Quinzaine des realisateurs L'amant d'un jour *** Il cinema di Philippe Garrel e' diventato nel corso degli anni sempre piu' essenziale, diretto, apparentemente semplice, lineare. I tempi di J'entend plus la guitare sono lontani. L'amant d'un jour l'ultimo film di un'ideale trilogia sui rapporti d'amore, comincia con La Jalousie e proseguita con L'ombres des femmes. Tre film girati in… Continua a leggere Cannes 2017. L’amant d’un jour
How To Talk To Girls At Parties ** A story about the birth of punk, the exuberance of first love, and the universe’s greatest mystery of all: how to talk to girls at parties. A sette anni di distanza dall'ultimo drammatico Rabbit Hole, John Cameron Mitchell - noto soprattutto per l'esordio glam rock di Hedwig… Continua a leggere Cannes 2017. How To Talk To Girls At Parties
In occasione del lancio su Netflix del nuovo film di Noah Baumbach, ripubblichiamo la recensione scritta durante il Festival di Cannes. The Meyerowitz Stories (New and Selected) ** The intergenerational tale of adult siblings contending with the influence of their aging father. Il decimo film di Noah Baumbach, sceneggiatore e regista newyorkese di Brooklyn, e'… Continua a leggere Cannes 2017. The Meyerowitz Stories (New and Selected)
Il mio Godard **1/2 Paris 1967. Jean-Luc Godard, the leading filmmaker of his generation, is shooting La Chinoise with the woman he loves, Anne Wiazemsky, 20 years his junior. They are happy, attractive, in love, they marry. But the film’s reception unleashes a profound self-examination in Jean-Luc. The events of May ’68 will amplify this… Continua a leggere Il mio Godard
The King - Promised Land *** Set against the 2016 presidential election, PROMISED LAND takes a musical road trip across America in Elvis Presley's 1963 Rolls Royce. The mission, forty years after the singer's death, is to find the country he left behind – a nation that, like Elvis, started out young, beautiful, and promising,… Continua a leggere Cannes 2017. The King – Promised Land
Un certain regard Lerd - A Man of Integrity **1/2 Reza, having distanced himself from the urban quagmire, leads a simple life along with his wife and sole son, somewhere in a remote village in Northern Iran. He spends his days working in his gold fish farm. Nearby, a private company with close links to… Continua a leggere Cannes 2017. Lerd – A Man of Integrity
120 battiti al minuto - BPM ** Early 1990s. With AIDS having already claimed countless lives for nearly ten years, Act up-Paris activists multiply actions to fight general indifference. Nathan, a newcomer to the group, has his world shaken up by Sean, a radical militant, who throws his last bits of strength into the struggle.… Continua a leggere Cannes 2017. 120 battiti al minuto – BPM
The Square **1/2 Christian is the respected curator of a contemporary art museum, a divorced but devoted father of two who drives an electric car and supports good causes. His next show is “The Square”, an installation which invites passersby to altruism, reminding them of their role as responsible fellow human beings. But sometimes, it… Continua a leggere The Square
Quinzaine des réalisateurs L'amore secondo Isabelle - Un beau soleil interieur *** Isabelle, single mom, divorced artist with one child, is looking for love. True love at last. Un film di parole quello di Claire Denis, parole d'amore. Meglio: parole di amanti. Parole che servono ad ingannare. Il tempo, innanzitutto. Quel tempo incerto e sospeso… Continua a leggere L’amore secondo Isabelle – Un beau soleil interieur
Okja **1/2 Dopo l'esperimento in chiaroscuro di Snowpiercer, che ha portato Bong Joon ho a lavorare e scontrarsi con Harvey Weinstein ad Hollywood, il regista coreano ci riprova, questa volta grazie al gigante dello streaming Netflix, che non ha badato a spese, per assecondare la sua straordinaria fantasia, in quella che, a tutti gli effetti,… Continua a leggere Okja
Una luna chiamata Europa - Jupiter's Moon ** A young immigrant is shot down while illegally crossing the border. Terrified and in shock, wounded Aryan can now mysteriously levitate at will. Thrown into a refugee camp, he is smuggled out by Dr Stern, intent on exploiting his extraordinary secret. Pursued by enraged camp director Laszlo,… Continua a leggere Una luna chiamata Europa
Un certain regard Barbara **1/2 An actress, Brigitte, is playing Barbara in a film that soon begins shooting. Brigitte works on her character, her voice, the songs and scores, the imitation of her gestures, her knitting, the lines to learn. Things move along. The character grows inside her. Invades her, even… Yves, the director, is… Continua a leggere Cannes 2017. Barbara
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