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Isabelle and Gerard (film: Valley of Love – Guillome Nicloux, 2015)

Posted on February 5, 2021 by admin

‘Valley of Love‘, the film written and made in 2015 by Guillaume Nicloux brings Gérard Depardieu and Isabelle Huppert together on screen. These two formidable French actors had never acted together for 35 years in a film. In the meantime … Continue reading →

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saga and melodrama (film: La meglio gioventù – Marco Tullio Giordana, 2003)

Posted on February 3, 2021 by admin

One of the great joys of a cinephile is the discovery of a formidable film made by a hitherto unknown director. Of course, it’s the cinephile’s problem, that is, mine, if I haven’t known the name of Italian director Marco … Continue reading →

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Deneuve and Binoche at their best in a smart and sensible movie by Hirokazu Koreeda (film: La vérité – Hirokazu Koreeda, 2019)

Posted on January 30, 2021 by admin

The presence of Catherine Deneuve or Juliette Binoche in the cast would be reason enough to make me run to see a movie. ‘La vérité‘ (the title in English is ‘The Truth‘) made in 2010 gave me the double opportunity … Continue reading →

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love in dark times (film: Cloudy Sunday – Manousos Manousakis, 2015)

Posted on January 28, 2021 by admin

‘Cloudy Sunday‘, the 2015 film by Greek director Manousos Manousakis is one of those docu-dramas that remain in the memory of the audiences as references for the historical periods in which the stories take place, although they are conceived as … Continue reading →

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when alien encounter meets romantic comedy (film: Starman – John Carpenter, 1984)

Posted on January 27, 2021 by admin

Moviegoers who wish to see how movies depicting extraterrestrial encounters in the 1980s were made can be use the 1984 movie by John Carpenter ‘Starman‘ as a case study. In fact, I should be a little more accurate – it’s … Continue reading →

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Welles touches the Evil (film: Touch of Evil – Orson Welles, 1958)

Posted on January 25, 2021 by admin

In the history of movies ‘Touch of Evil‘, the 1958 film ‘noir’ by Orson Welles played perhaps a more important role in European and especially French cinema than in American cinema. It is a story of gangsters that takes place … Continue reading →

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CHANGE.WORLD: Fiica astronautei

Posted on January 25, 2021 by admin

Plecările în misiunile spațiale de astăzi nu sunt foarte diferite de plecările marinarilor în călătorii pe oceane, cu 500 de ani în urmă. Despărțirile sunt de lungă durată și întoarcerea nu este întotdeauna garantată. Literatura și cinematografia de anticipație s-au … Continue reading →

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a strange version of the Jekyll / Hyde story (film: Madame Hyde – Serge Bozon, 2017)

Posted on January 23, 2021 by admin

Director and co-writer Serge Bozon started from the famous novella by Robert Louis Stevenson to make in 2017 ‘Madame Hyde‘ a feminine version of the story, transferred into a school in 21st century France. Starring Isabelle Huppert, one of the … Continue reading →

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culture shocks (film: The Man Who Fell to Earth – David Bowie, 1976)

Posted on January 19, 2021 by admin

Nicolas Roeg‘s 1976 film ‘The Man Who Fell to Earth‘ is probably one of the highlights of David Bowie‘s acting career, but it’s not the only reason this film deserves to be seen 45 years after its release. The English … Continue reading →

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on the roads of life (film: The Glorias – Julie Taymor, 2020)

Posted on January 18, 2021 by admin

It is impossible to judge a film like ‘The Glorias‘ (2020) by director Julie Taymor outside its political context. I think that neither the heroine of this biopic – journalist, editor and feminist activist Gloria Steinem – nor the film’s … Continue reading →

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