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Christopher Nolan plays again with time (film: Tenet – Christopher Nolan, 2020)

In ‘Tenet‘, the film that became famous for its complicated pandemic launch in 2020, screenwriter and director Christopher Nolan plays again with time. It is one of his recurring themes and the one that ensured his first great success with … Continue reading

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The Beauty and the Corporate Beast (film: Sabrina – Billy Wilder, 1954)

In 1954, when ‘Sabrina‘ was made, the film’s director, Billy Wilder, and the three actors who played the lead roles (Audrey Hepburn, Humphrey Bogart and William Holden) had each won at least one Oscar. ‘Sabrina‘, an entertainment movie, a romantic … Continue reading

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

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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a super-hero in the middle of the road (film: Wonder Woman 1984 – Patty Jenkins, 2020)

‘Wonder Woman 1984‘ a (2020 production, written and directed by Patty Jenkins) was the first film I saw in a movie theatre after a 15-month hiatus due to the pandemic. The choice was not intentional, but I am still satisfied … Continue reading

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the price of the life of a soldier (film: The Monuments Men – George Clooney, 2014)

The story in ‘The Monuments Men‘ directed by George Clooney and released on screens in 2014 is worth telling. In the last year of World War II, a small group of Allied soldiers, most of them experts in the arts, … Continue reading

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a 1950s film noir still worth watching (film: Pickup on South Street – Samuel Fuller, 1953)

Made in 1953, director Samuel Fuller‘s ‘Pickup on South Street‘ is considered one of the best classic films of the ‘film noir’ genre. Built around a story (also written by Fuller) that is not among the most original or surprising, … Continue reading

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mis-justice (film: The Trial of the Chicago 7 – Aaron Sorkin, 2020)

Aaron Sorkin‘s screenplays for feature films and television already cover much of the significant moments in U.S. history over the past 60 years, and deal with some of the most significant personalities of the period (Steve Jobs, Marck Zuckerman) or … Continue reading

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when alien encounter meets romantic comedy (film: Starman – John Carpenter, 1984)

Moviegoers who wish to see how movies depicting extraterrestrial encounters in the 1980s were made can be use the 1984 movie by John Carpenter ‘Starman‘ as a case study. In fact, I should be a little more accurate – it’s … Continue reading

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Welles touches the Evil (film: Touch of Evil – Orson Welles, 1958)

In the history of movies ‘Touch of Evil‘, the 1958 film ‘noir’ by Orson Welles played perhaps a more important role in European and especially French cinema than in American cinema. It is a story of gangsters that takes place … Continue reading

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the power of the mob (film: The Chase – Arthur Penn, 1966)

1966, the year Arthur Penn made ‘The Chase‘, belongs to the period in the second half of the 1960s that transformed American cinema. These are the years in which the French New Wave reached the shores of Hollywood, in which … Continue reading

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