Tag Archives: Kirsten Dunst

too dark to be true? (film: Civil War – Alex Garland, 2024)

Posted on August 20, 2024 by admin

Dystopias on screens seem to impress less lately, and this is probably also due to the fact that our lives and the events around us contain more and more elements of dystopia. ‘Civil War‘, the film written and directed by … Continue reading →

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balance of powers (film: The Power of the Dog – Jane Campion, 2021)

Posted on February 12, 2022 by admin

The Power of the Dog‘ is Jane Campion‘s first feature film in more than a decade, and only the third in this millennium, and these chronological landmarks in the cinematography of one of the most powerful and expressive directors we … Continue reading →

Posted in movies | Tagged Benedict Cumberbatch, Hollywood movies, Jane Campion, Jesse Plemons, Kirsten Dunst, Kodi Smit-McPhee, The Power of the Dog | Leave a comment

the enemy is not what we believed (Film: The Beguiled – Nicole Kidman, 2017)

Posted on August 8, 2017 by admin

Director Sofia Coppola has built a name of herself clearly distinct from the one of her illustrious father by describing the world of women, their fears and tragedies, their anxieties and ambiguities, their relation with the world of men and … Continue reading →

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math and prejudice (Film: Hidden Figures, US, 2016)

Posted on April 6, 2017 by admin

Very few films were made until now about the beginnings of the American space program, and I am wondering why. Here is a true American saga that took place at a time that is still remembered by many of us. … Continue reading →

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the most beautiful end of the world (film: Melancholia – Lars von Trier, 2011)

Posted on November 30, 2016 by admin

When he is not making provocative statements at news conferences Lars von Trier makes movies. Some of them are shocking. Some of them are stunning. I did not like all his films (Dogville was too dry an experiment for me) and … Continue reading →

Posted in movies | Tagged Charlotte Gainsbourg, Charlotte Rampling, John Hurt, Kiefer Sutherland, Kirsten Dunst, Lars von Trier, Melancholia, Stellan Skarsgård | Leave a comment

Woody Allen, edition 2016 (Film: Cafe Society – Woody Allen, 2016)

Posted on August 31, 2016 by admin

There are a few, very few things one can rely on happening every year, since the 1990s. First there is a Christmas – and yes, also a Passover – taking place each year. Then, there is the Woody Allen film … Continue reading →

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‘based on a true story’ does not really make a true film (Film: All Good Things – Ryan Gosling, 2010)

Posted on June 7, 2013 by admin

‘All Good Things’ is the only big screen feature film made until now by director Andrew Jarecki, who seems to have been involved previously with documentary movies, and we can feel this. Although he had for this movie at hands … Continue reading →

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