Tag Archives: Steven Spielberg

Lenny would have liked ‘Maestro’ (film: Maestro – Bradley Cooper, 2023)

Posted on January 5, 2024 by admin

I believe that Lenny Bernstein would have liked ‘Maestro‘ (2023) and especially the controversies caused by this film. His immense pride would of course have been flattered by the fact that the film dedicated to him is produced by Martin … Continue reading →

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the fascination of the camera (film: The Fabelmans – Steven Spielberg, 2022)

Posted on January 6, 2023 by admin

Hollywood likes to make movies about Hollywood. Several of the great directors (including Spielberg’s friends and collaborators Truffaut and George Lucas) have made autobiographical films inspired by their own childhood and adolescence. In ‘The Fabelmans‘ (2022), Steven Spielberg combines the … Continue reading →

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

Posted on September 9, 2022 by admin

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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Spielberg meets Bernstein (film: West Side Story – Steven Spielberg, 2021)

Posted on December 17, 2021 by admin

The history of cinema is (also) a history of remake movies, and getting back to a famous theme such as ‘West Side Story‘ is an event, especially since the 2021 version is directed by the famous Steven Spielberg himself, who … Continue reading →

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CHANGE.WORLD: A.I. – după 20 de ani

Posted on July 19, 2021 by admin

Pentru mine, una dintre măsurile trecerii timpului sunt momentele în care îmi dau seama că filme pe care mi le amintesc perfect, de la detaliile acțiunii și sentimentele pe care le-am trăit în timpul vizionării până la sala de cinema … Continue reading →

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CHANGE.WORLD: Universul Spielberg

Posted on September 14, 2020 by admin

Steven Spielberg este unul dintre puținele nume de creatori de filme care se află în consens între iubitorii cinematografului popular și ai cinematografului de artă, între pasionații de filme din rândul copiilor, adolescenților și al celor maturi. Mă rog, în … Continue reading →

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Spielberg plays a VR game (Film: ‘Ready Player One – Steven Spielberg, 2018)

Posted on September 7, 2020 by admin

It’s been a while since Steven Spielberg‘s last meeting with the science fiction genre. After directing a version of ‘War of the Worlds‘ in 2005 with Tom Cruise in the lead role, a film that I liked but was kind … Continue reading →

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Spielberg – the documentary (Film: Spielberg – Susan Lacy, 2017)

Posted on October 9, 2019 by admin

147 minutes may be too much or too little for a documentary about the biography and career of one of the most important contemporary film directors. That’s exactly the feeling left by Susan Lacy‘s ‘Spielberg‘ for HBO. On one hand … Continue reading →

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good old film making about good old journalism (Film: The Post – Steven Spielberg, 2017)

Posted on January 15, 2018 by admin

Movies about the late 60s or early 70s become more and more epoch films. They describe a time when dollars were kept in boxes to be used by kids ten or fifteen years later and still have some value, when … Continue reading →

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Spielberg takes on the Cold War (Film: Bridge of Spies – Steven Spielberg, 2015)

Posted on December 23, 2015 by admin

So after sharks, dynos, extra-terrestrials, WWII, Holocaust, Olympics terrorism, future, Lincoln and handful of other themes, it’s the turn of the Cold War to be processed, re-created and brought to screen in the vision of Steven Spielberg. ‘Bridge of Spies‘ … Continue reading →

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