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music, friendship and prejudice (Film: Green Book – Viggo Mortensen, Mahershala Ali, 2018)

Posted on February 19, 2019 by admin

‘Green Book‘ seems to have been designed according to a recipe for winning Academy Awards. The subject is historic but with reverberations in current politics and the approach is in tune with the mood at Hollywood. It addresses one of … Continue reading →

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a cinematographic essay on loneliness (Film: Documenteur – Agnes Varda, 1981)

Posted on February 14, 2019 by admin

‘Documenteur‘ is an interesting essay, but not one of the milestones in the filmography of Agnès Varda. The film follows a French woman, just out of a relationship, looking for housing and than living for a while in a non-proviledged … Continue reading →

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a laughing punch in the face (Film: Johnny English Strikes Again – Rowan Atkinson, 2018)

Posted on February 13, 2019 by admin

We live in a divided world. There are two categories of inhabitants of the planet between which there can be no compromise of any kind. There are those who like comedies with Rowan Atkinson (and with Jerry Lewis, Lous de … Continue reading →

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road to abyss (Film: Sans toit ni loi – Agnes Varda, 1985)

Posted on February 12, 2019 by admin

The retrospective of Agnès Varda‘s films that we have enjoyed for the last month at the local cinematheque gave us the opportunity to see the digitally reconditioned version of her wonderful 1985 film ‘Sans toit ni loi‘ (English title is … Continue reading →

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sweet goodbye (Film: The Old Man & the Gun – Robert Redford, 2018)

Posted on February 11, 2019 by admin

Acting is a profession in which ‘never say never’ applies in many cases. Yet, if we are to believe the intentions publicly stated in August 2018, David Lowery‘s ‘The Old Man & the Gun‘ will be Robert Redford‘s last film … Continue reading →

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loss of faith (Film: Leviathan – Andrey Zvyagintsev, 2014)

Posted on February 8, 2019 by admin

‘Leviathan‘ directed by Andrey Zvyagintsev is a movie about faith. Russian literature and cinema are populated by heroes who are confronted with power and faith, the two spiritual components (but also historic institutions) whose combination and close relationship has always … Continue reading →

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not just another Scandinavian thriller (Film: Den skyldige / The Guilty – Gustav Möller, 2018)

Posted on February 7, 2019 by admin

Novels, television series and movies belonging to the thriller or police investigations genres, coming from Northern Europe, have conquered in the past two decades the interest of the amateurs of these genres. It was a matter of time before one … Continue reading →

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the favo(u)rite of the race to Oscars (film: The Favourite – Yorgos Lanthimos, 2018)

Posted on February 6, 2019 by admin

I confess that Yorgos Lanthimos‘ films confuse me. Each one that I’ve seen approaches a well-known genre, starts from premises that seem familiar to us, as moviegoers with some experience, and gets totally elsewhere – in territories where the laws … Continue reading →

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feminine and feminist (Film: L’une chante l’autre pas – Agnes Varda, 1976)

Posted on February 5, 2019 by admin

Agnès Varda‘s retrospective at the local cinema gave me the opportunity to watch for the first time ‘One Sings, the Other Doesn’t‘ (the original title in French is ‘L’une chante l’autre pas’). The story in this film takes place in … Continue reading →

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to survive the night (Film: The Purge, Anarchy – James DeMonaco, 2014)

Posted on February 4, 2019 by admin

The issue with science fiction books or films that address the future with pessimism is that the imaginary stories tend to become reality faster than their authors expect. This does not prevent most science fiction creators today from imagining the … Continue reading →

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