Tag Archives: American cinema

on the roads of life (film: The Glorias – Julie Taymor, 2020)

Posted on January 18, 2021 by admin

It is impossible to judge a film like ‘The Glorias‘ (2020) by director Julie Taymor outside its political context. I think that neither the heroine of this biopic – journalist, editor and feminist activist Gloria Steinem – nor the film’s … Continue reading →

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the power of the mob (film: The Chase – Arthur Penn, 1966)

Posted on January 16, 2021 by admin

1966, the year Arthur Penn made ‘The Chase‘, belongs to the period in the second half of the 1960s that transformed American cinema. These are the years in which the French New Wave reached the shores of Hollywood, in which … Continue reading →

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smart entertainment (film: Palm Springs – Max Barbakow, 2020)

Posted on December 15, 2020 by admin

‘Palm Springs‘ directed by Max Barbakow (incredibly at his first feature film) is for me the good surprise of the end of this strange cinematic year 2020. It is also a film that proves once again, if necessary, to skeptics … Continue reading →

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saving the family, somewhere in America (film: The Killing of Two Lovers – Robert Machoian, 2020)

Posted on December 11, 2020 by admin

‘The Killing of Two Lovers‘ (2020) directed by Robert Machoian is another one of those films whose fate has been changed by the pandemic. The premiere took place at the Sundance festival in January 2020. I’m not sure if and … Continue reading →

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between entertainment and political manifesto (film: BlacKkKlansman – Spike Lee, 2018)

Posted on October 29, 2020 by admin

The political division and the racial tensions of recent years in the United States have not yet been reflected in memorable films. In ‘BlacKkKlansman‘ Spike Lee, one of the directors who has a lot to say about these topics, chose … Continue reading →

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L.A. in flames (film: Hotel Artemis – Jodie Foster, 2018)

Posted on August 13, 2020 by admin

There are quite a few reasons why ‘Hotel Artemis‘, the 2018 film by first time director Drew Pearce, would be worth seeing. First of all, the cast, in which Jodie Foster appears for the first time after a five-year break … Continue reading →

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a stranger in a city in transition (film: ‘Saint Jack’ – Peter Bogdanovich, 1979)

Posted on August 6, 2020 by admin

‘Saint Jack’ from 1979 closes the directorial decade of the ’70s of Peter Bogdanovich which had started with the excellent ‘The Last Picture Show ‘. Even if it fails, in my opinion, to reach the stylistic perfection of his earlier … Continue reading →

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history, twice (Film: The Last Picture Show – Peter Bogdanovich, 1971)

Posted on August 1, 2020 by admin

It’s 2020 now. Peter Bogdanovich‘s film ‘The Last Picture Show‘ was made in 1971. The action of the film takes place in 1951 and 1952. It was, therefore, a historical re-enactment of a period from which almost two decades had … Continue reading →

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it could have been a masterpiece (film: The Lady from Shanghai – Orson Welles, 1947)

Posted on June 4, 2020 by admin

‘The Lady from Shanghai‘ (filmed in 1946 and released in 1947) is considered by some movie critics and historians, and by many film art lovers as a masterpiece. Revisited today, we can find in it many exceptional moments of cinema … Continue reading →

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the fascinating Rita (film: Gilda – Rita Hayworth, 1946)

Posted on June 2, 2020 by admin

‘Gilda‘ was one of the great hits of the 1946 film year. It was screened at the first Cannes Film Festival and even had an atomic bomb named after it (or after it, to be exact). The director of the … Continue reading →

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