Tag Archives: family drama

jail, theatre and life (film: L’innocent – Louis Garrel, 2022)

Posted on March 18, 2023 by admin

There is a scene in ‘L’innocent‘, the 2022 film directed by Louis Garrel, that I found extremely strong. Garrel plays the title role and his hero is named Abel, as in all four films written and directed by him so … Continue reading →

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a father and a daughter (film: Aftersun – Charlotte Wells, 2022)

Posted on March 11, 2023 by admin

I dare say that ‘Aftersun‘ is a formidable feature debut from somebody I predict will become a great movies director. It was made in 2022 and Charlotte Wells, the writer and director of the film, is 35 years old. Her … Continue reading →

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cinema facing illness and death (film: The Death of Cinema and My Father Too – Dani Rosenberg, 2020)

Posted on February 20, 2023 by admin

‘The Death of Cinema and My Father Too‘ is an unusual title for an unusual film about an unusual film. Director and script author (co-writer) Dani Rosenberg, making his feature film debut, brings to screen an emotional personal story. The … Continue reading →

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loss and denial (film: Sous le sable – François Ozon, 2000)

Posted on February 9, 2023 by admin

‘Sous le sable‘ (English title ‘Under the Sand‘), made in 2000, is one of the films that marked the rise of François Ozon and positioned him as one of the most important French directors of his generation (the new New … Continue reading →

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three stories in one good movie (film: Nocturnal Animals – Tom Ford, 2016)

Posted on February 8, 2023 by admin

‘Nocturnal Animals‘ (2016) directed and written by Tom Ford (adaptation of a novel by Austin Wright) is one of the smartest, best written and well executed films of the last decade, a film that I watched with great delay. I … Continue reading →

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a lonely father (film: Everybody’s Fine – Kirk Jones, 2009)

Posted on November 2, 2022 by admin

‘Everybody’s Fine‘, the 2009 American family drama by director Kirk Jones, offers the opportunity for a series of interesting reflections on the passing of cinematic time. Why do some older films seem contemporary, while other films, made a decade or … Continue reading →

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love, pain and Chekhov (film: Drive My Car – Ryûsuke Hamaguchi, 2021)

Posted on March 24, 2022 by admin

‘Drive my Car’ by Japanese director Ryusuke Hamaguchi is a complex and elegiac film about love and mourning, about art as a means of relieving personal trauma, about responsibility and about the persistence of pain. Well-written and fine acted, it … Continue reading →

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this is not a game (film: Mikado – Emanuel Parvu, 2021)

Posted on March 4, 2022 by admin

I confess that had to use Google after watching the Romanian film ‘Mikado‘ (2021) directed by Emanuel Parvu to decipher its title. I found out that mikado is a game that I knew as a child under the name ‘Marocco‘ … Continue reading →

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a mother searching for her son (film: Changeling – Clint Eastwood, 2008)

Posted on July 29, 2021 by admin

I hesitated quite a bit before deciding to dedicate 2 hours and 20 minutes of my time to watching Clint Eastwood‘s 2008 movie ‘Changeling‘. One of the reasons is Clint himself, I’m not one of his enthusiastic fans, and every … Continue reading →

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two mothers on an island (film: After the Sunset – Michio Koshikawa, 2019)

Posted on February 25, 2021 by admin

‘After the Sunset‘ (in Japanese ‘Yuhi No Ato‘) directed in 2019 by Michio Koshikawa offers a sincere and direct cinematic experience, which managed to capture my attention and make me feel the emotions and sympathise with the problems of the … Continue reading →

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