Tag Archives: Hollywood movies

the old gladiator is still in the arena (film: Gladiator II – Ridley Scott, 2024)

Posted on November 20, 2024 by admin

My generation of cinephiles has the great opportunity to see some of the great directors we have followed since the beginning of their careers, who we have seen grow up, become celebrities and make good and interesting films, and occasionally … Continue reading →

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Coppola’s ‘Metropolis’ (film: Megalopolis – Francis Ford Coppola, 2024)

Posted on November 10, 2024 by admin

‘Megalopolis‘ (2024) is Francis Ford Coppola‘s life project. He started working on it and talking about it while filming ‘Apocalypse Now.’ He read scripts and discussed castings with entire generations of great actors. Many of them left to the stars … Continue reading →

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Marylin Monroe in the Far West (film: River of No Return – Otto Preminger, Jean Negulesco, 1954)

Posted on November 7, 2024 by admin

I chose to watch ‘River of No Return‘, a 70-year-old western film for a few reasons. First of all, because Marilyn Monroe, who has the opportunity to demonstrate her talent as an actress in addition to her physical beauty and … Continue reading →

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three men, one woman and many guns (film: Appaloosa – Ed Harris, 2008)

Posted on November 5, 2024 by admin

Ed Harris, an actor I admire a lot, has stepped behind the camera only twice so far, to sit in the film director’s chair. His third film is now in pre-production. The second one, which I saw last night, is … Continue reading →

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the breaking of an ordinary family (film: Ordinary People – Robert Redford, 1980)

Posted on October 23, 2024 by admin

Americans don’t really use the expression ‘cinema de papa’, invented by critics and French filmmakers followers of the New Wave to define everything that characterizes the film-making ways of previous generations, from which they wanted to move away. It would … Continue reading →

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CHANGE.WORLD: Planetele maimuțelor

Posted on October 6, 2024 by admin

La început a fost cartea. Romanul ‘La Planète des singes’ a apărut în 1963, a fost tradus foarte repede în limba engleză și a devenit un bestseller mondial. Autorul său era scriitorul francez Pierre Boulle. De formație inginer, Boulle fusese … Continue reading →

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the rise and the fall of Joker (film: Joker: Folie à Deux – Todd Phillips, 2024)

Posted on October 5, 2024 by admin

Scott Silver and Todd Phillips knew what they were risking when they scripted ‘Joker: Folie à Deux‘ the way they did. The film also directed by Phillips 5 years ago enjoyed immense success with the public and critics, received 11 … Continue reading →

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Orson Welles roads-opening movie (film: The Stranger – Orson Welles, 1946)

Posted on October 3, 2024 by admin

The 1946 ‘The Stranger‘ is one of Orson Welles‘ attempts to make films within the Hollywood production system. It was a commercially successful gamble, but one that would remain an exception in Welles‘ directorial career. Many of his subsequent films … Continue reading →

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don’t say it for the third time! (film: Beetlejuice Beetlejuice – Tim Burton, 2024)

Posted on September 26, 2024 by admin

Tim Burton’s ‘Beetlejuice Beetlejuice‘ (twice) is a sequel to ‘Beetlejuice‘ (once) made in 1988 by the same director. If a different director and an entirely different cast had produced the film, I would have treated it (and probably many others … Continue reading →

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too dark to be true? (film: Civil War – Alex Garland, 2024)

Posted on August 20, 2024 by admin

Dystopias on screens seem to impress less lately, and this is probably also due to the fact that our lives and the events around us contain more and more elements of dystopia. ‘Civil War‘, the film written and directed by … Continue reading →

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