“Dog Day Afternoon” – Robbery with a Human Face
Title: “Dog Day Afternoon” Release Date: 1975 Director: Sidney Lumet Cast: Al Pacino, John Cazale, Charles Durning, Chris Sarandon, James Broderick, Carol Kane “Dog Day Afternoon” by Sidney Lumet...
Category: MOVIES – REVIEWS
“Once Upon a Time… in Hollywood” – Today Real Cowboys are Gone
Quentin Tarantino’s Once Upon a Time in Hollywood is a cinematic journey to the late 1960s and a final farewell to the era of the traditional American model of masculinity.
“Tristana” – a Story of Lost Innocence
“Tristana” captures Luis Bunuel’s Spanish ancestry, and Catherine Deneuve, playing the title character, shows the moral transformation of her heroine with virtuosity.
“Suspiria” – a Dark Tale in Technicolor [Review]
“Suspiria” by Dario Argento is an outstanding European horror cinema. The Italian horror film is a mix of great music, evocative cinematography and stories straight out of the Brothers Grimm.
“Rosemary’s Baby” – the Devil in New York
“Rosemary’s Baby” by Roman Polanski, with the legendary lullaby by Krzysztof Komeda, is a movie about irrationality manifesting itself in the midst of American civilization.
“Psycho” – Freudianism according to Hitchcock
“Psycho” by Hitchcock is not only a superb thriller, but also a fascinating and perverse study of guilt and punishment, in which all the film’s characters are entangled.
“The Lacemaker” – a Portrait of Female Sensitivity
“The Lacemaker,” directed by Claude Goretta, tells the story of a girl crushed by an amorous profession, with Isabelle Huppert playing a phenomenal role.
“Das Boot” – Wolfgang Petersen’s Cinematic Success
“Das Boot” is a high-profile film by Wolfgang Petersen, which opened the doors of Hollywood for the director. Behind the well-made work, however, lies a lied message.
“Bright Star” – Anatomy of Love [Review]
“Bright Star” directed by Jane Campion, is an ethereal tale of first love that, despite the fleeting wings of a butterfly, marks us with the stigma of suffering.
“Marie Antoinette” – Rococo Portrait Girl
“Marie Antoinette,” directed by Sofia Coppola, is a truly rococo portrait of the French queen, played magnificently by Kirsten Dunst, and an interesting depiction of the era.
“The Portrait of a Lady” – Femininity in the Shackles of Tradition and Convention
“The Portrait of a Lady,” directed by Jane Campion, is a film that tells the story of a woman’s maturation, which becomes a struggle against hypocrisy and the constraints of social conventions.
The “Blonde” With Marilyn Monroe’s Face [Review]
“Blonde” by Andrew Dominik is a movie that antagonized film critics, viewers and Marilyn Monroe admirers. See now our review of this picture.