Tag Archives: Luca Guadagnino

academic thrills (film: After the Hunt – Luca Guadagnino, 2025)

Nowadays, making a film about the atmosphere in American universities and the phenomenon of ‘Cancel Culture’ is probably as difficult as living, learning or teaching in such an environment and being confronted with these problems. A good example could be … Continue reading

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second tier (film: Challengers – Luca Guadagnino, 2024)

I am a big fan of tennis and of a few other sports. I also love the art of film. Their meeting should be one in heaven for me, and yet, so far, I haven’t seen a sports fiction movie … Continue reading

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

‘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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sunset of the high-class (Film: Io sono l’amore – Tilda Swinton, 2009)

Io sono l’amore starts with an impressionist-like picture of a city in winter, reminding a painting by Renoir. Yet, we’ll soon realize that we are not at the end of the 19th century but rather 100 years later. The next … Continue reading

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