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Top 10 filme despre filme

Holywoodului și altor studiouri de filme mai mult sau mai puțin faimoase ale lumii le place să facă filme despre ele însele, despre artă și artiștii cinematografiei. Există și o motivație economică, deoarece pentru un asemenea film există deja un … Continue reading

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early Coen brothers’ great ‘noir’ movie (film: Miller’s Crossing – Joel Coen, 1990)

A black hat rolls pushed by the wind into a forest in the scene that opens ‘Miller’s Crossing‘, the 1990 film by the Coen brothers (officially only Joel is credited with directing). It is the first of several hats to … Continue reading

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a horror movie that fails to scare (film: Suburbicon – George Clooney, 2017)

I have a problem with George Clooney. I may be to blame, I may not be the only one to blame. I was never excited about his acting performances. All the less so as the director, and this lack of … Continue reading

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deep frozen America (TV Series: Fargo – season 3, 2017)

I am yet to see a few other promising TV series that were broadcast this year, but I have no doubt that as good as they may be (and some are according to echoes so far), this 3rd season of … Continue reading

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diluted Coen brothers (Film: Hail, Caesar! – Coen brothers, 2016)

A few weeks back I wrote about Bridge of Spies and I was mentioning the fact that I expected more than an OK+ story about the Cold War from a script written by the Joel and Ethan Coen brothers. This feeling … Continue reading

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Spielberg takes on the Cold War (Film: Bridge of Spies – Steven Spielberg, 2015)

So after sharks, dynos, extra-terrestrials, WWII, Holocaust, Olympics terrorism, future, Lincoln and handful of other themes, it’s the turn of the Cold War to be processed, re-created and brought to screen in the vision of Steven Spielberg. ‘Bridge of Spies‘ … Continue reading

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Film: True Grit (Coen Brothers – 2010)

For once the Coen brothers played it according to all the rules of commercial cinema, and no wonder they did it as the producer of True Grit is no other than Steven Spielberg. The film went out in time for … Continue reading

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Film: ‘Burn After Reading’ – (Coen brothers, 2008)

There is one mis-perception that this film fixed in my mind – there are not really funny films about stupid people. Stupid people are … well … stupid, their behavior is by definition subject of easy jokes, so for smart … Continue reading

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