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the old gladiator is still in the arena (film: Gladiator II – Ridley Scott, 2024)

My generation of cinephiles has the great opportunity to see some of the great directors we have followed since the beginning of their careers, who we have seen grow up, become celebrities and make good and interesting films, and occasionally … Continue reading

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feminist horror (film: The Substance – Coralie Fargeat, 2024)

David Cronenberg and Quentin Tarantino have a heir and her name is Coralie Fargeat. Coralie Fargeat is not afraid to shock. In fact, I think the purpose of her films is to shock. She’s doing it to get attention and … Continue reading

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Modern Times Square (film: La Cocina – Alonso Ruizpalacios, 2024)

‘La Cocina‘ (2024), the bold and unusual film by Mexican director Alonso Ruizpalacios, immediately reminded me of Charlie Chaplin’s ‘Modern Times’. Both films have one memorable scene that visually and symbolically represents all that is wrong with the dehumanization of … Continue reading

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BB at best (film: Une ravissante idiote – Édouard Molinaro, 1964)

Looking for a comedy to improve my mood, I came across a gem of the genre – ‘Une ravissante idiote‘, the 1964 film by Édouard Molinaro. Many of the French comedies of that period are among my favorites, and now … Continue reading

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Coppola’s ‘Metropolis’ (film: Megalopolis – Francis Ford Coppola, 2024)

‘Megalopolis‘ (2024) is Francis Ford Coppola‘s life project. He started working on it and talking about it while filming ‘Apocalypse Now.’ He read scripts and discussed castings with entire generations of great actors. Many of them left to the stars … Continue reading

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Marylin Monroe in the Far West (film: River of No Return – Otto Preminger, Jean Negulesco, 1954)

I chose to watch ‘River of No Return‘, a 70-year-old western film for a few reasons. First of all, because Marilyn Monroe, who has the opportunity to demonstrate her talent as an actress in addition to her physical beauty and … Continue reading

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the magic mountain (film: Picnic at Hanging Rock – Peter Weir, 1975)

I very rarely re-watch movies. I made an exception today, watching again after almost half a century ‘Picnic at Hanging Rock‘, the 1975 film directed by the Australian Peter Weir, about a decade before he began an international career that … Continue reading

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three men, one woman and many guns (film: Appaloosa – Ed Harris, 2008)

Ed Harris, an actor I admire a lot, has stepped behind the camera only twice so far, to sit in the film director’s chair. His third film is now in pre-production. The second one, which I saw last night, is … Continue reading

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from narco-thriller to musical soap opera and back (film: Emilia Pérez – Jacques Audiard, 2024)

Jacques Audiard has never disappointed me before. Many of his films have as their main theme (or one of the main themes) the search for identity and changes of identity. Many of the memorable characters in his films search for … Continue reading

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Hercule Poirot in the Holy Land (film: Appointment with Death – Michael Winner, 1988)

Michael Winner‘s ‘Appointment to Death‘ (1988) is the sixth and last film in the series of adaptations of Agatha Christie’s novels starring Hercule Poirot and starring Peter Ustinov. In several places I read that it is also considered the weakest … Continue reading

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