Tag Archives: biopic

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

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 painter and the writer (Film: Cézanne et moi – Danièle Thompson, 2016)

Films about the painters of the artistic revolution in France of the last decades of the 19th century have long become a stand-alone cinematic genre. Impressionists and post-impressionists changed the course of art and reinvented the process of artistic creation. … Continue reading

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melodic drama (film: Judy – Renée Zellweger, 2019)

There is in ‘Judy‘, the film directed by Rupert Goold, a scene that could be worth an Oscar. Renée Zellweger who plays a Judy Garland beyond the peak of her artistic career, prematurely aged and overwhelmed with personal problems, climbs … Continue reading

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Laurel and Hardy do melodrama (Film: Stan & Ollie – John C. Reilly, 2018)

Since childhood, I’m a passionate fan of the Laurel and Hardy films. They were among the few who were not censored in Communist Romania where I grew up, and we could enjoy a healthy and non-ideological laugh. The pleasure and … Continue reading

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