Tag Archives: biopic

Kafka on the shore of Vltava (film: Franz – Agnieszka Holland, 2025)

Posted on July 30, 2026 by admin

‘Franz‘ (2025), the Franz Kafka biopic that Agnieszka Holland directed and wrote (together with Marek Epstein), will disappoint many of you biographical film lovers. Those who expect a chronologically ordered narrative of Kafka’s life, experiences, loves and creations will have … Continue reading →

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a different Cronenberg? (film: A Dangerous Method – David Cronenberg, 2011)

Posted on July 28, 2026 by admin

‘A Dangerous Method‘ (2011) was supposed to be a very different film from what David Cronenberg accustomed to his viewers for over three decades. The master of bizarre and violent in many special ways films, the creator of the body … Continue reading →

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passion and improvisation (film: Köln 75 – Ido Fluk, 2025)

Posted on July 3, 2026 by admin

The concert that Keith Jarrett gave in Cologne in 1975 is source to one of the most famous recordings in the history of music. I deliberately avoided using the term jazz because Jarrett defined his music at that time as … Continue reading →

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Călătorind pe urmele lui Brâncuși (carte: Sorin Trâncă – Drumul lui Constantin)

Posted on April 1, 2026 by admin

‘Cine a fost Brâncuși’? Întrebarea aceasta, cred, continuăm să ne-o punem și acum, la 150 de ani de la venirea lui pe lume. Opera sa nu doar că a fost revoluționară și deschizătoare de drumuri la vremea ei. Ea a … 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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the sound of passion (film: Song Sung Blue – Craig Brewer, 2025)

Posted on January 11, 2026 by admin

‘Song Sung Blue‘ is not just a biopic about who musicians, although it has as heroes a couple of people who make music, and it is not just a musical film, although it is rich in musical numbers. The movie … Continue reading →

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truth and beauty (film: Cravata galbenă / The Yellow Tie – Serge Ioan Celebidachi, 2025)

Posted on December 20, 2025 by admin

I confess that I was a little afraid to watch ‘The Yellow Tie‘, the film by Serge Ioan Celebidachi. Writing a biography or making a biographical film about one’s own father, a dominant personality not only in his field but … Continue reading →

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a respectful tribute to Charles Aznavour (film: Monsieur Aznavour – Mehdi Idir & Grand Corps Malade, 2024)

Posted on August 17, 2025 by admin

Musical biopics seem to be one of the most prolific film genres of recent years. ‘Monsieur Aznavour‘ had the premises of a special case, as it is a film whose conception started while Charles Aznavour was still alive. He himself … Continue reading →

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‘This Is Not A Film About The Beatles’ (film: Midas Man – Joe Stephenson, 2024)

Posted on August 14, 2025 by admin

My problem with ‘Midas Man‘, released in 2024 and directed by Joe Stephenson, is that – starting with the posters – it is marketed as ‘a MUST watch for Beatles fans’. Those Beatles fans who will come to see it … Continue reading →

Posted in movies | Tagged Beatles, biopic, British cinema, Emily Watson, film about music, gay theme film, Jacob Fortune-Lloyd, Jay Leno, Joe Stephenson, Jonah Leese, Midas Man, original script | Leave a comment

the life, loves and art of Peter Sellers (film: The Life and Death of Peter Sellers – Stephen Hopkins, 2004)

Posted on July 20, 2025 by admin

‘The Life and Death of Peter Sellers‘ is a film – for me – inexplicably underrated. Made in 2004 by director Stephen Hopkins, it brings to the screen the film career and private life of Peter Sellers, one of the … Continue reading →

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