Tag Archives: Omar Sy

the tragical story of a clown during the Belle Époque (film: Chocolat – Roschdy Zem, 2016)

‘Chocolat‘, directed in 2016 by Roschdy Zem, is one of those films that left me happy after viewing, but which later, as emotions and ideas settled, I started to consider as a missed opportunity for an exceptional creation. The film … Continue reading

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a festival of screaming dinosaurs (film: Jurassic World Dominion – Colin Trevorrow, 2022)

If my count is correct, ‘Jurassic World Dominion‘ (2022 – directed by Colin Trevorrow) is the sixth major studio film to develop the world and characters invented byMichael Crichton and first brought to the screen in 1993 by Steven Spielberg. … Continue reading

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bridging the differences in the comic register (Film: Intouchables – France, 2011)

In the year when The Artist dominated the Oscars and achieved international success and recognition, it was a very different kind of a film that dominated the French box office. This film is ‘Intouchables’ and the one of good reasons … Continue reading

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