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the matrix after the trilogy (film: The Matrix Resurrections, 2021)

Posted on January 7, 2023 by admin

I’m a big fan of the original ‘Matrix’ trilogy. I gave the first film in the series a 10 out of 10 grade, which means that I think it’s among the 50 or so best movies I’ve ever seen. For … Continue reading →

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the fascination of the camera (film: The Fabelmans – Steven Spielberg, 2022)

Posted on January 6, 2023 by admin

Hollywood likes to make movies about Hollywood. Several of the great directors (including Spielberg’s friends and collaborators Truffaut and George Lucas) have made autobiographical films inspired by their own childhood and adolescence. In ‘The Fabelmans‘ (2022), Steven Spielberg combines the … Continue reading →

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life on the run (film: Arvottomat – Mika Kaurismäki, 1982)

Posted on January 1, 2023 by admin

Talents are sometimes distributed to families. Today’s cinema is blessed with several pairs of film-makers brothers, who collaborate as directors and screenwriters, sometimes actors, in remarkable films. One such pair is that of the Finnish brothers Mika and Aki Kaurismäki. … Continue reading →

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political and romantic escapism (film: Long Shot – John Irvine, 2019)

Posted on December 29, 2022 by admin

Romantic comedy and high politics have already met many times in American films. Americans (and not just Americans) are fascinated by the White House. The Oval Office is probably the most filmed and recreated room in the history of American … Continue reading →

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‘why do they hate us?’ (film: La haine – Mathieu Kassovitz, 1995)

Posted on December 26, 2022 by admin

‘La haine‘ – ‘Hate‘ is one of the most appropriate titles of movies I’ve seen lately. Many times, faced with violent social events, demonstrations and protests, we ask ourselves: ‘why do they hate us?’. The question is not new. Written … Continue reading →

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back to the 40s (film: Farewell, My Lovely – Dick Richards, 1975)

Posted on December 24, 2022 by admin

The biography of Dick Richards, the director of ‘Farewell, My Lovely‘ (1975) is an enigma to me. This screen adaptation (the second, the first had been made in 1944) of one of Raymond Chandler‘s novels with private detective Phil Marlowe … Continue reading →

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the 4th question (film: Oldboy – Spike Lee, 2013)

Posted on December 22, 2022 by admin

In one of the key scenes of this 2013 version of ‘Oldboy‘, the Bad Guy asks the film’s hero two questions. Correct answers in a limited time are conditions of his survival. Furthermore, the villain points out to him that … Continue reading →

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old age and horror (film: X – Ti West, 2022)

Posted on December 20, 2022 by admin

I love film-in-film movies. ‘X‘ – the 2022 film from director Ti West – is a horror film set during the filming of a pornographic film in 1979. Ti West manages – in my opinion – to make a smart … Continue reading →

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a revenge thriller of a special kind (film: Promising Young Woman – Emerald Fennell, 2020)

Posted on December 17, 2022 by admin

Cassandra, the main hero of ‘Promising Young Woman‘, a movie written and directed by British filmmaker and actress Emerald Fennell and released on screens in 2020, seems to be a typical heroine in the genre of ‘revenge thriller’. During the … Continue reading →

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between duty and love (film: Les destinées sentimentales – Olivier Assayas, 2000)

Posted on December 15, 2022 by admin

The presence of Emmanuelle Béart and of Isabelle Huppert in the credits and the fact that ‘Les destinées sentimentales‘ is directed by Olivier Assayas were enough to convince me to see this film, despite its daunting three-hour length. Made in … Continue reading →

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