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Norwegian Nouvelle Vague (film: Reprise – Joachim Trier, 2006)

Posted on December 4, 2021 by admin

‘Reprise‘, the 2006 debut film by Norwegian director Joachim Trier, is a tribute to the directors of the French New Wave and their films. In many ways it looks like a New Wave movie made in Norway in the 2000’s. … Continue reading →

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father and daughter (film: Tout feu tout flamme – Jean-Paul Rappeneau, 1982)

Posted on December 2, 2021 by admin

‘Tout feu tout flamme‘ (1982) is one of only eight films directed in his career by Jean-Paul Rappeneau, an interesting but not very prolific French film director. This is one of his least appreciated films today, although at the time … Continue reading →

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family affairs (film: The House of Gucci – Ridley Scott, 2021)

Posted on December 1, 2021 by admin

I celebrated the 84th birthday anniversary of director Ridley Scott by watching his latest production, ‘House of Gucci‘. It is the second premiere of a film of his in two months, which demonstrates the vitality and desire to make films … Continue reading →

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the story of an imperfect woman (film: The Worst Person in the World – Joachim Trier, 2021)

Posted on November 29, 2021 by admin

The heroine ofJoachim Trier‘s latest film ‘The Worst Person in the World‘ (2021) is about 30 years old, but she still hasn’t managed to find a profession that would give full meaning to her life, or the man she would … Continue reading →

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long journey to the north (film: Compartment Number 6 – Juho Kuosmanen, 2021)

Posted on November 26, 2021 by admin

I was curious to see ‘Compartment no 6‘, the film by Finnish director Juho Kuosmanen, which became one of the most awarded movies on the festival circuit during this special year which is 2021. The film is a ‘road movie’ … Continue reading →

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mistaken identity (film: Mr. Klein – Joseph Losey, 1976)

Posted on November 25, 2021 by admin

Somehow, I succeed to see only now, 45 years after its release, ‘Mr. Klein‘, Joseph Losey‘s 1976 film, one of the most interesting movies about the Holocaust and Paris during the Nazi occupation. The film is produced by Alain Delon, … Continue reading →

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a revenge movie like no other (film: Riders of Justice – Anders Thomas Jensen, 2020)

Posted on November 24, 2021 by admin

The poster for ‘Riders of Justice‘, the 2020 film by Danish director Anders Thomas Jensen, features a bearded and tough-looking Mads Mikkelsen with a rifle on his back and a pistol in his hand. It could very well be a … Continue reading →

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strong political docu-drama about the Communist show trials (film: L’aveu – Costa-Gravras, 1970)

Posted on November 23, 2021 by admin

‘L’aveu‘ (the English title is ‘The Confession‘), a film made in 1970 by Costa-Gavras a year after the international success of his previous film, ‘Z‘, is already an object of historical study. A year after exposing to the world in … Continue reading →

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De Palma between Hitchcock and Lynch (film: Sisters – Brian De Palma, 1972)

Posted on November 20, 2021 by admin

Made in 1972, ‘Sisters‘ is one of Brian De Palma‘s few ‘Hitchcockian’ films in the first stages of his long and prolific film career. Arguably the best in this category. It is interesting that De Palma had become a Hitchcock … Continue reading →

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truth at all price (film: Boite Noire – Yann Gozlann, 2021)

Posted on November 18, 2021 by admin

Here is a movie that I beleive deserves a better fate than the one it has had so far. ‘Boite noire‘ (or ‘Black Box‘ in English) directed by Yann Gozlan, who is also co-author of the screenplay, got lost in … Continue reading →

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