Tag Archives: Leonardo DiCaprio

the virtuosity of the raising stars (film: What’s Eating Gilbert Grape – Lasse Hallström, 1993)

Posted on July 20, 2024 by admin

‘What’s Eating Gilbert Grape‘ (1993) is one of the best-known feature films of the Swedish director Lasse Hallström, whose launching pad to international fame was built of the music videos of ABBA’s hit songs. Today it has also become a … Continue reading →

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an Osage saga (film: Killers of the Flower Moon – Martin Scorsese, 2023)

Posted on December 27, 2023 by admin

‘Killers of the Flower Moon‘ and other of Martin Scorsese‘s latest creations remind me of Alfred Hitchcock’s late career films. That last period lasted about 12 years for Hitchcock, during which he made 6 films. I hope that Scorsese will … Continue reading →

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Netflix Looks Up (film: Don’t Look Up – Adam McKay, 2021)

Posted on January 7, 2022 by admin

It’s rare for a film to radically divide opinions like ‘Don’t Look Up‘, the political-apocalyptic satire written and directed by Adam McKay that ended the year 2021, succeeded to do. Fame preceded it in my mailbox and in the news … Continue reading →

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Tarantino and Hollywood hit back (film: Once Upon the Time in Hollywood – Quentin Tarantino, 2019)

Posted on August 22, 2019 by admin

What do Quentin Tarantino and Pedro Almodóvar have in common? A lot, of course. First of all, both are among the most important film directors of the generation with which we have the chance to be contemporaries. Each of them … Continue reading →

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The Gatekeeper (Film: J.Edgar – Clint Eastwood, Leonardo DiCaprio, 2011)

Posted on September 19, 2014 by admin

The name of J. Edgar Hoover not only marks half of century of the history of defending the law and making justice in the United States, but still raises passions until today. The developments after the terror attacks on 9/11 … Continue reading →

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Scorsese did it again (Film: The Wolf of Wall Street – Martin Scorsese, 2013)

Posted on February 24, 2014 by admin

‘Inspired by a true story’ seems indeed to be the mantra for the majority of the films in the Academy Awards race this year. A few days ago I saw ‘Dallas Buyers Club’ and now this ‘Wolf of Wall Street’ … Continue reading →

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Tarantino vs. Spielberg (Film: Django Unchained – Tarantino, 2012)

Posted on February 6, 2013 by admin

I saw yesterday Tarantino‘s Django Unchained. The film deals approximately with the same historical period as Spielberg‘s Lincoln, but what a difference! Spielberg and Tarantino are without any doubt two of the most important American directors today. Both come from … Continue reading →

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Scorsese’s Hitchcock (Film: Shutter Island, Martin Scorsese, 2010)

Posted on July 12, 2012 by admin

Islands are terrific settings for thrillers. We know it from our own cinematographic experience, and we know we are in claustrophobic territory from the very first scene of this film, with the Shutter Island somewhere out of Boston in the … Continue reading →

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Film: Inception (Christopher Nolan – 2010)

Posted on November 20, 2010 by admin

With Inception Christopher Nolan ends a decade in his carrier marked by a series of movies which brought together the best in the traditional Hollywood cinema with intelligent scripts that explore the space beyond reality. His latest film is closer … Continue reading →

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