Category Archives: movies

longing for Aznavour (film: Le regard de Charles – Marc di Domenico, Charles Aznavour, 2019)

Posted on March 17, 2021 by admin

‘Le regard de Charles‘ is a very special biographical documentary. In 2018, a few months before his death, Charles Aznavour shared a secret and a treasure with his friend, the filmmaker Marc di Domenico. It was a few dozen hours … Continue reading →

Posted in documentary, movies | Tagged , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

mis-communication (La separation – Christian Vincent, 1994)

Posted on March 13, 2021 by admin

The story in ‘La separation‘ (‘The Separation‘), made in 1994 by Christian Vincent, takes place in an interval of three months. During this time the couple formed by Pierre (Daniel Auteuil) and Anne (Isabelle Huppert) breaks up. Apparently, everything seems … Continue reading →

Posted in movies | Tagged , , , , | Leave a comment

the impossible comeback (film: Fedora – Billy Wilder, 1978)

Posted on March 10, 2021 by admin

‘They do not make movies like this any longer’ could very well be a motto or maybe even an alternative title for ‘Fedora‘, the penultimate film directed by Billy Wilder in 1978. At first glance it could be a resumption … Continue reading →

Posted in movies | Tagged , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

a 1950s film noir still worth watching (film: Pickup on South Street – Samuel Fuller, 1953)

Posted on March 8, 2021 by admin

Made in 1953, director Samuel Fuller‘s ‘Pickup on South Street‘ is considered one of the best classic films of the ‘film noir’ genre. Built around a story (also written by Fuller) that is not among the most original or surprising, … Continue reading →

Posted in movies | Tagged , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

the judge with the red gloves (film: L’ivresse du pouvoir – Claude Chabrol, 2006)

Posted on February 26, 2021 by admin

‘L’ivresse du pouvoir‘, the title of Claude Chabrol‘s 2006 film, was translated for the English-language market in ‘Comedy of Power‘. Is it just another uninspired translation like many others or a fundamental misunderstanding of what this film meant? The French … Continue reading →

Posted in movies | Tagged , , , , | Leave a comment

two mothers on an island (film: After the Sunset – Michio Koshikawa, 2019)

Posted on February 25, 2021 by admin

‘After the Sunset‘ (in Japanese ‘Yuhi No Ato‘) directed in 2019 by Michio Koshikawa offers a sincere and direct cinematic experience, which managed to capture my attention and make me feel the emotions and sympathise with the problems of the … Continue reading →

Posted in movies | Tagged , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

faith and corruption (film: Servants – Ivan Ostrochovský, 2020)

Posted on February 23, 2021 by admin

The story in ‘Servants‘, the film made in 2020 by the Slovak director Ivan Ostrochovsky takes place in Czechoslovakia in 1980. It had been 12 years since the ‘Prague Spring’, an attempt to peacefully reform the communist system that had … Continue reading →

Posted in movies | Tagged , , , | Leave a comment

mis-justice (film: The Trial of the Chicago 7 – Aaron Sorkin, 2020)

Posted on February 23, 2021 by admin

Aaron Sorkin‘s screenplays for feature films and television already cover much of the significant moments in U.S. history over the past 60 years, and deal with some of the most significant personalities of the period (Steve Jobs, Marck Zuckerman) or … Continue reading →

Posted in movies | Tagged , , , , , , | Leave a comment

among the meanders of censorship (film: Meandre – Mircea Saucan, 1966)

Posted on February 13, 2021 by admin

I was 14 years old in 1967, when Mircea Saucan‘s film ‘Meandre‘ (which had been filmed in 1966) was shown on Romanian screens for a short time, before being withdrawn and buried in the archives until the fall of communism … Continue reading →

Posted in movies | Tagged , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

not only about drinking (film: Another Round – Thomas Vintenberg, 2020)

Posted on February 12, 2021 by admin

There are two different films in ‘Another Round‘ (the Danish title is ‘Druk‘ which Google translates as ‘Excessive Drink’), Thomas Vinterberg‘s 2020 film. One is about alcohol, its positive and negative effects, and how drinking is an integral part of … Continue reading →

Posted in movies | Tagged , , , , | Leave a comment