Tag Archives: Hollywood movies

a milestone in the history of the western genre (film: The Wild Bunch – Sam Peckinpah, 1969)

Posted on September 2, 2023 by admin

The scene that opens Sam Peckinpah‘s 1969 ‘The Wild Bunch‘ immediately reminds fans of the western genre of John Sturges’ ‘The Magnificent Seven’ made in 1960. A group of riders enter a small town in the Wild West (rather the … Continue reading →

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the destroyer of worlds (film: Oppenheimer – Christopher Nolan, 2023)

Posted on July 26, 2023 by admin

It’s only the middle of summer and we are almost half a year before the Academy nominations, but I think we already have one of the serious contenders for collecting many of the 2024 awards in Christopher Nolan‘s ‘Oppenheimer‘. It’s … Continue reading →

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La Vie en Rose (film: Barbie – Greta Gerwig, 2023)

Posted on July 22, 2023 by admin

I’m not one of those people who feel the need to apologize for watching ‘Barbie‘. In my opinion there are no bad movie genres, there are only good movies and bad movies. And the cinema is also popular entertainment, and … Continue reading →

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Fritz Lang brings Émile Zola to screen (film: Human Desire – Fritz Lang, 1954)

Posted on July 20, 2023 by admin

‘Human Desire‘, made in 1954, is one of the few screen adaptations of Émile Zola’s novel ‘La Bête humaine’ and one of about 15 films made by Fritz Lang between 1950 and 1950, in the final, American phase of his … Continue reading →

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a play about aliens directed by Wes Anderson (film: Asteroid City – Wes Anderson, 2023)

Posted on July 7, 2023 by admin

Watching ‘Asteroid City‘ I realize I’m starting to have a problem with Wes Anderson‘s movies. Each of them is an aesthetic delight and a demonstration of cinematic stylistic virtuosity. They are full of humor and almost every sequence includes reverences … Continue reading →

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a remake with surprises (film: Secret in Their Eyes – Billy Ray, 2015)

Posted on June 7, 2023 by admin

‘Secret in Their Eyes‘, the 2015 film by Billy Ray, could represent another episode in the eternal discussion about American remakes of non-American film productions. Ray, who is also an excellent screenwriter, took the general outlines of the conflict of … Continue reading →

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Planet Earth survives another disaster (film: Greenland – Ric Roman Waugh, 2020)

Posted on May 28, 2023 by admin

The global catastrophe that was the COVID-19 pandemic influenced the path to viewers of hundreds or thousands of cinematographic productions. One of them was ‘Greenland‘, the 2020 film by American director Ric Roman Waugh, known mostly for action thrillers. ‘Greenland‘ … Continue reading →

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vertigo at the peak (film: Vertigo – Alfred Hitchcock, 1958)

Posted on April 19, 2023 by admin

‘Vertigo‘, made in 1958, seems today, at the first viewing or at a re-watch, like a cinema lesson left by Alfred Hitchcock to the directors who would come after him. It is a complex story (inspired by a French novel … Continue reading →

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Horror Fun (film: Halloween – David Gordon Green, 2018)

Posted on March 10, 2023 by admin

John Carpenter‘s 1978 classic ‘Halloween‘ was one of the gory horror blockbusters of the ’70s and launched Jamie Lee Curtis‘ career. The slasher genre went mainstream and the film had an abundance of ‘sequels’ that took the characters of Laurie … Continue reading →

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power games (film: Tár – Todd Field, 2022)

Posted on February 5, 2023 by admin

‘Tár‘, one of the most talked about films of 2022 and a serious contender for the Academy Awards, with six nominations, is written and directed by Todd Field – a filmmaker who does not seem at all rushed or prone … Continue reading →

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