Tag Archives: American cinema

beware of the neighbors (film: The Invite – Olivia Wilde, 2026)

Posted on July 29, 2026 by admin

‘The Invite‘ is one of the unexpected successes of this summer. It has recovered the production costs and made about four times more after a few weeks of its release. The reviews are mostly positive. The audience fills the halls … Continue reading →

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presumed innocent (film: 12 Angry Men – Sidney Lumet, 1957)

Posted on July 16, 2026 by admin

‘12 Angry Men‘ is the debut film of director Sidney Lumet. Reginald Rose (who is the author of the script and the television play that inspired it) and Henry Fonda, the independent producers of the film, took a risk by … Continue reading →

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wedding and prejudice (film: The Drama – Kristoffer Borgli, 2026)

Posted on May 12, 2026 by admin

‘The Drama‘, the film written and directed by Norwegian Kristoffer Borgli who crossed the Atlantic for several years and is now making films in the United States, combines in a surprising and original way two film genres that are apparently … Continue reading →

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confused and divisive as the world is (film: Eddington – Ari Aster, 2025)

Posted on April 18, 2026 by admin

‘Eddington‘, the fourth film by American director Ari Aster, reminded me in many ways of some of Romanian director Radu Jude’s recent films. Made in 2025, the film looks back at the first half of 2020, a period that seems … Continue reading →

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Lanthimos strikes again (film: Bugonia – Yorgos Lanthimos, 2025)

Posted on February 2, 2026 by admin

‘Bugonia‘ is apparently a relatively ‘light’ film in Yorgos Lanthimos‘ filmography. It’s a remake of ‘Save the Green Planet!’, the 2003 black fantasy comedy by Korean director Jan Joon-hwan, who appears as an executive producer on the American film’s credits. … Continue reading →

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a little more than another Liam Neeson action movie (film: Memory – Martin Campbell, 2022)

Posted on January 29, 2026 by admin

‘Memory‘, the 2022 film directed by Martin Campbell, has bigger ambitions than just being another action movie. Campbell, who has an uneven filmography in quality (if we measure it by the stars awarded by critics or the ratings on IMDB) … Continue reading →

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Thimotée Supreme (film: Marty Supreme – Josh Safdie, 2025)

Posted on January 28, 2026 by admin

I’ve discovered my favorite in the race for the Best Picture Academy Award this year. I wrote ‘favorite’ meaning the film that I liked the most out of the ten nominated (well, out of the six I’ve seen – I … Continue reading →

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a disturbing and absorbing movie (film: Good Time – Benny & Josh Safdie, 2017)

Posted on January 26, 2026 by admin

‘Good Time‘, the 2017 film by brothers Benny and Josh Safdie, was for me one of those films that left me glued to my seat at the end and when the credits rolled I asked myself: ‘What did I just … Continue reading →

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Shakespeare in Love … again (film: Hamnet – Chloé Zhao, 2025)

Posted on January 25, 2026 by admin

What is Chloé Zhao‘s true voice? When she describes American reality from the perspective of characters who are not very favored by fate, as she did in ‘The Rider’ and ‘Nomadland’? In superhero films like ‘Eternals’? Or now, when she … Continue reading →

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generational gaps (film: Father Mother Sister Brother – Jim Jarmusch, 2025)

Posted on December 30, 2025 by admin

It was a delight to end my 2025 film year by watching Jim Jarmusch‘s film ‘Father Mother Sister Brother‘. This is another of the triptychs that the American director wrote and brought to the screen, in which three cinematic stories … Continue reading →

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