Tag Archives: Tilda Swinton

Swimming Pool Drama (film: A Bigger Splash – Luca Guadagnino, 2015)

‘A Bigger Splash‘ (2015) is a remake of a film (‘La Piscine’ – directed by Jacques Deray based on a novel by Alain Page) that is remembered today mainly because of the presence on the screen of the couple Alain … Continue reading

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a reverence to printed journalism (film: The French Dispatch – Wes Anderson, 2021)

Wes Anderson planned to launch ‘The French Dispatch‘, his latest extravagant fantasy, at Cannes, with the red carpet deployed for his stars, and when Corona canceled the 2020 film festival, the director along with the film’s producers decided to postpone … Continue reading

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runaway kids (film: Moonrise Kingdom – Wes Anderson, 2012)

Welcome to Wes Anderson‘s universe for ‘Moonrise Kingdom‘, made in 2012, perhaps Anderson‘s most Andersonian film. It’s a bold combination of a movie for and about teenagers and a surreal fantasy, a nostalgic American story set in the mid-1960s – … Continue reading

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a David Copperfield like no other (film: The Personal History of David Copperfield – Armando Iannucci, 2019)

‘The Personal History of David Copperfield‘, the 2019 version of Dickens’ famous novel, directed by  Armando Iannucci, will baffle a lot of people, and is likely to be equally criticised by those who should praise it and praised by those … Continue reading

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tender vampires (film: Only Lovers Left Alive – Jim Jarmusch, 2013)

A vampire movie directed by Jim Jarmusch? This question was asked by Jarmusch fans and vampire movie buffs in 2013, when ‘Only Lovers Left Alive‘ was released on screens. The two categories of moviegoers who apparently do not seem to … Continue reading

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diluted Coen brothers (Film: Hail, Caesar! – Coen brothers, 2016)

A few weeks back I wrote about Bridge of Spies and I was mentioning the fact that I expected more than an OK+ story about the Cold War from a script written by the Joel and Ethan Coen brothers. This feeling … Continue reading

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Zero or Infinity (Film: The Zero Theorem – Terry Gilliam, 2013)

‘The Zero Theorem’ is directed by Terry Gilliam, a highly original creator and an explorer of the future, which he already described in rather dark colors in several memorable films like ‘Brazil’ and ‘Twelve Monkeys’. His other principal title of … Continue reading

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sunset of the high-class (Film: Io sono l’amore – Tilda Swinton, 2009)

Io sono l’amore starts with an impressionist-like picture of a city in winter, reminding a painting by Renoir. Yet, we’ll soon realize that we are not at the end of the 19th century but rather 100 years later. The next … Continue reading

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