Category Archives: movies

the artist deserved a more interesting film (Film: Egon Schiele: Tod und Mädchen, 2016)

Posted on February 16, 2018 by admin

Despite being quite a popular and well established genre, biographical films about artists succeed quite seldom to become consistent works of art by themselves. In many cases they deal with personalities whose art and biographies are reasonably or well known … Continue reading →

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verbose and boring true crime biography (Film: Molly’s Game – Jessica Chastain, 2017)

Posted on February 14, 2018 by admin

Americans love the true crime genre. The big bookstores in the US have dedicated true crime books sections. Many of the Hollywood or independent films are based on true crime stories, biographies and memoirs of people who walked on the … Continue reading →

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a West End show on screen (Film: The Party – Sally Potter, 2017)

Posted on February 10, 2018 by admin

The format of the British film “The Party” directed by Sally Potter is quite unusual. It’s total screen time is just over one hour, which places the film in the class of mid-sized features, not very popular nowadays. It is … Continue reading →

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art or revolution (Frilm: Le Redoutable – Michel Hazanavicius, 2017)

Posted on February 9, 2018 by admin

The French invented cinema and the Americans turned it into a big industry. If Hollywood loves making films about Hollywood, why should not make the French also films about the French cinema? Especially if we are talking about a director … Continue reading →

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a gem (Film: L’homme du train – Patrice Leconte, 2002)

Posted on February 8, 2018 by admin

Destiny decided that Jean Rochefort and Johnny Hallyday, the two wonderful lead actors of “L’homme du train” (“Man on the Train“) died a couple of months apart, at the end of 2017. Destiny or coincidence? This question is actually one … Continue reading →

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another perspective of the end (Film: Happy End – Michael Haneke, 2017)

Posted on February 7, 2018 by admin

If anybody thought after seeing ‘Amour‘ and especially its ending that Michael Haneke turned to be a little bit softer towards its characters and show them some mercy, than his or her expectations will be definitely be contradicted by his most … Continue reading →

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CHANGE.WORLD: Intoarcere pe Planeta Furtunilor

Posted on February 6, 2018 by admin

Memoria mea de cinefil are ciudatul obicei de a lipi de multe ori filmelor văzute cu mulți ani în urmă locul și împrejurările în care am văzut filmul. Aveam în jur de zece ani când am văzut pentru prima dată … Continue reading →

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life and death and poetry (Film: Ise yarar bir sey – Pelin Esmer, 2017)

Posted on February 4, 2018 by admin

‘Ise yarar bir sey‘ by Turkish director Pelin Esmer is a combination of art and road movies quite different from the other films (not too many, unfortunately) that I have seen coming from Turkey. If I am to compare her … Continue reading →

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love pentagon (Film: Carne tremula – Pedro Almodovar, 1997)

Posted on February 3, 2018 by admin

Watching any film by Pedro Almodóvar is an enriching experience, an experience that teaches the viewers some new things about cinema and some new things about life. Live Flesh (“Carne tremula” in Spanish) is not exception. It is a film about … Continue reading →

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roots of leadership (Film: Darkest Hour – Gary Oldman, 2017)

Posted on January 31, 2018 by admin

This season of the Academy Awards has two strong contenders in movies that deal with the events that took place in May and early June 1940. While Christopher Nolan‘s Dunkirk used the power of the computer effects to retrace the … Continue reading →

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