Tag Archives: docu-drama

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 →

Posted in movies | Tagged British cinema, docu-drama, Golda, Guy Nattiv, Helen Mirren, international movies production, Israeli cinema, Israeli history, Lior Ashkenazi, movies inspired by historical events, Nicholas Martin, original script, Rami Heuberger | Leave a comment

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 →

Posted in movies | Tagged Carey Mulligan, docu-drama, Hollywood movies, Maria Schrader, movies about journalism, She Said, social cinema, social issues movie, Zoe Kazan | Leave a comment

history in a court of law (film: Denial – Mick Jackson, 2016)

Posted on August 7, 2022 by admin

Most of British director Mick Jackson‘s films are TV productions. However, those who look at his filmography will find that among his few films for the big screen are two big Hollywood blockbusters: ‘The Bodyguard‘ (1992) and ‘Volcano‘ (1997). But … Continue reading →

Posted in Holocaust, movies | Tagged courtroom drama, Denial, docu-drama, Holocaust movies, international movies production, Mick Jackson, Rachel Weisz, Timothy Spall, Tom Wilkinson | Leave a comment

Romy Schneider between docu-drama and melodrama (film: 3 Days in Quiberon – Emily Atef, 2018)

Posted on February 16, 2022 by admin

Romy Schneider is nowadays a legend. Along with James Dean, Gerard Philipe, Heath Ledger, John Belushi, Philip Seymour Hoffman, she is part of that tragic gallery of actors who lived too short and died before they could perform all the … Continue reading →

Posted in movies | Tagged 3 Days in Quiberon, Birgit Minichmayr, Charly Hübner, Denis Lavant, docu-drama, Emily Atef, German cinema, Marie Bäumer, melodrama, Robert Gwisdek, Romy Schneider, Thomas W. Kiennast | Leave a comment

strong political docu-drama about the Communist show trials (film: L’aveu – Costa-Gravras, 1970)

Posted on November 23, 2021 by admin

‘L’aveu‘ (the English title is ‘The Confession‘), a film made in 1970 by Costa-Gavras a year after the international success of his previous film, ‘Z‘, is already an object of historical study. A year after exposing to the world in … Continue reading →

Posted in movies | Tagged Costa-Gavras, docu-drama, French cinema, L'aveu, SImone Signoret, The Confession, Yves Montand | Leave a comment

between silence and lies (film: Labyrinth of Lies – Giulio Ricciarelli, 2014)

Posted on March 18, 2021 by admin

‘Im Labyrinth der Schweigens‘, the original German title of the 2014 film directed byGiulio Ricciarelli, has been translated into English as ‘Labyrinth of Lies‘. This translation is, as the Italian saying goes, a betrayal. ‘In the labyrinth of silence’ would … Continue reading →

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fighting violence with violence (TV series: The Cops / haShotrim – Rotem Shamir, Yuval Yefet, 2021)

Posted on March 9, 2021 by admin

Israeli television series have long gained an audience that watches them with interest, both in Israel and in other countries. The productions are characterized by the diversity of genres (police, political, comic, psychological) and the originality of the formulas, which … Continue reading →

Posted in TV | Tagged crime tv series, docu-drama, Maor Schwitzer, Rotem Shamir, Shani Cohen, Tsahi Halevi, TV, TV series, Yuval Yefet | Leave a comment