Tag Archives: American cinema

the terror of silence (film: A Quiet Place – John Krasinski, 2018)

Posted on January 1, 2022 by admin

John Krasinski, the director of the horror films in the ‘A Quite Place‘ series, learned an important lesson from the classics of the genre, and especially, I believe, from Alfred Hitchcock. If you have a good idea in hand, focus … Continue reading →

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feminism and comics (film: Black Widow – Cate Shortland, 2021)

Posted on September 4, 2021 by admin

Scarlett Johansson is the super-heroine of the film ‘Black Widow’ directed by Cate Shortland and released on screens this summer (2021) with a delay of one year due, of course, to the pandemic. The film’s producers (including Scarlett) have decided … Continue reading →

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The Beauty and the Corporate Beast (film: Sabrina – Billy Wilder, 1954)

Posted on August 16, 2021 by admin

In 1954, when ‘Sabrina‘ was made, the film’s director, Billy Wilder, and the three actors who played the lead roles (Audrey Hepburn, Humphrey Bogart and William Holden) had each won at least one Oscar. ‘Sabrina‘, an entertainment movie, a romantic … Continue reading →

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a confusing remake (film: The Loft – Eric Van Looy, 2014)

Posted on August 14, 2021 by admin

‘The Loft‘ could have been a special remake. Director Erik Van Looy crossed the ocean with the idea of ​​his successful film ‘Loft‘ made in Belgium in 2008 and directed the American version himself, which was released in 2014. I … Continue reading →

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a mother searching for her son (film: Changeling – Clint Eastwood, 2008)

Posted on July 29, 2021 by admin

I hesitated quite a bit before deciding to dedicate 2 hours and 20 minutes of my time to watching Clint Eastwood‘s 2008 movie ‘Changeling‘. One of the reasons is Clint himself, I’m not one of his enthusiastic fans, and every … Continue reading →

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survival of ‘The Dead Zone’ (film: The Dead Zone – David Cronenberg, 1983)

Posted on July 2, 2021 by admin

Released in 1983, ‘The Dead Zone‘ belongs to one of the two better periods of the filmography (otherwise quite unequal) of film director David Cronenberg. The film has many of the characteristics – better or worse – of the cinema … Continue reading →

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runaway kids (film: Moonrise Kingdom – Wes Anderson, 2012)

Posted on May 29, 2021 by admin

Welcome to Wes Anderson‘s universe for ‘Moonrise Kingdom‘, made in 2012, perhaps Anderson‘s most Andersonian film. It’s a bold combination of a movie for and about teenagers and a surreal fantasy, a nostalgic American story set in the mid-1960s – … Continue reading →

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another piece in the mosaic (film: Minari – Lee Isaac Chung, 2020)

Posted on April 17, 2021 by admin

‘Minari‘, the autobiographical film written and directed in 2020 by the American filmmaker Lee Isaac Chung, a son of Korean immigrants, has some beautiful moments and quite a lot of cinematic qualities. It is an immigrants story, one of the … Continue reading →

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deadly games (film: Nerve – Henry Joost, Ariel Schulman, 2016)

Posted on April 9, 2021 by admin

In 2016, when they made ‘Nerve‘,  Henry Joost and Ariel Schulman already had in their joint filmography the series 3 and 4 of the horror cycle ‘Paranormal Activity‘ as well as ‘Catfish‘, a successful documentary that deals with romantic relationships … Continue reading →

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the price of the life of a soldier (film: The Monuments Men – George Clooney, 2014)

Posted on April 8, 2021 by admin

The story in ‘The Monuments Men‘ directed by George Clooney and released on screens in 2014 is worth telling. In the last year of World War II, a small group of Allied soldiers, most of them experts in the arts, … Continue reading →

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