Often the misunderstood and suffering souls are the ones from whom the best art is born, as happens with the protagonist of…
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Comedy, romance, and suspense; we can say there’s almost everything in Rear Window, a 1954 masterpiece and by far every voyeur’s favorite…
There has always been plenty of magic in Hayao Miyazaki‘s animated movies, yet in 2004 the brilliant Japanese director pushed the envelope…
Today I want to talk about a cult movie for my generation, Nine and Half Weeks, an erotic bombshell in theaters in…
Beneath the holidays, some days seem endless, yet never so much as in this unforgettable 1993 movie, Groundhog Day. The Groundhog in…
When love becomes merely a desire to possess, it becomes a curse, as it does to the unlucky players in Burying the…
We cannot know how far we would go out of love for someone before being already beyond the point of no return,…
Sometimes life can suddenly change thanks to a simple dinner with friends, as we see in this 2017 movie, Madame. Indeed, this…
Sometimes family can be so suffocating we run far away in space and even in reality, as happens to the young protagonist…
How difficult life can be, even for Nobel Prize-winning brains like the protagonist of Whatever Works, a great 2009 movie by the…
Today I want to talk about a particular 2016 movie by Jim Jarmusch, Paterson. If you follow my site, I usually like…
Today I want to recommend Crimes and Misdemeanors, a Woody Allen movie praised by audiences and critics in 1989 and is one…
Today we discuss a very unusual blend of love and crime in a 2001 French movie that I don’t know how many…
Some movies appear and disappear in the span of a cinematic season, such as this splendid 2018 Galveston. From the beginning, we…
On the occasion of the Venice presentation of Blonde, today I wanted to tell you about another 2011 movie about the divine…
For all those not akin to French cinema, An Affair of Love is a 1999 movie that might be an excellent story…
The Wind Rises is among the most significant animation movies in cinema history, not only because (so far) it is Hayao Miyazaki‘s…
Today we talk about Love And Death, a movie from 1975 among my favorite comedies by one of my favorite directors, the…
A Dangerous Method is a 2011 movie about the early days of psychoanalysis, involving two of its most famous proponents, Carl Jung…
If you love fantasy and eastern movies, you certainly cannot miss 2005’s Shinobi: Heart Under Blade. This tale of spectacular fighting and…
Today we are in the mood for romance, so let’s talk about a 1987 movie, an American remake of the French classic…
For anyone searching for a movie to relive the atmosphere of Japan before the Great War, 2005’s Memoirs of a Geisha is…
It was just another quiet evening with nothing to do; so I started scrolling through Amazon Prime movies and chose American Woman…
Shallow Hal is a 2001 blockbuster movie; which humorously pokes fun at the fixation on outward beauty versus people’s true nature and…
Y tu mamá también is a 2001 movie by Alfonso Cuarón; his last independent production before big blockbusters like Gravity or Harry…
London Fields is one of those movies that went through numerous issues before hitting theaters in 2018. And it’s this version that…
2046 is a 2004 movie about love and loneliness by Wong Kar-wai, one of the most famous Asian directors. The protagonist is…
Bridesmaids is a sparkling 2011 comedy, a movie where women are absolutely front and center. The story begins with a 40-year-old woman…
Bullets Over Broadway is a 1994 Woody Allen comedy that combines great humor with his endless love of writing. Not surprisingly, the…
Juliet Naked is a delicate and funny 2018 movie, a romantic comedy starring Ethan Hawke and Rose Byrne. The story begins with…