Tag Archives: Hollywood movies

Spielberg – the documentary (Film: Spielberg – Susan Lacy, 2017)

Posted on October 9, 2019 by admin

147 minutes may be too much or too little for a documentary about the biography and career of one of the most important contemporary film directors. That’s exactly the feeling left by Susan Lacy‘s ‘Spielberg‘ for HBO. On one hand … Continue reading →

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Tarantino and Hollywood hit back (film: Once Upon the Time in Hollywood – Quentin Tarantino, 2019)

Posted on August 22, 2019 by admin

What do Quentin Tarantino and Pedro Almodóvar have in common? A lot, of course. First of all, both are among the most important film directors of the generation with which we have the chance to be contemporaries. Each of them … Continue reading →

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young Frankenstein, mature Mel Brooks (Film: Young Frankenstein – Mel Brooks, 1974)

Posted on August 21, 2019 by admin

‘Crazy Movies Club’ is the name of the cycle in which our local cinema included Mel Brooks‘ ‘ Young Frankenstein ‘. I think it’s a very appropriate setting for the Brooklyn-born comedy creator’s personality, though this movie is one of … Continue reading →

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verbose and predictable (Film: Late Night – Emma Thompson, 2019)

Posted on August 10, 2019 by admin

Night time TV shows are an American invention, brought to the level of art by the likes of Ed Sullivan, Johnny Carson, Jay Leno, David Letterman. This is also a very masculine world, there almost were no presenters of such … Continue reading →

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time travel (Film: Midnight Cowboy – John Schlesinger, 1969)

Posted on June 23, 2019 by admin

Cinematographic anniversaries are trendy. Films made 40, 45 or 50 years ago celebrate their birthdays with digital versions of the original films, sometimes even recovering scenes forgotten on assembly or removed by censorship or self-censorship. It is a great opportunity … Continue reading →

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historical pretexts (film: Dracula Untold – Gary Shore, 2014)

Posted on June 21, 2019 by admin

I’m not a fan of vampire movies. The genre does not interest me at all, and there must be other good reasons to have me sit in front of a screen to see a movie that belongs to it. One … Continue reading →

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identity games (Film: Charade – Audrey Hepburn, 1963)

Posted on May 31, 2019 by admin

Had Stanley Donen directed only ‘Singin’ in the Rain‘ it would probably have been enough for him to have a place of honor in the history of cinema. But Donen has directed and produced many other successful films, most of … Continue reading →

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a film made 50 years too late (Film: Pompeii – Paul W.S. Anderson, 2014)

Posted on May 9, 2019 by admin

I saw ‘Pompeii‘ in the wrong place and at the wrong time. Movies that heavily advertise their 3D effects must be seen in cinemas equipped with this projection technology. I skipped the movie at its time in cinemas, and I … Continue reading →

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music, friendship and prejudice (Film: Green Book – Viggo Mortensen, Mahershala Ali, 2018)

Posted on February 19, 2019 by admin

‘Green Book‘ seems to have been designed according to a recipe for winning Academy Awards. The subject is historic but with reverberations in current politics and the approach is in tune with the mood at Hollywood. It addresses one of … Continue reading →

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sweet goodbye (Film: The Old Man & the Gun – Robert Redford, 2018)

Posted on February 11, 2019 by admin

Acting is a profession in which ‘never say never’ applies in many cases. Yet, if we are to believe the intentions publicly stated in August 2018, David Lowery‘s ‘The Old Man & the Gun‘ will be Robert Redford‘s last film … Continue reading →

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