Tag Archives: docu-drama

the beginning of the career of a great musician (film: A Complete Unknown – James Mangold, 2024)

Posted on March 3, 2025 by admin

Bob Dylan’s biography, person and music are a source of inspiration for interesting films. There have already been quite a few, from one of the best music documentaries ever made to experimental biographies and musical films. ‘A Complete Unknown‘ (2024), … Continue reading →

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Day Zero of TV entertainment news (film: September 5 – Tim Fehlbaum, 2024)

Posted on February 3, 2025 by admin

September 5, 1972, has gone down in history as an infamous date in the history of the Olympic Games. Several documentaries and fiction films have already been made about this event and its aftermath, including a film directed by Spielberg. … Continue reading →

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the immense cost of the lie system (TV series: Chernobyl – Craig Mazin, 2019)

Posted on December 3, 2024 by admin

If further proof was needed that studios that make movies with streaming as their main distribution method can also produce remarkable productions, then this is the mini-series ‘Chernobyl‘ produced in 2019 by HBO. Craig Mazin is the author of a … Continue reading →

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strong drama about the price of truth (film: Reality – Tina Satter, 2023)

Posted on July 30, 2024 by admin

‘Reality‘ (2023) is a simple and effective TV movie that tells a story inspired by a real case. Playwright Tina Satter took over the text version of the first interrogatory taken to Reality Winner, translator and analyst, external employee at … Continue reading →

Posted in movies, TV | Tagged based on a play, Based on a True Story, docu-drama, Josh Hamilton, legal drama, Marchánt Davis, political drama, Reality, Sydney Sweeney, Tina Satter, TV movie | Leave a comment

born to be wild (film: The Bikeriders – Jeff Nichols, 2023)

Posted on July 13, 2024 by admin

I have never ridden a motorcycle in my life. I have very little in common and know next to nothing about the bikers gang culture (or counter-culture). That is why I consider that the performance of ‘The Bikeriders‘, produced in … Continue reading →

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strong real crime drama (TV series: Appropriate Adult – Julian Jarrold, 2011)

Posted on January 25, 2024 by admin

Those who ask about the point of traditional TV and its chances in the increasingly fierce competition to create content on various mediums can be answered with references like ‘Appropriate Adult‘. The two-episode miniseries produced by ITV, which premiered in … Continue reading →

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radiography of chaos (film: Libertate – Tudor Giurgiu, 2023)

Posted on September 30, 2023 by admin

Romanian cinema, like a significant part of the Romanian society, is still obsessed with the events of December 1989, which led to the fall of communism. Romania was the last country among the former allies of the USSR in which … Continue reading →

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Golda’s war (Golda – Guy Nattiv, 2023)

Posted on September 27, 2023 by admin

Golda Meir is one of those political figures who is seen very differently in her country and the rest of the world. In Israel she is considered as one of the most controversial prime ministers in the state’s 75-year history, … Continue reading →

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a clash of two worlds (TV movie: Honecker und der Pastor – Jan Josef Liefers, 2022)

Posted on September 21, 2023 by admin

The fall of the Berlin Wall and the reunification of Germany opened the door to the making of films that look back at the years of the communist dictatorship and the complex process of change that this country went through. … Continue reading →

Posted in movies, TV | Tagged Barbara Schnitzler, Based on a True Story, docu-drama, Edgar Selge, Fred Breinesdorfer, German cinema, Hans-Uwe Bauer, Honecker und der Pastor, Jan Josef Liefers, Steffi Kühnert | Leave a comment

Hollywood investigates Hollywood? (film: She Said – Maria Schrader, 2022)

Posted on November 22, 2022 by admin

I confess that I had high expectations from ‘She Said‘, the docu-drama based on the report written by Jodi Kantor and Megan Twohey, the two New York Times reporters who revealed in the book with the same name the story … Continue reading →

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