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survival of ‘The Dead Zone’ (film: The Dead Zone – David Cronenberg, 1983)

Posted on July 2, 2021 by admin

Released in 1983, ‘The Dead Zone‘ belongs to one of the two better periods of the filmography (otherwise quite unequal) of film director David Cronenberg. The film has many of the characteristics – better or worse – of the cinema … Continue reading →

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who are you, Therese Desqueyroux? (film: Therese Desqueyroux – Claude Miller, 2012)

Posted on June 25, 2021 by admin

Who is Therese Desqueyroux? This question remains open after watching the film made in 2012 by Claude Miller, a film bearing the name of the heroine (or simply ‘Therese‘ on the English market and in other countries where the heroine’s … Continue reading →

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life is dance, dance is life (film: Le Bal – Ettore Scola, 1983)

Posted on June 10, 2021 by admin

Each film by Ettore Scola is a special experience and different from all the others, and ‘Le bal‘ made in 1983 is no exception. 28 years before Michel Hazanavicius‘ ‘The Artist‘, Scola made a film devoid of dialogue, but the … Continue reading →

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the last Truffaut (film: Vivement Dimanche! – Francois Truffaut, 1983)

Posted on June 8, 2021 by admin

It is very difficult for us, those who admired and loved François Truffaut to judge the 1983 ‘Vivement Dimanche!‘ (the English title is ‘Confidentially Yours‘ without taking into account the ruthless label that fate has attached to it: his last … Continue reading →

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a super-hero in the middle of the road (film: Wonder Woman 1984 – Patty Jenkins, 2020)

Posted on June 7, 2021 by admin

‘Wonder Woman 1984‘ a (2020 production, written and directed by Patty Jenkins) was the first film I saw in a movie theatre after a 15-month hiatus due to the pandemic. The choice was not intentional, but I am still satisfied … Continue reading →

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it’s just not funny (enough) (film: Rough Night – Lucia Aniello, 2017)

Posted on June 4, 2021 by admin

There are quite a few reasons why I should have liked the ‘Rough Night‘. First of all, this is a girly version of the genre of movies in which a group of men meet a round number of years after … Continue reading →

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this film could not have been made today (film: L’homme qui aimait les femmes – Francois Truffaut, 1977)

Posted on June 3, 2021 by admin

It would be impossible to make today a movie like ‘L’homme qui aimait les femmes‘ (the English title is ‘The Man Who Loved Women‘) directed in 1977 by François Truffaut. Not the way the French filmmaker wrote and directed it, … Continue reading →

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runaway kids (film: Moonrise Kingdom – Wes Anderson, 2012)

Posted on May 29, 2021 by admin

Welcome to Wes Anderson‘s universe for ‘Moonrise Kingdom‘, made in 2012, perhaps Anderson‘s most Andersonian film. It’s a bold combination of a movie for and about teenagers and a surreal fantasy, a nostalgic American story set in the mid-1960s – … Continue reading →

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the mirror of Radu Jude (film: Babardeala cu bucluc sau porno balamuc – Radu Jude, 2021)

Posted on May 28, 2021 by admin

I have several reasons to rejoice that Radu Jude‘s ‘Bad Luck Banging or Loony Porn’ received the Golden Bear at the 2021 Berlin Film Festival, where it was released. One of them is that the film demonstrates that the Romanian … Continue reading →

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across the border (film: Backyard – Carlos Carrera, 2009)

Posted on May 25, 2021 by admin

Produced in 2009, ‘Backyard‘ (the original title in Spanish is ‘El traspatio‘) – the film by Mexican director Carlos Carrera – is no easy watch. We could include it in the category of serial killers thrillers, if the amount of … Continue reading →

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