Tag Archives: international movies production

when love turns into hate and marriage turns into war (film: The Roses – Jay Roach, 2025)

Posted on August 30, 2025 by admin

Either I haven’t seen or I don’t remember seeing ‘The War of the Roses’, the 1989 film that was the first screen adaptation of Warren Adler‘s novel, starring Michael Douglas, Kathleen Turner and Danny DeVito, so I can’t contribute with … Continue reading →

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crime and passion (film: Les innocents aux mains sales – Claude Chabrol, 1975)

Posted on August 25, 2025 by admin

They say that to assess the skills of a director, it is good to see not only his best films, but also those that for one reason or another failed with the public or in the eyes of critics. ‘Les … Continue reading →

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a remarkable debut (film: Tropicana – Omer Tobi, 2024)

Posted on August 10, 2025 by admin

‘Tropicana‘ (2024) is the debut feature film of a young director – Omer Tobi -, known so far mainly for music-related films (music videos and a television series). And what a debut! In 82 minutes, this film (for which Omer … Continue reading →

Posted in movies | Tagged author cinema, author film, Canadian cinema, erotic drama, erotic thriller, international movies production, Israeli cinema, middle age crisis, Omer Tobi, original script, Philippe Lavalette, Tropicana | Leave a comment

the two hemispheres of Europe (film: Jaful secolului – Teodora Mihai, 2024)

Posted on July 29, 2025 by admin

Films about migrations, emigrants and immigrants are an important genre in world cinema, but not in Romanian cinema. ‘Jaful secolului‘ a.k.a. ‘The Heist of the Century‘ (which also circulates worldwide with the alternative titles ‘Traffic‘ and ‘Rheostat‘) has as its … Continue reading →

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the other masterpiece of Orson Welles (film: The Trial – Orson Welles, 1962)

Posted on July 11, 2025 by admin

‘The Trial‘ (1962) is – in my opinion – the second peak of Orson Welles‘s directing career, along with ‘Citizen Kane’. Welles himself considered it his best film. ‘The Trial‘ is the title of two masterpieces: one literary – Franz … Continue reading →

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literature as the inner fortress against evil (film: Reading Lolita in Tehran – Eran Riklis, 2024)

Posted on May 21, 2025 by admin

Can art in general and literature, specifically, save the world? Or at least make it better? Or at least create for those who love them – creators and consumers – an inner fortress where they can take refuge in times … Continue reading →

Posted in movies | Tagged Azar Nafisi, based on a book, Eran Riklis, feminist cinema, Golshifteh Farahani, international movies production, Iran, political cinema, Reading Lolita in Tehran | Leave a comment

the voice of the diva (film: Maria – Pablo Larraín, 2024)

Posted on May 5, 2025 by admin

I was quite skeptical about ‘Maria‘, the biopic (or kind of biopic) that Steven Steven Knight wrote and Pablo Larraín directed for Netflix, released at the end of 2024. It is the third film, perhaps the final film, in a … Continue reading →

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the spy who hated liars (film: Black Bag – Steven Soderbergh, 2025)

Posted on April 5, 2025 by admin

In a few of the moments while watching ‘Black Bag‘ – the second film this year 2025 directed by Steven Soderbergh – I had the feeling that John Le Carré is still alive and writing novels that are brought to … Continue reading →

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architecture and cinema (film: The Brutalist – Brady Corbet, 2024)

Posted on February 7, 2025 by admin

‘The Brutalist‘ (2024) is a very ambitious film. Brady Corbet is at his third feature film and, although he is relatively little known as a director, he has managed to co-write an original and complex script, attract a very well-made … Continue reading →

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a political thriller at the Vatican (film: Conclave – Edward Berger, 2024)

Posted on February 5, 2025 by admin

Cinema has already dealt with the popes, their lives and deaths, including the process of electing the new sovereign pontiffs by convening the Conclave. There have been feature films and television series, dramas and comedies, historical or current affairs films … Continue reading →

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