Tag Archives: original script

architecture and cinema (film: The Brutalist – Brady Corbet, 2024)

‘The Brutalist‘ (2024) is a very ambitious film. Brady Corbet is at his third feature film and, although he is relatively little known as a director, he has managed to co-write an original and complex script, attract a very well-made … Continue reading

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Pakula’s western (film: Comes a Horseman – Alan J. Pakula, 1978)

Alan J. Pakula is one of the American filmmakers who intrigues me. Although he is half a generation older, he debuted as a director around the same time as Spielberg or Scorsese, but he did not keep up with them. … Continue reading

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Day Zero of TV entertainment news (film: September 5 – Tim Fehlbaum, 2024)

September 5, 1972, has gone down in history as an infamous date in the history of the Olympic Games. Several documentaries and fiction films have already been made about this event and its aftermath, including a film directed by Spielberg. … Continue reading

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the cloud that kills (film: Cloud / Kuraudo – Kiyoshi Kurosawa, 2024)

Japanese director Kiyoshi Kurosawa‘s filmography already includes several films where the horror and techno-thriller genres meet, reflecting a world where technology overwhelms its heroes and terrifies the audience. ‘Cloud‘ (‘Kuraudo‘ in the original – 2024) can be included in this … Continue reading

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duel of the giants (film: The Missouri Breaks – Arthur Penn, 1976)

‘The Missouri Breaks‘, the 1976 film by director Arthur Penn, is the stuff of which cinematic legends are made. Thomas McGuane wrote the screenplay for this revisionist western, a subgenre of cinema that flourished in American cinema after 1966, taking … Continue reading

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a trip to the roots (film: A Real Pain – Jesse Eisenberg, 2024)

The genre of films to which ‘A Real Pain‘ (2024), the second film in which Jesse Eisenberg is (also) behind the camera as director, belongs is quite popular in Israel. Trips to Poland and other countries in Europe where episodes … Continue reading

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between dream and jealousy (film: Omcâine – Ștefan Constantinescu, 2022)

‘Omcâine‘ (2022 – the English distribution title is ‘Man and Dog‘) is the ambitious debut of a director who is making his first feature film late in his career. Stefan Constantinescu is no novice in cinematography, he is a visual … Continue reading

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confusing mirror (film: Zerkalo / Mirror – Andrei Tarkovsky, 1975)

I think that I have reached what is metaphorically called the ‘glass ceiling’ of my cinematic understanding today. Somehow, in my youth, I missed the opportunity to watch ‘The Mirror‘ (the Russian title is ‘Zerkalo‘), Andrei Tarkovsky’s 1975 film. I … Continue reading

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no monkey business (film: Better Man – Michael Gracey, 2024)

Released at the end of 2024, ‘Better Man‘ could also be considered one of the first films of 2025, when it reaches mass distribution in the main international film markets. It is a very favorable period for musical films, films … Continue reading

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father and son (film: Che ora è – Ettore Scola, 1989)

‘Che ora è‘, Ettore Scola‘s 1989 film, is an admirable demonstration of the fact that great films can often be simple and that sophisticated effects or complex plots are not always necessary to reach the hearts of viewers. All one … Continue reading

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