Reading Time: 2 minutesThe movie The French Connection is a 1971 American neo-noir action thriller film. Gene Hackman, Roy Scheider, Fernando Rey and Marcel Bozzuffi are the protagonists. William Friedkin directed it. At the 44th Academy Awards, the film earned eight nominations and won five ones (Best Picture, Best Actor (Hackman), Best Director, Read more…
Reading Time: 2 minutesThe movie Life of Brian is a 1979 British black comedy film. Graham Chapman, John Cleese, Terry Gilliam, Eric Idle, Terry Jones and Michael Palin, known as the Monty Pythons, star and wrote it. Graham Chapman directed it. The film’s themes of religious satire were – and to some extent Read more…
Reading Time: < 1 minuteI ‘m still here is a 2024 Brazilian drama film. Walter Salles is the director and star Fernanda Torres, Fernanda Montenegro and Selton Mello. It won the Best International Film Oscar on Sunday 2nd March 2025. It is based on a true story, which takes place in Brazil during the Read more…
Reading Time: 2 minutesThe movie West Side Story is a 1961 American musical, romantic drama film. It was directed by Robert Wise and Jerome Robbins. The cast includes Natalie Wood, Richard Beymer, Rita Moreno, Russ Tamblyn and George Chakiris. The story was inspired by Shakespeare’s play Romeo and Juliet. The film Read more…
Reading Time: 2 minutesThe movie The Great Dictator is a 1940 American political satire (black comedy). It was written, directed and produced by Charlie Chaplin. Chaplin is also the main protagonist. The cast also includes Paulette Goddard, Jack Oakie and Reginald Gardiner. Chaplin was the only Hollywood filmmaker who continued to Read more…
Reading Time: 2 minutesVisit to Lyon Last June I visited Lyon, a very beautiful city of France. Among other interesting things to do, I visited the Lumière Museum. The Lumière brothers and Museum Dedicated to the Lumière Cinematograph and the history of the Lumière family, the Lumière Museum revisits the various Read more…
Reading Time: 2 minutesThe movie The movie Some Like it Hot (1959) is a crime comedy. It was directed, produced and co-written by Billy Wilder. The cast includes Marilyn Monroe, Tony Curtis, Jack Lemmon, George Raft and Joe E. Brown. Wilder shot Some Like it Hot in black and white simply because Lemmon Read more…
Reading Time: 2 minutesThe movie Citizen Kane is a 1941 American drama film directed by Orson Welles. The cast includes Orson Welles, Joseph Cotten, William Alland, Dorothy Comingore and Agnes Moorehead. Citizen Kane was Welle’s first feature film. It is considered as the greatest film ever made. It was Read more…
Reading Time: 2 minutesThe movie Purple Noon is a 1960 French crime thriller movie directed by Rene Clement. The original French title is Plein Soleil. The cast includes Alain Delon, Maurice Ronet and Marie Laforet. Handsome young American Tom Ripley (played by Delon) has been sent to Italy by Read more…
Reading Time: 2 minutesThe movie Gilda is a 1946 American film noir directed by Charles Vidor. The cast includes Rita Hayworth, Glenn Ford and George Macready. It is one of the most cult classic movies in movie history and quite interesting in the way it deals with sexual issues. Read more…