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‘The Master’ of our times (film: Master i Margarita / The Master and Margarita – Michael Lockshin, 2023)

Posted on August 19, 2024 by admin

Mikhail Bulgakov’s novel ‘The Master and Margarita’ was written between 1928 and 1940, but the writer never saw it published. The first – censored – version of the book appeared in the USSR in 1966. I guess this is the … Continue reading →

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history as a farce (film: The Death of Stalin – Armando Iannucci, 2017)

Posted on August 16, 2024 by admin

One of the most famous quotes attributed to Karl Marx (who in turn was commenting on Hegel) is the one that claims that history and its personalities repeat themselves twice: the first time as tragedy, the second time as farce. … Continue reading →

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a film about courage (film: Tatami – Zar Amir Ebrahimi & Guy Nattiv, 2023)

Posted on July 27, 2024 by admin

We are in the Olympic year and season, and ‘Tatami‘ (2023) directed by Zar Amir Ebrahimi and Guy Nattiv is the right movie for this season. It can be said that the (Olympic) spirit of sport and the relationship between … Continue reading →

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the mean streets of London (film: Legend – Brian Helgeland, 2015)

Posted on May 30, 2024 by admin

Brian Helgeland‘s 2015 film ‘Legend‘ is a biopic of the Kray twin brothers, two gangsters who dominated the London underworld from the late 1950s until 1968 when they were both arrested, tried and sentenced to life in prison for separate … Continue reading →

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war and love (film: I girasoli – Vittorio De Sica, 1970)

Posted on May 20, 2024 by admin

‘I girasoli‘ (‘Sunflower‘ in the English release), Vittorio De Sica‘s 1970 film, is a film that is impossible to judge outside of its historical context. Actually I should say its historical contexts. The film is a war melodrama, the story … Continue reading →

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a twisted, wonderful, disturbing fairy tale (film: Poor Things – Yorgos Lanthimos, 2023)

Posted on February 29, 2024 by admin

I confess that after watching Yorgos Lanthimos‘ previous film – ‘The Favourite’ – I was a bit worried. It was a period film and seemed like evidence of an unwanted (by me) cinematic maturity. I loved in that movie attention … Continue reading →

Posted in movies | Tagged Alasdair Gray, comedy, Emma Stone, epoch movie, fairy tale, film based on a novel, Hanna Schygulla, international movies production, Kathryn Hunter, Mark Ruffalo, Poor Things, Willem Dafoe, Yorgos Lanthimos | Leave a comment

holy crimes (film: Holy Spider – Ali Abbasi, 2022)

Posted on February 12, 2024 by admin

Ali Abbasi, an Iranian director living in Scandinavia for over a decade chose a famous case that happened in Iran in 2000 and 2001 as an opportunity to make in ‘Holy Spider‘ a film that deals with one of the … Continue reading →

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an American saga made in Europe (film: Once Upon a Time in the West – Sergio Leone, 1968)

Posted on December 12, 2023 by admin

Sergio Leone directed seven feature films throughout his career. Seven films out of which six, grouped in two trilogies, are enough for his name to be considered today among the most important directors of the 20th century. ‘Once Upon a … Continue reading →

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life and literature (film: Gemma Bovery – Anne Fontaine, 2014)

Posted on December 4, 2023 by admin

‘Gemma Bovery‘, Anne Fontaine‘s 2014 film enchanted me. What could be the cause? The presence in the male lead role of Fabrice Luchini, one of my favorite French actors and possessor of the most perfect diction of anyone who spoke … Continue reading →

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Swimming Pool Drama (film: A Bigger Splash – Luca Guadagnino, 2015)

Posted on November 29, 2023 by admin

‘A Bigger Splash‘ (2015) is a remake of a film (‘La Piscine’ – directed by Jacques Deray based on a novel by Alain Page) that is remembered today mainly because of the presence on the screen of the couple Alain … Continue reading →

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