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the psychotherapist bird (film: The Penguin Lessons – Peter Cattaneo, 2024)

Posted on October 25, 2025 by admin

Penguin movies are all the rage. It’s not a genre with many productions, but some of them are quite successful. Penguins attract viewers. People are fascinated by these creatures that have wings but don’t fly and who prefer to walk … Continue reading →

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a swapper angel (film: Good Fortune – Aziz Ansari, 2025)

Posted on October 21, 2025 by admin

The genre of angel movies is not very prolific, but it includes some memorable creations. The same can be said about the genre of identity swapping films. Actor, stand-up comedian and television creator Aziz Ansari chose to combine the two … Continue reading →

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a fantasy movie in the 1900 Vienna (film: La Ronde – Max Ophüls, 1950)

Posted on October 8, 2025 by admin

The year was 1950 and film director Max Ophüls was returning to Europe. He had spent the decade of the 1940s in the United States, where between 1947 and 1949 he had made four films. He was returning to France, … Continue reading →

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winter comes after spring (film: Pelísky / Cosy Dens – Jan Hrebejk, 1999)

Posted on August 22, 2025 by admin

The story in ‘Pelísky‘ (titled ‘Cozy Dens‘ in English distribution), made in 1999 by director Jan Hrebejk, takes place between December 24, 1967 and August 21, 1968. These 8 months were probably among the most significant in the history of … Continue reading →

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TNGng – (film: The Naked Gun – Akiva Schaffer, 2025)

Posted on August 4, 2025 by admin

The producers of the new ‘The Naked Gun‘ insist on calling their film as a ‘reboot’ rather than a ‘remake’ of the original series. I’m not sure that I understood all the subtle differences between the new cinematic category and … Continue reading →

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roots of nostalgia (film: Sunt o babă comunistă – Stere Gulea, 2013)

Posted on June 19, 2025 by admin

The phenomenon of nostalgia for communism seems to refuse to die. ‘Sunt o babă comunistă‘ (English title – ‘I’m an Old Communist Hoag‘), the 2013 film by Stere Gulea, joins several other creations of film schools from former communist countries, … Continue reading →

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Italian neorealism ends with a big laugh (film: I soliti ignoti – Mario Monicelli, 1958)

Posted on May 7, 2025 by admin

‘I soliti ignoti‘, Mario Monicelli‘s 1958 film, can be considered the healthy laugh with which the period of Italian neorealism ends. In fact, Monicelli had directed almost 15 comedies in the decade preceding this film, more than one per year, … Continue reading →

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Barbarella – A Space Fantasy (film: Barbarella – Roger Vadim, 1968)

Posted on April 14, 2025 by admin

Roger Vadim made ‘Barbarella‘ in 1968 with an estimated budget of around 9 million dollars. Stanley Kubrick made ‘2001, A Space Odyssey’ in the same year with an estimated budget of 12 million dollars. Both are science fiction films. That’s … Continue reading →

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Agatha in France (film: Le crime est notre affaire – Pascal Thomas, 2008)

Posted on December 27, 2024 by admin

‘Le crime est notre affaire‘ made in 2008 by Pascal Thomas was one of my holiday viewings this season. The film is the third in a series of screen versions of Agatha Christie’s novels, adapted and transferred to France. More … Continue reading →

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comedy in hell (film: A Perfect Day – Fernando León de Aranoa, 2015)

Posted on December 20, 2024 by admin

I had some good reasons to choose to see ‘A Perfect Day‘. The director is Fernando León de Aranoa, who since 2015 has made some good and very good films, two of which I had seen and written about. The … Continue reading →

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