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another piece in the mosaic (film: Minari – Lee Isaac Chung, 2020)

Posted on April 17, 2021 by admin

‘Minari‘, the autobiographical film written and directed in 2020 by the American filmmaker Lee Isaac Chung, a son of Korean immigrants, has some beautiful moments and quite a lot of cinematic qualities. It is an immigrants story, one of the … Continue reading →

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Marguerite Duras would have liked it (film: Un barrage contre le Pacifique’ – Rithy Panh, 2008)

Posted on April 10, 2021 by admin

‘The Sea Wall‘ directed in 2008 by Cambodian director Rithy Panh is the second screen adaptation of Marguerite Duras‘s novel ‘Un barrage contre le Pacifique’ after the one made in 1957 by René Clément, a few years after the novel … Continue reading →

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deadly games (film: Nerve – Henry Joost, Ariel Schulman, 2016)

Posted on April 9, 2021 by admin

In 2016, when they made ‘Nerve‘,  Henry Joost and Ariel Schulman already had in their joint filmography the series 3 and 4 of the horror cycle ‘Paranormal Activity‘ as well as ‘Catfish‘, a successful documentary that deals with romantic relationships … Continue reading →

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the price of the life of a soldier (film: The Monuments Men – George Clooney, 2014)

Posted on April 8, 2021 by admin

The story in ‘The Monuments Men‘ directed by George Clooney and released on screens in 2014 is worth telling. In the last year of World War II, a small group of Allied soldiers, most of them experts in the arts, … Continue reading →

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the tragic destiny of a woman who was also a queen (film: Mary Queen of Scots – Thomas Imbach, 2013)

Posted on April 6, 2021 by admin

‘Mary Queen of Scots‘ is the story of a famous and unhappy queen, a story well-known in the British space where it is part of the respective national histories and in the German-speaking cultural space, especially due to Schiller’s play … Continue reading →

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in the shadow of Clint Eastwood (film: Slow West – John Maclean, 2015)

Posted on April 2, 2021 by admin

If anyone needs extra proof that the western is a living and ever-renewing cinematic genre, then they can watch ‘Slow West‘ (2015), the debut and the only feature film made so far by Scottish director John Maclean. It is a … Continue reading →

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the loves of the pianist (film: Tirez sur le pianiste – François Truffaut, 1960)

Posted on March 29, 2021 by admin

Made in 1960, ‘Tirez sur le pianiste‘ (the English title is ‘Shoot the Piano Player‘) is François Truffaut‘s second film, released after his formidable debut with ‘Les quatre cent coups‘. The main source of inspiration here is the genre of … Continue reading →

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a policewoman starts her career (film: Blue Steel – Kathryn Bigelow, 1990)

Posted on March 26, 2021 by admin

I decided to watch ‘Blue Steel‘ due to the presence of Jamie Lee Curtis in the cast and the fact that it is directed by Kathryn Bigelow. The film was released on screens in 1990, when Curtis was already a … Continue reading →

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simple and beautiful (film: Nomadland – Chloé Zhao, 2020)

Posted on March 25, 2021 by admin

The fact that director Chloé Zhao‘s ‘Nomadland‘ is nominated for some of the most important categories Academy Awards and that it is even considered the main favorite for the best film of 2020 may have influenced my experience of watching … Continue reading →

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between silence and lies (film: Labyrinth of Lies – Giulio Ricciarelli, 2014)

Posted on March 18, 2021 by admin

‘Im Labyrinth der Schweigens‘, the original German title of the 2014 film directed byGiulio Ricciarelli, has been translated into English as ‘Labyrinth of Lies‘. This translation is, as the Italian saying goes, a betrayal. ‘In the labyrinth of silence’ would … Continue reading →

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