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Almodóvar faces a crisis … and survives it with another wonderful film (film: Amarga Navidad – Pedro Almodóvar, 2026)

Posted on August 19, 2026 by admin

Almodóvar in crisis? Almodóvar repeating himself? Did Almodóvar make a boring film? What are you talking about? ‘Amarga Navidad‘ (‘Bitter Christmas‘ in the English distribution), the most recent film written and directed by Pedro Almodóvar, is interesting, profound, colorful, strange, … Continue reading →

Posted in movies | Tagged Amarga Navidad, author cinema, Bárbara Lennie, film in film, Leonardo Sbaraglia, original script, Pedro Almodovar, Spanish cinema | Leave a comment

the great Catherines (film: Sage femme – Martin Provost, 2017)

Posted on August 13, 2026 by admin

The 2017 ‘Sage femme‘ (the title of the English distribution was ‘The Midwife’) by Martin Provost was a pleasant surprise and it is not clear to me why the film was underappreciated at the time by part of the public … Continue reading →

Posted in movies | Tagged author cinema, Catherine Deneuve, Catherine Frot, family drama, French cinema, Martin Provost, melodrama, Mylène Demongeot, Olivier Gourmet, original script, Sage femme, social cinema, The Midwife | Leave a comment

prequel to a legend (film: Robin Hood – Ridley Scott, 2010)

Posted on August 11, 2026 by admin

The mistake that many film critics and viewers who follow their opinions about Ridley Scott‘s films with real or imaginary historical figures make, in my opinion, is their rigid and inaccurate categorization. The veteran director, who is approaching 90 years … Continue reading →

Posted in movies | Tagged Cate Blanchett, historical action film, Hollywood movies, Lea Seydoux, Mark Strong, Max von Sydow, original script, Oscar Isaac, Ridley Scott, Robin Hood, Russell Crowe, William Hurt | Leave a comment

late education (film: Good Luck to You, Leo Grande – Sophie Hyde, 2022)

Posted on August 9, 2026 by admin

‘Good Luck to You, Leo Grande‘ (2022), director Sophie Hyde‘s first film made outside of Australia, is a product of the pandemic. The disease caused by the Covid-19 virus has had few positive effects, but among them were the productions … Continue reading →

Posted in movies | Tagged Bryan Mason, Daryl McCormack, Emma Thompson, Good Luck to You Leo Grande, Katy Brand, original script, relationship comedy, sex comedy, Sophie Hyde | Leave a comment

liaison dangereuse (film: Loulou – Maurice Pialat, 1980)

Posted on August 7, 2026 by admin

I had several good reasons for choosing to watch Maurice Pialat‘s 1980 film ‘Lolou‘. Maurice Pialat came late to film directing. He was 43 in 1968 when he made his first feature film. The peak of the French Nouvelle Vague … Continue reading →

Posted in movies | Tagged Arlette Langmann, film about infidelity, French cinema, Gerard Depardieu, Guy Marchand, Isabelle Huppert, La Nouvelle Vague, Loulou, Maurice Pialat, original script, relationship drama, romantic drama | Leave a comment

from Brigitte to BB (TV series: Bardot – Christopher Thompson & Danièle Thompson, 2023)

Posted on August 6, 2026 by admin

Brigitte Bardot was such a complex personality that several completely different biographical films could be made about her: about Brigitte Bardot the sex symbol who rivaled only with Marilyn Monroe in her time (OK, maybe also a few Italian actresses); … Continue reading →

Posted in TV | Tagged Anne Le Ny, Bardot, Based on a True Story, Brigitte Bardot, Christopher Thompson, Danièle Thompson, french TV series, Giuseppe Maggio, Jean Franco, Julia de Nunez, movies about movies, Noham Edje, original script, TV series, Victor Belmondo, Yvan Attal | Leave a comment

musketeers in love (film: Un éléphant ça trompe énormément – Yves Robert, 1976)

Posted on July 27, 2026 by admin

Exactly half a century after its release, the French comedy ‘Un éléphant ça trompe énormément‘, directed by Yves Robert (who also co-wrote the screenplay), was the perfect entertainment for a hot summer day. How can we explain the agelessness of … Continue reading →

Posted in movies | Tagged Anny Duperey, comedy, Danièle Delorme, film about infidelity, French cinema, Guy Bedos, Jean Rochefort, original script, Un éléphant ça trompe énormément, Victor Lanoux, Vladimir Cosma, Yves Robert | Leave a comment

re-watching a masterpiece (film: La Dolce Vita – Frederico Fellini, 1960)

Posted on July 14, 2026 by admin

What more can be said or written about Fellini’s ‘La Dolce Vita‘? I included watching this film in the program of an anniversary day and I did not regret a single moment. 66 years after its release and the Palme … Continue reading →

Posted in movies | Tagged Alain Cuny, Anita Ekberg, Anouk Aimée, Frederico Fellini, Italian cinema, La Dolce Vita, Marcello Mastroianni, original script | Leave a comment

between Luis Buñuel and Wes Anderson (film: Le testament d’Orphée – Jean Cocteau, 1960)

Posted on July 10, 2026 by admin

Those who are, like me, admirers of the cinematic style practiced by Wes Anderson in the last decade, of fantasies with a surrealist touch, bringing together on screens formidable casts in stories where reality melts into legends and imagination, will … Continue reading →

Posted in Mariana Gott-Shmilovitch | Tagged author cinema, fantasy movies, Francois Truffaut, Françoise Sagan, French cinema, Jean Cocteau, Jean Marais, Le testament d'Orphée, original script, Pablo Picasso, Roland Pontoizeau, surrealist movies, Testament of Orpheus, Yul Brynner | Leave a comment

a polish mother (film: Mama – Or Sinai, 2025)

Posted on July 8, 2026 by admin

The fate of economic migrants from the ‘second’ Europe, men and especially women who leave their countries in search of a source of income that will ensure not only their survival but also the future of their family and children, … Continue reading →

Posted in movies | Tagged author cinema, Evgenia Dodina, first film for a director, international movies production, Israeli cinema, Mama, movies about emigration, Or Sinai, original script, social drama | Leave a comment