Tag Archives: original script

a farce in the mountains (film: Catane – Ioana Mischie, 2025)

Posted on January 27, 2026 by admin

The poster, the credits and the promotional campaign for ‘Catane‘ (2025) insist on emphasizing the fact that it is a feature-length debut film. I don’t know exactly why the director and screenwriter Ioana Mischie, together with the producers, insist on … Continue reading →

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a disturbing and absorbing movie (film: Good Time – Benny & Josh Safdie, 2017)

Posted on January 26, 2026 by admin

‘Good Time‘, the 2017 film by brothers Benny and Josh Safdie, was for me one of those films that left me glued to my seat at the end and when the credits rolled I asked myself: ‘What did I just … Continue reading →

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everybody lies (film: Focus – Glenn Ficarra & John Requa, 2015)

Posted on January 23, 2026 by admin

‘Focus‘ – written and directed in 2015 by Glenn Ficarra and John Requa – is a pure entertainment film, from the category that Americans use to call ‘caper movies’ – films with picturesque and likeable villains, who plan robberies or … Continue reading →

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different cultures, same emotions (film: Rental Family – Hikari, 2025)

Posted on January 21, 2026 by admin

The encounter between Japanese culture and the cultures of the rest of the world is a theme that is often explored, both by Japanese and international cinema. Japan fascinates, and Japanese filmmakers are also drawn to the experiences of those … Continue reading →

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the jaws of the past (film: O Agente Secreto – Kleber Mendoça Filho, 2025)

Posted on January 19, 2026 by admin

There is no espionage story in ‘O agente secreto‘ (‘The Secret Agent‘) by Brazilian director Kleber Mendonça Filho, nor is there any connection to the novel written by James Conrad more than a century ago, which inspired many other films … Continue reading →

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Truffaut settling down? (film: Domicile conjugal – François Truffaut, 1970)

Posted on January 7, 2026 by admin

‘Domicile conjugal‘ (‘Bed & Board‘ in the English distribution) was made by François Truffaut 11 years after ‘Les quatre cents coups’, one of the three films that launched the ‘Nouvelle Vague’ and changed the direction of French and world cinema. … Continue reading →

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generational gaps (film: Father Mother Sister Brother – Jim Jarmusch, 2025)

Posted on December 30, 2025 by admin

It was a delight to end my 2025 film year by watching Jim Jarmusch‘s film ‘Father Mother Sister Brother‘. This is another of the triptychs that the American director wrote and brought to the screen, in which three cinematic stories … Continue reading →

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truth and beauty (film: Cravata galbenă / The Yellow Tie – Serge Ioan Celebidachi, 2025)

Posted on December 20, 2025 by admin

I confess that I was a little afraid to watch ‘The Yellow Tie‘, the film by Serge Ioan Celebidachi. Writing a biography or making a biographical film about one’s own father, a dominant personality not only in his field but … Continue reading →

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small lies, big lies, bad lies, good lies (film: Eleanor the Great – Scarlett Johansson, 2025)

Posted on December 15, 2025 by admin

Scarlett Johansson has starred in films directed by some of the most remarkable directors (including female directors) of our time, from Sofia Coppola and Christopher Nolan to Robert Redford and Woody Allen, in her more than twenty-year acting career. She … Continue reading →

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The Gassman Show (film: Il Mattatore – Dino Risi, 1960)

Posted on December 12, 2025 by admin

Dino Risi‘s 1960 film ‘Il mattatore‘ (or ‘Love and Larceny‘ in the English distribution) belongs to a period in which comedies that were popular with the public and quality films were not disjoint categories. At a time when French cinema … Continue reading →

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