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where is Sergio Leone? (film: Hang ‘Em High – Ted Post, 1968)

Posted on June 11, 2024 by admin

‘Hang ‘Em High‘, made in 1968 and directed by Ted Post, marks the return of Clint Eastwood to the United States after becoming an international star in the series of three famous spaghetti westerns made by Sergio Leone. Most film … Continue reading →

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the ashes of the empire (film: Carbon – Ion Bors, 2022)

Posted on June 10, 2024 by admin

I very seldom have the opportunity to watch films from the Republic of Moldova, and that’s why I was happy that ‘Carbon‘, released in 2022, directed by Ion Bors based on a script written by Mariana Starciuc, was included in … Continue reading →

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at the edge of Europe (film: Oameni de treaba – Paul Negoescu, 2022)

Posted on June 6, 2024 by admin

What genre of movie are we watching? This is one of the questions that the viewers of the film ‘Oameni de treabă‘ (the title in the English distribution is ‘Men of Deeds‘), made in 2022 by the director Paul Negoescu, … Continue reading →

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an improbable love story (film: Mademoiselle Chambon – Stéphane Brizé, 2009)

Posted on June 5, 2024 by admin

‘Mademoiselle Chambon‘ is the first film from Stéphane Brizé‘s filmography that I have the opportunity to watch. It was made in 2009 and the script, on which Brizé is co-author, is an adaptation of a novel by Eric Holder. It’s … Continue reading →

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the pink panther saves the world (film: The Pink Panther Strikes Again – Blake Edwards, 1976)

Posted on June 4, 2024 by admin

‘The Pink Panther Strikes Again‘ (1976) is the fifth film in the original series of films directed and written (most of them) by Blake Edwards and starring Peter Sellers as Inspector Jacques Clouseau. I can forgive the Edwards-Sellers couple anything, … Continue reading →

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the body on the beach (film: Inspecteur Lavardin – Claude Chabrol, 1986)

Posted on June 1, 2024 by admin

With ‘Inspecteur Lavardin‘ (1986), Claude Chabrol followed in the footsteps of the success of the film ‘Cop au vin’ made the year before, bringing back to the center of the story the same character that gives the film its title. … Continue reading →

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the mean streets of London (film: Legend – Brian Helgeland, 2015)

Posted on May 30, 2024 by admin

Brian Helgeland‘s 2015 film ‘Legend‘ is a biopic of the Kray twin brothers, two gangsters who dominated the London underworld from the late 1950s until 1968 when they were both arrested, tried and sentenced to life in prison for separate … Continue reading →

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identity games (film: Hit Man – Richard Linklater, 2023)

Posted on May 29, 2024 by admin

I always look forward to the films of Richard Linklater, whom I consider one of the most interesting American filmmakers. His films manage to bring to the screens novel landscapes of American reality and characters that involve their viewers. His … Continue reading →

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young and angry in the city (film: Les cousins – Claude Chabrol, 1959)

Posted on May 28, 2024 by admin

After ‘Le beau Serge’, that I had watched a few days ago, I now saw ‘Les cousins‘ (1959), the other film in the diptych that launched Claude Chabrol‘s career and was one of the first successes of the French New … Continue reading →

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life and death of a choreographer (film: All That Jazz – Bob Fosse, 1979)

Posted on May 27, 2024 by admin

It takes a lot of courage and immense self-centeredness to write and direct a film about your own death. This is exactly what the director and choreographer Bob Fosse did in 1979, the creator of some of the great successes … Continue reading →

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