Tag Archives: American cinema

high speed entertainment (film: F1:The Movie – Joseph Kosinski, 2025)

Summer entertainment? Well, it’s summer, isn’t it? I mean it’s the time of the year when I have no problem sitting into an air-conditioned cinema with a bucket of popcorn in my hands and a cold drink by my side, … Continue reading

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who will save Superman? (film: Superman – James Gunn, 2025)

I have been expecting the release of the new version of ‘Superman‘ written and directed by James Gunn and I didn’t miss the opportunity to watch the film on its first day of release for audiences around the world. I’m … Continue reading

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another end of the world (film: Leave the World Behind – Sam Esmail, 2023)

I avoid comparisons between films and books, even (or especially) when it comes to screen adaptations of more or less well-known books. Film and literature are arts that work 90% with different materials. In the case of the 2023 film … Continue reading

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a trip to the roots (film: A Real Pain – Jesse Eisenberg, 2024)

The genre of films to which ‘A Real Pain‘ (2024), the second film in which Jesse Eisenberg is (also) behind the camera as director, belongs is quite popular in Israel. Trips to Poland and other countries in Europe where episodes … Continue reading

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the noir is still shining (film: Laura – Otto Preminger & Rouben Mamoulian, 1944)

There are a few films made in the 1940s in the crime film noir genre that have not only managed to stand the test of time, but have also created a style and cinematic direction that have been followed by … Continue reading

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fresh, authentic, human (film: Red Rocket – Sean Baker, 2021)

I didn’t miss the opportunity to watch ‘Red Rocket‘ (2021) because it is the previous film by Sean Baker, the director of ‘Anora’. This was one of the revelations of the year for me and not only for me, as … Continue reading

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Edward G. Robinson at his best (fim: Scarlet Street – Fritz Lang, 1945)

‘Scarlet Street‘, the 1945 film by Fritz Lang, once again demonstrates that many of the secrets of the filmmaking profession were already discovered and used by the masters of cinema of those times. Here is a film made almost 80 … Continue reading

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Altman’s anti-western (film: McCabe & Mrs. Miller – Robert Altman, 1971)

Robert Altman called ‘McCabe & Mrs. Miller‘ (1971) an ‘anti-western’ while some critics classify it as a ‘revisionist’ western. The story and the setting are those of the classic films of the genre. We are in a frontier town in … Continue reading

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Altman’s dream (film: 3 Women – Robert Altman, 1977)

‘3 Women‘ (1977) belongs to a category of Robert Altman‘s films in which dreams play an important role. The American director mentioned Ingmar Bergman’s ‘Persona’ as one of the main sources of inspiration and ‘3 Women‘ indeed inherits from the … Continue reading

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the nightmare of Cinderella (film: Anora – Sean Baker, 2024)

‘Anora‘, Sean Baker‘s film that won the Golden Palm at Cannes this year, begins as a romantic story whose protagonist is a Cinderella who is a stripper and prostitute, and continues as a violent drama that takes place in the … Continue reading

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