It cannot be said that with his fourth film, Mystery Train (1989), Jim Jarmusch strayed too far from his style. Perhaps, since his previous film was the brilliant comedy Down By Law (1986), it would’ve been fair to expect something more than what appears to be a simple evolution of the director’s first two works, Permanent … More Mystery Train: Movie Review
Down By Law is a 1986 movie written and directed by Jim Jarmusch. The protagonists are two musicians, Tom Waits and John Lurie, together with an amazing Roberto Benigni probably at the peak of his career as a comedian. This is for me the first great movie by Jarmusch, the first funny comedy that works … More Down By Law: Movie Review
It won the 2019 Oscars for best picture, best screenplay, and best supporting actor; it’s at the center of more or less meaningless controversies about how to treat racism in a movie; it earned more than 150 million dollars worldwide… so I finally saw Green Book, the movie directed by Peter Farrelly and starring Viggo … More Green Book: Movie Review
Nineties’ Luc Besson (he’s not even a distant relative of post-2000’s Luc Besson) made three movies that are worth seeing: Nikita (1990), Léon (1994) and The fifth element (1997). Today I’m writing about the second, which features Jean Reno, Gary Oldman, and Natalie Portman. The plot is the following: a hit man of the Italian … More Léon: The Professional: Movie Review
Oscar winner for best foreign language film in 1990, Cinema Paradiso is a 1988 film directed by Giuseppe Tornatore. Being only eight years old at the time of the great success of the film, I don’t remember the impact it had at the time. It is nowadays considered one of the best Italian films ever … More Cinema Paradiso: Movie Review
