In 1997, Roberto Benigni took the entire film world by surprise by winning three Oscars (and numerous other awards) with his film Life is Beautiful (original title: La vita è bella). I saw it at the time and I have recently watched it again over twenty years later. I didn’t remember a single thing of … More Life Is Beautiful: Movie Review
Unless you spent your life on a ring of Saturn, you’ve seen the 1985 movie called Back to the Future directed by Robert Zemeckis (who also co-wrote the script together with Bob Gale). It’s a sci-fi adventure comedy in which the brilliant scientist Doc Brown (Christopher Lloyd) creates a time machine using a Delorean and … More Back to the Future: Movie Review
Showgirls is a 1995 film directed by Paul Verhoeven and written by Joe Eszterhas. Those two worked on Basic Instinct (1992), a film that I appreciate a lot, and let me add that I have a soft spot for the Dutch director who has made a few movies that love since I was a teenager … More Showgirls: Movie Review
In 1983, John Carpenter directed Christine, a movie based on the novel of the same name written by Stephen King (the book was published a few days before the film hit theaters). The rights to bring Christine to the big screen were actually sold even before the book came out, and the honor of directing … More Christine: Movie Review
On the Milky Road is a 2016 movie directed by Emir Kusturica. He made several good films in the past such as Underground (1995) which, despite being a bit unoriginal (the main idea is the same of The Penultimate Truth, by Philip K. Dick which was published in 1964, for instance), was funny and commented … More On the Milky Road: Movie Review
I just had the pleasure of seeing in a movie theater Inception, the 2010 film written and directed by Christopher Nolan. The screening of the film was preceded by a short documentary / commercial about Tenet, his new film, as well as about Inception itself. I found it interesting that both Nolan and his actors … More Inception: Movie Review
Matilda is a 1996 film based on a book written by Roald Dahl which was directed by (and also starred) Danny DeVito. The protagonist is the very young Mara Wilson (already famous at the time thanks to Miracle on 34th Street, 1994, and Mrs Doubtfire, 1993), and she’s accompanied by Danny DeVito, his wife Rhea … More Matilda: Movie Review
Roman Polanski is rightly considered one of the best and most important living directors. Rosemary’s Baby (1968) was revolutionary, but in fact he continued to make excellent films for more than 50 years after that (here on the blog I’ve already written about Death and the Maiden, 1994, The Pianist, 2002, and The Fearless Vampire … More Oliver Twist: Movie Review
The Fearless Vampire Killers, or Pardon Me, But Your Teeth Are in My Neck is a 1967 film directed (and written, together with Gérard Brach) by Roman Polanski. It’s a parody of the horror genre, and as such it can probably be considered the first of a series of movies which would come out afterwards and … More The Fearless Vampire Killers: Movie Review
End of Days is a 1999 film directed by Peter Hyams starring Arnold Schwarzenegger. There’s also Gabriel Byrne in it, which is the reason that prompted me to rewatch it after seeing Hereditary (2018), also starring Gabriel Byrne. Was it a good idea? I could have done better things, of course, but I must admit … More End of Days: Movie Review
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