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trash and/or masterpiece (Film: Suspiria – Dario Argento, 1977)

Posted on April 4, 2020 by admin

‘Suspiria‘ and a few other of Dario Argento‘s films that became the classics of today have represented a turn towards extreme of the horror genre. By pushing the level of bloody violence and sexuality, either implicit or explicit, the Italian … Continue reading →

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the odd father and daughter couple (film: Toni Erdman – Maren Ade, 2016)

Posted on April 3, 2020 by admin

It took four years after the premiere and a pandemic to came over the world for me to get to see ‘Toni Erdmann‘, the German film written and directed in 2016 by Maren Ade, a film that surprised the film … Continue reading →

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film noir in Paris and Marseille (film: Le Deuxième Souffle – Jean-Pierre Melville, 1966)

Posted on March 31, 2020 by admin

Nowadays, films that last more than two hours or even two and a half hours are no longer a rarity, on the contrary, they have become almost the norm. This was not the case in 1966, when Jean-Pierre Melville directed … Continue reading →

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twilight of a marriage (Film: 45 Years – Andrew Haigh, 2015)

Posted on March 28, 2020 by admin

I like films that give the chance to veteran actors whom I love to play in significant roles, suitable for older age. This is the case of Andrew Haigh‘s ‘45 Years‘, a movie which brings together on screen Charlotte Rampling … Continue reading →

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first in bed and then in love … maybe (Film: The Singer / Quand j’étais chanteur – Gérard Depardieu, 2006)

Posted on March 24, 2020 by admin

Alain and Marion, the heroes of ‘Quand j’etais chanteur‘ (the English title is ‘The Singer‘) directed by Xavier Giannoliand released on screens in 2006, meet, feel attracted to each other, and spend together what could have remained a one-night stand. … Continue reading →

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a jewel behind the Iron Curtain (Film: Horí, má panenko / The Firemen’s Ball – Milos Forman, 1967)

Posted on March 21, 2020 by admin

‘The Firemen’s Ball‘ (the Czech title is ‘Horí, má panenko‘ – ‘Fire, my doll!’), the last film made in Czechoslovakia by Milos Forman in 1967, before the ‘spring of Prague’ and the exile that moved his career to the West, … Continue reading →

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dead-end love (Film: Série noire – Alain Corneau, 1979)

Posted on March 14, 2020 by admin

‘Série noire‘ released on screen in 1979 is part of the gangster movie series that Alain Corneau made in the first decade of his directorial and screenwriting career. It is the French adaptation of a novel by Jim Thompson, co-writer … Continue reading →

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film noir pre-Nouvelle Vague (Film: Bob le Flambeur – Jean-Pierre Melville, 1956)

Posted on March 9, 2020 by admin

Crime dramas and gangster stories became one of the most successful genres of American cinema during World War II and in the years that followed. In France, American movies had been banned during the German occupation, which only accentuated the … Continue reading →

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emigration and family melodrama (Film: The Farewell – Lulu Wang, 2019)

Posted on March 7, 2020 by admin

I’m not a big fan of melodramas, but there are themes for which the genre of melodrama is very appropriate. In ‘The Farewell‘, written and directed by Lulu Wang we find some of them. It is the director’s second feature … Continue reading →

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the philosopher and the generals (film: While at War / Mientras dure la guerra – Alejandro Amenábar, 2019)

Posted on March 6, 2020 by admin

The Spanish Civil War was one of the first intensely publicized armed conflicts, and it inspired numerous fictional and fictional stories, some of them written and published even during the events, between 1936 and 1939. ‘While at War‘ (the title … Continue reading →

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