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Day Zero of TV entertainment news (film: September 5 – Tim Fehlbaum, 2024)

Posted on February 3, 2025 by admin

September 5, 1972, has gone down in history as an infamous date in the history of the Olympic Games. Several documentaries and fiction films have already been made about this event and its aftermath, including a film directed by Spielberg. … Continue reading →

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three tales of one city (film: Tokyo! – Michel Gondry & Leos Carax & Bong Joon Ho, 2008)

Posted on January 29, 2025 by admin

I don’t know the history of this production, but the idea seems formidable to me. ‘Tokyo!‘ (2009) is a triptych of short films set in Tokyo and directed by three directors who are not Japanese, but who are talented and … Continue reading →

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soulless (film: Nosferatu – Robert Eggers, 2024)

Posted on January 4, 2025 by admin

Robert Eggers‘ ‘Nosferatu‘ is the second remake of F.W. Murnau’s famous film made over 100 years ago. I haven’t counted a sequel, a CGI remix of the original film, musicals or cartoons inspired by the same character. What could a … Continue reading →

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no monkey business (film: Better Man – Michael Gracey, 2024)

Posted on January 3, 2025 by admin

Released at the end of 2024, ‘Better Man‘ could also be considered one of the first films of 2025, when it reaches mass distribution in the main international film markets. It is a very favorable period for musical films, films … Continue reading →

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not a Christmas movie (film: Merry Christmas Mr. Lawrence – Nagisa Ôshima, 1983)

Posted on December 25, 2024 by admin

‘Merry Christmas Mr. Lawrence‘ (1983) is not a Christmas film, despite its title. The film director is Nagisa Ôshima, a Japanese filmmaker of great talent and great audacity. If we must necessarily place the film in a category, it would … Continue reading →

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Almodóvar Faces Death (film: The Room Next Door – Pedro Almodóvar, 2024)

Posted on December 23, 2024 by admin

In his latest film, ‘The Room Next Door‘ (2024), Pedro Almodóvar faces Death. Many of the great filmmakers have done it: Fellini, Bergman, Haneke, Kurosawa, Hitchcock. Some earlier, others towards the end of their careers and lives, Hitchcock in every … Continue reading →

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feminist horror (film: The Substance – Coralie Fargeat, 2024)

Posted on November 16, 2024 by admin

David Cronenberg and Quentin Tarantino have a heir and her name is Coralie Fargeat. Coralie Fargeat is not afraid to shock. In fact, I think the purpose of her films is to shock. She’s doing it to get attention and … Continue reading →

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twilight of an epoch (film: Un amour de Swann – Volker Schlöndorff, 1984)

Posted on October 26, 2024 by admin

One of the most useless intellectual exercises, in my opinion, is to compare a book and a movie, even if the movie is inspired by the book or is an adaptation. Literature and cinema are as different arts as dance … Continue reading →

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Poirot haunted (film: A Haunting in Venice – Kenneth Branagh, 2023)

Posted on September 2, 2024 by admin

Kenneth Branagh continues his series of adaptations of Agatha Christie’s novels and seems to feel quite comfortable in the skin of Hercule Poirot and in the position of director of the films that bring him to the big screen. The … Continue reading →

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for a piece of metal (film: Cross of Iron – Sam Peckinpah, 1977)

Posted on August 24, 2024 by admin

Any good war movie can only be an anti-war movie. This axiom is also confirmed by ‘Cross of Iron‘, the 1977 film by Sam Peckinpah, the only war film by the American director who was a master of western films … Continue reading →

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