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at the edge of Europe (film: Oameni de treaba – Paul Negoescu, 2022)

Posted on June 6, 2024 by admin

What genre of movie are we watching? This is one of the questions that the viewers of the film ‘Oameni de treabă‘ (the title in the English distribution is ‘Men of Deeds‘), made in 2022 by the director Paul Negoescu, … Continue reading →

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we all live on islands (film: The Banshees of Inisherin – Martin McDonagh, 2022)

Posted on February 15, 2023 by admin

‘The Banshees of Inisherin‘ is Martin McDonagh‘s fourth feature film and the first to be set in Ireland. In fact, it could be an adaptation of the third play in the ‘Aran Islands trilogy’, of which the first two plays … Continue reading →

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catching up with life (film: Living – Oliver Hermanus, 2022)

Posted on January 31, 2023 by admin

Akira Kurosawa‘s career is marked by several notable adaptations and remakes. Throughout his career, the great Japanese film director has contributed to building bridges between cultures, texts by great writers and film schools. Several of his famous films are adaptations … Continue reading →

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past, present, future (film: Mountains May Depart – Zhangke Jia, 2015)

Posted on February 9, 2022 by admin

‘Mountains May Depart‘ (the original title is ‘Shan he gu ren‘), from 2015, is the most ambitious of Zhangke Jia‘s films to date. To a large extent, the Chinese director abandons the minimalist and classic style of his previous films … Continue reading →

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a revenge movie like no other (film: Riders of Justice – Anders Thomas Jensen, 2020)

Posted on November 24, 2021 by admin

The poster for ‘Riders of Justice‘, the 2020 film by Danish director Anders Thomas Jensen, features a bearded and tough-looking Mads Mikkelsen with a rifle on his back and a pistol in his hand. It could very well be a … Continue reading →

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a drama thriller in rural Korea (film: A Girl at My Door / Dohee-ya – July Jung, 2014)

Posted on July 23, 2019 by admin

Many of the Korean films defy categorization or combine cinematic genres. I think one of the viewers who contributed to IMDB has found a very accurate description of this type of amalgam calling it ‘genre twister’. ‘A Girl at My … Continue reading →

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