Tag Archives: family drama

coming to age under the sign of magic (film: Moving / Ohikkoshi – Shinji Sômai, 1993)

Posted on February 4, 2024 by admin

‘Moving‘ (1993 – original title is ‘Ohikkoshi‘) is one of those films whose viewing is more than a cinematic spectacle – it’s an experience. It’s the first film I’ve seen by the Japanese film director Shinji Sômai, who died prematurely … Continue reading →

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a movie from the 50s made in 2002 (film: Far from Heaven – Todd Haynes, 2002)

Posted on January 27, 2024 by admin

Todd Haynes‘ ‘Far from Heaven‘ (2002) is a bold and highly successful stylistic and thematic exercise. From the beginning of the film, from the opening credits, you have the impression as a viewer that you are watching an American film … Continue reading →

Posted in movies | Tagged American cinema, author cinema, Dennis Haysbert, Dennis Quaid, family drama, film about homosexuality, film about infidelity, Julianne Moore, original script, social drama, Todd Haynes | Leave a comment

a case still open (film: May December – Todd Haynes, 2023)

Posted on January 13, 2024 by admin

‘May December‘ (2023) has been compared many times to Ingmar Bergman’s ‘Persona’, and director Todd Haynes, far from denying the influence, has acknowledged and commented on it in several interviews and festivals press conferences. Personally, I think that if we … Continue reading →

Posted in movies | Tagged American movies, Based on a True Story, Charles Melton, family drama, film about infidelity, film about love, Julianne Moore, Marcelo Zarvos, Natalie Portman, original script, Todd Haynes | Leave a comment

love, crime, punishment (film: Coup de chance – Woody Allen, 2023)

Posted on January 6, 2024 by admin

Someone counted, and if the count is correct, ‘Coup de chance‘ (2023) is the 50th feature film directed by Woody Allen. The Bronx-born director, screenwriter and actor is nearing the end of his ninth decade of life and seventh decade … Continue reading →

Posted in movies | Tagged Coup de chance, crime film, family drama, film about infidelity, film about love, Lou de Laâge, Melvil Poupaud, movies about husband-wife relationships, movies filmed in Paris, Niels Schneider, original script, Valérie Lemercier, Vittorio Stotaro, Woody Allen | Leave a comment

in real time (film: Boyhood – Richard Linklater, 2014)

Posted on December 26, 2023 by admin

One of the main themes of the films written (sometimes in collaboration with his actors) and directed by Richard Linklater is time. The relationship between real time and cinematic time is also one of the main problems that filmmakers face. … Continue reading →

Posted in movies | Tagged American cinema, coming to age movies, Ellar Coltrane, Ethan Hawke, family drama, Lorelei Linklater, original script, Patricia Arquette, Richard Linklater | Leave a comment

the price of love (film: Partir – Catherine Corsini, 2009)

Posted on December 1, 2023 by admin

‘Partir‘ (2009) is my first encounter with a film by the French director Catherine Corsini. The impression is mostly positive. Corsini (who is also the main author of the film’s script) seems to me to be a mature filmmaker, master … Continue reading →

Posted in movies | Tagged Catherine Corsini, family drama, feminist cinema, French cinema, Kristin Scott Thomas, movie about love, original script, relationship drama, Sergi López, social drama, Yvan Attal | Leave a comment

the world is more than one room (film: Room – Lenny Abrahamson, 2015)

Posted on September 7, 2023 by admin

‘Room‘, the 2015 film made by Lenny Abrahamson based on a script written by Lenny Abrahamson, who adapted her own novel for the screen can be considered as a sequence of two different films, each about an hour long, with … Continue reading →

Posted in movies | Tagged Based on a True Story, Brie Larson, family drama, film based on a novel, international movies production, Jacob Tremblay, kidnapping movie, Lenny Abrahamson, Room, William Macy | Leave a comment

deep trouble in the family (film: L’adieu à la nuit – André Téchiné, 2019)

Posted on July 29, 2023 by admin

Catherine Deneuve and director André Téchiné belong to the same generation and have made many films together. If my count is correct, ‘L’adieu à la nuit‘, which hit theaters in 2019, was the 8th film they collaborated on. Many of … Continue reading →

Posted in movies | Tagged André Téchiné, Catherine Deneuve, family drama, French cinema, Kacey Mottet Klein, L'adieu à la nuit, original script, Oulaya Amamra, political cinema, social drama | Leave a comment

non-conventional families (film: Broker – Kore-eda Hirokazu, 2022)

Posted on July 11, 2023 by admin

Families are the main theme of most of the films of the Japanese master director Kore-eda Hirokazu, but these are no ordinary families. Traditional families do not work well in his films, and are never happy, as Tolstoy had observed. … Continue reading →

Posted in movies | Tagged Broker, family comedy, family drama, Gang Dong-won, Hirokazu Koreeda, Ji-eun Lee, Korean movies, original script, road movies, Song Kang-ho | Leave a comment

intense, disturbing and confusing (film: The Whale – Darren Aronofsky, 2022)

Posted on April 5, 2023 by admin

I was looking forward to watching ‘The Whale‘, the last of 2022’s major Oscar-winning films that I hadn’t seen. Darren Aronofsky is a director who never ceases to amaze me. His feature debut with ‘Pi’ and films like ‘Black Swan’ … Continue reading →

Posted in movies | Tagged American cinema, based on a play, Brendan Fraser, Darren Aronofsky, family drama, Hong Chau, Sadie Sink, Samantha Morton, Samuel D. Hunter, The Whale, Ty Simpkins | Leave a comment