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a saga of two families in a changing China (film: So Long, My Son – Xiaoshuai Wang, 2019)

Posted on September 22, 2020 by admin

‘So Long, My Son‘ made in 2019 by Xiaoshuai Wang and presented at the Berlin International Film Festival in February 2020 is proof that Chinese cinema is much more diverse and interesting than the mix of historical, martial arts or … Continue reading →

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a ‘Mulan’ to please everyone (film: Mulan – Niki Caro, 2020)

Posted on September 19, 2020 by admin

Niki Caro‘s ‘Mulan‘ is a film that strives to please as large an audience as possible. The investment of over 200 million dollars makes this production fall into the category of the most expensive films in Hollywood and because it … Continue reading →

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the king and the queen (film: Mon roi – Maïwenn, 2015)

Posted on September 16, 2020 by admin

French actress and film director Maïwenn already has a rather interesting biography that could be the subject of a film in the future. Until this happens (or not) each of her appearances in front of or behind the camera arouses … Continue reading →

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Spielberg plays a VR game (Film: ‘Ready Player One – Steven Spielberg, 2018)

Posted on September 7, 2020 by admin

It’s been a while since Steven Spielberg‘s last meeting with the science fiction genre. After directing a version of ‘War of the Worlds‘ in 2005 with Tom Cruise in the lead role, a film that I liked but was kind … Continue reading →

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first-person action movie (film: Hardcore Henry – Ilya Naishuller, 2015)

Posted on September 1, 2020 by admin

I have two warnings for those who decide to see ‘Hardcore Henry‘, the first and the only feature film made so far by Russian director Ilya Naishuller. It’s an action movie, but it’s not an ordinary one either, it’s a … Continue reading →

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the writer and his muse (film: Mr & Mme Adelman – Nicolas Bedos, 2017)

Posted on August 29, 2020 by admin

In March, I was looking forward to seeing ‘La Belle Époque‘, the second and latest film by French director Nicolas Bedos, which was due to hit our local screens just in the week when the world stopped and cinemas closed. … Continue reading →

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a job well done (film: Den of Thieves – Christian Gudegast, 2018)

Posted on August 28, 2020 by admin

‘Den of Thieves‘ belongs to the category of action movies that I like for two reasons: it’s well done and it doesn’t pretend to be anything else. From the first scene to the end, the film with which Christian Gudegast … Continue reading →

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closer to King than to Kubrick (film: Doctor Sleep – Mike Flanagan, 2019)

Posted on August 27, 2020 by admin

‘Doctor Sleep‘, written and directed by Mike Flanagan in 2019 is a ‘sequel’. It takes, I think, a significant dose of audacity (not to say chutzpah) to make a sequel to one of the most famous and best-made horror thrillers … Continue reading →

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a ‘noir’ thriller in the Paris of the 60s (film: La denonciation – Jacques Doniol-Valcroze, 1962)

Posted on August 25, 2020 by admin

‘La denonciation‘ (‘The Denunciation’, a title terribly translated into English as ‘The Immoral Moment‘) begins and ends with two scenes taking place on the streets of Paris. I will not tell anything about their content, because it is a ‘noir’ … Continue reading →

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a beautiful finale (film: Visages villages – Agnès Varda, 2017)

Posted on August 22, 2020 by admin

“Visages villages” (the English title is “Faces Places“) is the last big screen film directed in 2017 by Agnès Varda in collaboration with photographer and mural artist JR. Until her death in 2019, she would make another TV movie dedicated … Continue reading →

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