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love and feel-good in 1973 (film: Licorice Pizza – Paul Thomas Anderson, 2021)

Posted on March 18, 2022 by admin

Paul Thomas Anderson‘s ‘Licorice Pizza‘ is the second favorite in the race for the Academy Award for Best Picture of 2021. With a little luck, it might even win the big prize, as it is a much friendlier and more … Continue reading →

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well … it’s a fake (film: The Best Offer – Giuseppe Tornatore, 2013)

Posted on March 17, 2022 by admin

Virgil Oldman, the lead character in ‘The Best Offer‘, Giuseppe Tornatore‘s 2013 film, is an expert in detecting artistic fakes. He also is a hypochondriac and an old bachelor. As skilled as he is in art, he seems as ignorant … Continue reading →

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Lebanese neo-realism (film: Capernaum – Nadine Labaki, 2018)

Posted on March 14, 2022 by admin

‘Capernaum‘, the extraordinary film by Lebanese Nadine Labaki that won the Jury Prize at Cannes in 2018 and was nominated for an Academy Award for best film in a foreign language immediately reminds cinema lovers of the most impressive sequences … Continue reading →

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an erotic thriller that aged badly (film: ‘Péril en la demeure’ – Michel Deville, 1985)

Posted on March 12, 2022 by admin

I decided to watch ‘Péril en la demeure‘ (English title is ‘Death in a French Garden‘) mainly for Michel Piccoli, an actor I really like. But his is a supporting role and he appears in only a few scenes. This … Continue reading →

Posted in movies | Tagged Anaïs Jeanneret, Anémone, Christophe Malavoy, Death in a French Garden, erotic thriller, French cinema, Michel Deville, Michel Piccoli, Nicole Garcia, Péril en la demeure, Richard Bohringer | Leave a comment

more Cronenberg than David Cronenberg (film: Titane – Julia Ducournau, 2021)

Posted on March 11, 2022 by admin

‘Titane’, the film written and made in 2021 by Julia Ducournau is a shocking movie. While writing this sentence, I am also surprised to think if anything can still be considered shocking compared to what we see in the news … Continue reading →

Posted in movies | Tagged Agathe Rousselle, French cinema, horror movies, Julia Ducourneau, sci-fi horror, science-fiction films, Titane, Vincent Lindon | Leave a comment

the right to love (film: Mal de pierres – Nicole Garcia, 2016)

Posted on March 10, 2022 by admin

Nicole Garcias is one of the French directors who excels at bringing female and feminist themes to the attention of viewers, while offering the opportunity for consistent leading roles to the actresses who appear in her films. In fact, she … Continue reading →

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Paris, like any other city (film: Les Olympiades – Jacques Audiard, 2021)

Posted on March 7, 2022 by admin

‘Les Olympiades‘ is the name of one of the most non-Parisian districts of Paris, a kind of dormitory district with tall buildings and standardized architecture built in the 1970s. It is also the French name for Jacques Audiard’s latest (2021) … Continue reading →

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love and books (film: The Guernsay Literary and Potato Pie Society – Mike Newell, 2018)

Posted on March 5, 2022 by admin

One of my dreams is to visit Guersnay and the other islands that the Brits call the Channel Islands. I am fascinated by the history, landscapes and stories of those who visited them. Now another reason has been added – … Continue reading →

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this is not a game (film: Mikado – Emanuel Parvu, 2021)

Posted on March 4, 2022 by admin

I confess that had to use Google after watching the Romanian film ‘Mikado‘ (2021) directed by Emanuel Parvu to decipher its title. I found out that mikado is a game that I knew as a child under the name ‘Marocco‘ … Continue reading →

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