Category Archives: movies

the comrade writer (film: Moromeții 3 – Stere Gulea, 2024)

Posted on May 14, 2025 by admin

‘Moromeții 3‘ (the title of the international distribution is ‘The Moromete Family 3: Father and Son‘) is the third film in the series inspired by Marin Preda‘s novels. It is again directed by Stere Gulea and was filmed in 2022-23 … Continue reading →

Posted in movies | Tagged Alex Calin, black-and-white film, films about communism, historical drama, Horatiu Malaele, inspired by a book, Mara Bugarin, Marin Preda, Moromeții 3, Olimpia Melinte, Romanian cinema, Stere Gulea, Vivi Dragan Vasile | Leave a comment

isolation and prejudice (film: Trei kilometri până la capătul lumii – Emanuel Pârvu, 2024)

Posted on May 13, 2025 by admin

With ‘Three Kilometers to the End of the World‘ (the original Romania title is ‘Trei kilometri până la capătul lumii‘, director and co-writer Emanuel Pârvu continues one of the main themes of his previous film ‘Marocco’ (or ‘Mikado’) – the … Continue reading →

Posted in movies | Tagged Adrian Titieni, Bogdan Dumitrache, Ciprian Chiujdea, Emanuel Parvu, Emanuel Pârvu, gay theme film, Laura Vasiliu, Miruna Berescu, original script, Romanian cinema, Silviu Stavila, social cinema, social drama, Trei kilometri până la capătul lumii | Leave a comment

Italian neorealism ends with a big laugh (film: I soliti ignoti – Mario Monicelli, 1958)

Posted on May 7, 2025 by admin

‘I soliti ignoti‘, Mario Monicelli‘s 1958 film, can be considered the healthy laugh with which the period of Italian neorealism ends. In fact, Monicelli had directed almost 15 comedies in the decade preceding this film, more than one per year, … Continue reading →

Posted in movies | Tagged Claudia Cardinale, comedy, heist film, Italian cinema, Italian neorealism, Marcello Mastroianni, Mario Monicelli, Totò, Vittorio Gassman | Leave a comment

a love story on the stormy ocean (film: Remorques – Jean Grémillon, 1941)

Posted on May 6, 2025 by admin

There are films whose production could be a good subject for a film script. One of these cases seems to me to be ‘Remorques‘ (the English distribution title was ‘Stormy Waters‘). The director of this film was Jean Grémillon, a … Continue reading →

Posted in movies | Tagged André Cayatte, black-and-white film, film based on a novel, French cinema, Jacques Prévert, Jean Gabin, Jean Grémillon, Michèle Morgan, Roger Vercel, romantic drama, romantic films | Leave a comment

the voice of the diva (film: Maria – Pablo Larraín, 2024)

Posted on May 5, 2025 by admin

I was quite skeptical about ‘Maria‘, the biopic (or kind of biopic) that Steven Steven Knight wrote and Pablo Larraín directed for Netflix, released at the end of 2024. It is the third film, perhaps the final film, in a … Continue reading →

Posted in movies | Tagged Alba Rohrwacher, biopic, international movies production, Kodi Smit-McPhee, Maria, Maria Callas, musical movies, opera, original script, Pablo Larraín, Pierfrancesco Favino | Leave a comment

the singer of the people (film: Stelios – Yorgos Tsemberopoulos, 2024)

Posted on May 2, 2025 by admin

‘Stelios‘ is a biographical film about Stelios Kazantzidis, one of the most popular Greek singers of the second half of the 20th century. He is also very well known and extremely popular in Israel, where his songs are often broadcast … Continue reading →

Posted in movies | Tagged Asimenia Voulioti, biopic, Christos Mastoras, Greek cinema, Katerina Bei, Klelia Renesi, musical movies, original script, Stelios Kazantzidis, Yorgos Tsemberopoulos | Leave a comment

wait for second half when it really gets crazy (film: Les tribulations d’un Chinois en Chine – Philippe de Broca, 1965)

Posted on May 1, 2025 by admin

‘Les tribulations d’un chinois en Chine‘ (the English title is ‘Up to His Ears’) was made by director Philippe de Broca in 1965, a year after his international blockbuster success with ‘L’homme de Rio’. It is obvious that the film … Continue reading →

Posted in movies | Tagged action comedy, film based on a novel, French cinema, Jean Rochefort, Jean-Paul Belmondo, Jules Verne, Les tribulations d'un Chinois en Chine, Philippe de Broca, Ursula Andress, Valéry Inkijinoff | Leave a comment

the magic of music (film: Boléro – Anne Fontaine, 2024)

Posted on April 30, 2025 by admin

‘Boléro‘, Anne Fontaine‘s 2024 film, is a biographical film about a great composer and his most popular creation. It is, of course, about Maurice Ravel and his ‘Boléro’, one of the great hits of classical music, a work about which … Continue reading →

Posted in movies | Tagged Anne Fontaine, based on a book, biopic, Boléro, Christophe Beaucarne, Doria Tillier, Emmanuelle Devos, feminist cinema, film about music, Jeanne Balibar, Marcel Marnat, Maurice Ravel, Raphaël Personnaz | Leave a comment

two brothers go to Hollywood (film: Good Morning Babilonia – Paolo & Vittorio Taviani)

Posted on April 21, 2025 by admin

The Taviani brothers are no more. First, Vittorio died in 2018, and last year Paolo also left us. They leave behind about 20 feature films and a few more short films and collaborations on collective creations. They also wrote most … Continue reading →

Posted in movies | Tagged American saga, Charles Dance, Good Morning Babilonia, historical comedy, historical drama, Italian cinema, Joaquim de Almeida, original script, Paolo Taviani, Taviani brothers, Vincent Spano, Vittorio Taviani | Leave a comment