10, 2017 by admin

I seldom give maximal rating to a movie. So far on, IMDB where I record my impressions about the films that I see, I have given 10 rating to only 34 films, and this list includes classical films and those … Continue reading →

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