Hayao Miyazaki’s The Boy and the Heron | Reviews
27/12/2023
The story follows Mahito, a 12-year-old boy struggling to cope with the loss of his mother during World War II
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Perfect Days (2023) di Wim Wenders | Recensioni
24/12/2023
Un uomo sereno. Un lavoro importante: pulire i gabinetti. L’ultimo Wenders è un concerto di dettagli. Che celano un segreto
Riding the Final Wave: A Farewell to Arms and Fins in ‘Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom’
23/12/2023
Review of ‘Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom’—a bittersweet farewell to the DCEU, fusing action, humor, and a genuine environmental message
Charlie Chaplin’s ‘The Circus’: A Masterpiece of Melancholy and Mirth
21/12/2023
Chaplin’s The Circus was released in 1928 when cinema was rocked by the sound revolution. It follows the stratospheric success of The Gold Rush (1925) but arrived during one of the artist’s toughest periods
Leave the World Behind (2023) | Reviews
21/12/2023
From the eponymous novel by Rumaan Alam, Sam Esmail gives us a new allegory on how today the only way we seem to be able to understand reality is through statistical analysis, data interpretation, and scientific fact-checking
Maestro (2023) | Reviews
20/12/2023
The life of composer and conductor Leonard Bernstein unfurls like a tantalizing cinematic score in Bradley Cooper’s second directorial and starring venture
Fallen Leaves (2023) | Reviews
20/12/2023
In modern-day Helsinki, two lonely souls in search of love meet by chance in a karaoke bar. However, their path to happiness is beset by obstacles – from lost phone numbers to mistaken addresses, alcoholism, and a charming stray dog.
Saltburn (2023) | Reviews
19/12/2023
A student at Oxford University finds himself drawn into the world of a charming and aristocratic classmate, who invites him to his eccentric family’s sprawling estate for a summer never to be forgotten.
Ferrari (2023) | Reviews
17/12/2023
Set in the summer of 1957, with Enzo Ferrari’s auto empire in crisis, the ex-racer turned entrepreneur pushes himself and his drivers to the edge as they launch into the Mille Miglia, a treacherous 1,000-mile race across Italy
Paper Moon (1973): A Heartfelt Odyssey through the Great Depression’s Charmed and Charlatan Landscape
09/12/2023
Paper Moon, directed by Peter Bogdanovich and released in 1973, is a heartwarming yet comically charged road movie set against the backdrop of the Great Depression
Love Story (1970): A Timeless Tale of Love and Loss
09/12/2023
Love Story is not just a love story; it is a poignant and heartbreaking tale of loss and the enduring power of love
The Color Purple (1985) | Reviews
07/12/2023
“The Color Purple,” directed by Steven Spielberg and released in 1985, is an adaptation of Alice Walker’s Pulitzer Prize-winning novel of the same name
Exploring the Poetic Realism of ‘Withnail And I’
14/11/2023
In 1969, two substance-abusing, unemployed actors retreat to the countryside for a holiday that proves disastrous. by Alex Godfrey “Everything looks ill,” describes Bruce Robinson
Tim Burton’s The Nightmare Before Christmas | Review by Kim Newman
02/11/2023
Although a fragile conceit, The Nightmare Before Christmas is certainly more worthy of your attention than any Disney 2-D cartoon since Basil – The Great Mouse Detective
Lost Harmony: Tarkovsky’s The Mirror and The Stalker
30/10/2023
In the following essay, Dempsey discusses the enigmatic narrative and thematic aspects of Tarkovsky’s films, focusing on The Mirror and The Stalker.
Terminator 2: Judgment Day – “A James Cameron Film” | Review
16/10/2023
James Cameron’s sense of his own mission seems to be growing as fast as his production budgets. Terminator 2 is less a sequel to The Terminator than a benign revision of the earlier film.
Le notti di Cabiria (1957) | Recensione di Guido Aristarco
01/10/2023
Che posto viene a occupare Le notti di Cabiria nella prospettiva odierna del cinema italiano, e nell’opera di Fellini, in quel capitolo che possiamo chiamare, in termini letterari e per certi aspetti, Da Zola (e Balzac) a Chateaubriand?
The Last Temptation of Christ (1988) | Review by Owen Gleiberman
17/09/2023
At its visionary best, Martin Scorsese’s The Last Temptation of Christ has scenes of feverish intensity that hold one in thrall.
Dreamchild (1985) | Review by Pauline Kael
14/09/2023
Dreamchild is not a movie for a wide audience; it simply isn’t conceived in the broad, narrative patterns that please most moviegoers. Yet it’s very enjoyable.
Aliens (1986) | Review by Pauline Kael
14/09/2023
Aliens is a very big “Boo!” movie. Long and visually repetitious, this sci-fi action-horror film is scaled to be an epic, and it’s certainly getting epic reviews.
The Little Mermaid (1989) | Review by Pauline Kael
14/09/2023
Parents seem desperate for harmless family entertainment. Probably they don’t mind this movie’s being vapid, because the whole family can share it, and no one is offended.