Tag Archives: social cinema

small is the future (film: Downsizing – Alexander Payne, 2017)

Posted on April 16, 2022 by admin

Whenever I have a hard time to categorize a film in a certain genre, the reasons can be very good or very bad. Sometimes it’s one of those original and inventive films that escapes the patterns imposed by film critics. … Continue reading →

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this is not a game (film: Mikado – Emanuel Parvu, 2021)

Posted on March 4, 2022 by admin

I confess that had to use Google after watching the Romanian film ‘Mikado‘ (2021) directed by Emanuel Parvu to decipher its title. I found out that mikado is a game that I knew as a child under the name ‘Marocco‘ … Continue reading →

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the most beautiful film title (film: Mourir d’aimer – André Cayatte, 1971)

Posted on March 1, 2022 by admin

More than 50 years have passed since the film ‘Mourir d’aimer‘ was made and released on screen, one of the blockbusters of French cinema in 1971. Watching or rewatching it today is a good opportunity to appreciate how approaches have … Continue reading →

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three women (film: Filles de joie – Frederic Fonteyne, Anne Paulichevich, 2020)

Posted on February 1, 2022 by admin

Everything seems to have been written and all films seem to have been made on some topics, and yet they never cease to surprise with different points of view and approaches. The subject of prostitution, of its legal status, of … Continue reading →

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