Damien Chazelle’s rowdy hymn to the Golden Age of Hollywood
After its debut in December 2022, in the U.S., Babylon, will hit Italian cinemas on January 19, 2023: we are quite sure that new Damien Chazelle’s film, will not …
Babylon
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RoFF17 – Amsterdam
A good (but hard to follow) period comedy thriller
Some movie goers don’t need to know what a movie is about to attend a cinema. This is what might happen to David O. Russell’s new film Amsterdam, because the …
RoFF17 – Lynch/Oz
Alexandre O. Philippe explores the connections between David Lynch’s work and ‘The Wizard of Oz’
I think I am one of the few former children who suffered a trauma after watching The Wizard of Oz and Alice in Wonderland: …
See How They Run
Theatre meets cinema in Tom George’s first feature film
The adaptations of Agatha Christie’s novels for the big screen, including the recent successful films by Kenneth Branagh, sho that her stories will never go out of style. Faithful to this …
Bullet Train
Follow Brad Pitt stuck on a Shinkansen train packed with assassins
Cinema and literature lovers know, throughout history, that bad things happen on trains: from Murder on the Orient Express to Snowpiercer and Train To Busan, several and different …
Lightyear
The spin-off of the Toy Story series is about pursuing goals, without wasting time
One of the most anticipated Disney Pixar’s spin-offs hits Italian and American cinemas this week: Lightyear debuts in Italy on June 15 and in the U.S. …
Nightmare Alley
Guillermo del Toro’s new film is a good neo-noir that borrows from thriller, but lacks a bit of dynamism
If there’s something we have understood about Guillermo del Toro, is that he is brave: his films leave an impression due …
West Side Story
Steven Spielberg succeeds in reviving a classic
In 2012 two Oscar-winning films were released: Tom Hooper’s Les Misérables and Steven Spielberg’s Lincoln. Two different films, the first a literary musical, the second, always based on a book, but with …
Spider-Man: No Way Home
Jon Watts delivers the best Spider-Man movie to date
I openly confess that Spider-Man has never been my favorite superhero, even if it’s not the best way to start a review: I feel close to Peter Parker’s nerdy spirit as …
Ghostbusters: Afterlife
Jason Reitman gives the fans the film they’ve been waiting for
The name Ghostbusters is linked to childhood memories for many people: the two films by Ivan Reitman, from 1984 and 1989, are part of the cultural heritage of that …
