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rust and bone, flesh and soul (Film: De rouille et d’os – Jacques Audiard, 2012)

Posted on May 6, 2013 by admin

This is the second film that I see directed by Jacques Audiard, a cinema personality who seems to have written many more scripts than movies that he had made. I am yet to see Un prophete which is considered his best, … Continue reading →

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Love Story (Film: Amour – Michael Haneke, 2012)

Posted on April 13, 2013 by admin

Every age has it’s love films. A long time ago, during my late my teens I resonated together with the millions of young folks at my age in between the age of the hippies and the age of the yuppies … Continue reading →

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Adieu, Monsieur Chabrol! (Film: Bellamy – Claude Chabrol, 2009)

Posted on April 12, 2013 by admin

Bellamy (or Inspector Bellamy) is the final film in the career that spreads over half a century of director Claude Chabrol, a career started within the cinematic revolution of the French Nouvelle Vague at the end of the 50s in which Chabrol … Continue reading →

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purest trash (Film: Death Proof – Quentin Tarantino, 2007)

Posted on April 11, 2013 by admin

Death Proof may be the most typical Quentin Tarantino product since Pulp Fiction. Those who love Tarantino will love the film and love him more, those who hate him will have at least one more item to add to the … Continue reading →

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

Posted on April 9, 2013 by admin

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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everybody’s crazy (Film: Silver Linings Playbook – David O. Russell, 2012)

Posted on April 6, 2013 by admin

I am trying to remember at least one character in Silver Linings Playbook who is not crazy in some way. You know, what we call a normal person, who is not or was not a patient in a mental institution, … Continue reading →

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breaking the frames (Film: L’homme qui voulait vivre sa vie – Eric Lartigau, 2010)

Posted on April 1, 2013 by admin

At the beginning of the story in this film the hero seems to be at the peak of his life. He has it all: a comfortable life, a wife and two kids, he lives in a villa in the province … Continue reading →

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a too decent job (Film: Kirot – Danny Lerner, 2009)

Posted on March 31, 2013 by admin

Violent thrillers are yet a rather unexplored territory for the big screen Israeli cinema, and I really wonder why. The Israeli reality even if we put aside the political conflict is quite violent at least if one follows the news. … Continue reading →

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Anna Karenina as never seen before (Film: Anna Karenina – Joe Wright, 2012)

Posted on March 30, 2013 by admin

What else can be said about Anna Karenina, one of the books that were read, brought to stage and screen so many times? We think that we know the action and the characters, and it takes quite an amount of … Continue reading →

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playing Moliere (Film: Alceste a bicyclette – Fabrice Luchini, 2013)

Posted on March 28, 2013 by admin

Gauthier Valence is a successful actor. He plays in a prime time soap opera which earns him enough glory to be recognized in the streets and markets and enough money to allow him to put on stage the most ambitious … Continue reading →

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