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Amilcare Ponchielli - La Gioconda Opéra National de Paris, 2013 | Daniel Oren, Pier Luigi Pizzi, Violeta Urmana, Luciana D’Intino, Orlin Anastassov, María José Montiel, Marcelo Álvarez, Claudio Sgura | Viva l'Opéra Cinema Live in HD, 13 May 2013 Ponchielli's La Gioconda is a work that seems ideal for the French lyric stage, but althoug...
OperaJournal 25-05-2013 08:44
Thanks for the write-up, I just saw Odd Man Out (in the Bluray edition, simply fantastic visuals) and can't get it out of my head. Together with The Fallen Idol and of course The Third Man, Reed certainly created a trilogy of sorts that can stand with almost any director....
Posted by Mike 08-05-2013 22:52
2013 #39 All the style of Tony Scott + all the style of Shane Black? Should be a match made in heaven... ...
100 Films in a Year 24-05-2013 08:30
"STOKER" - film amerikan me regji te koreanit Park Chan-wook Ose thene ndryshe: regjizori i 'Old Boy' -it (film-femijeror ngaqe jomjaftueshem guximtar ne cinizmin e tij) si dhe i "Thirst" (film qesharak, pasi po aq joguximtar ne groteskun e tij) por amà edhe regjizor i "I'm a cyborg" (komedi e shkelqyer absurdo-romantike, preteksts...
STALKER 21-05-2013 10:02
IM3 comes off as the weakest of all the Iron Man films (including cameos). In the run up to seeing this there was all this talk of the film taking a different direction, posters and trailers showed a darker tone. But in the end we got more of the same but far less entertaining and far more unrealistic villains. Ok, granted Iron Man fought Aliens in...
All of this has Happened Before 08-05-2013 18:05
When thinking about the ultimate top 10 films list it is easy to look at the Academy Awards and its past winners for inspiration. But just as best film lists differ from viewer to viewer and critic to critic, so do the great films in the eyes of the Oscars. Indeed, when looking at the Best Picture winners since the Academy Awards first began, you b...
Strange Conversation 10-03-2013 15:31
Here's my review of the new and long-awaited DVD release of House of the Long Shadows, over (once again) at Cinema Retro....
Retro Ramblings 18-12-2012 13:50
So here we go with the second part of my list of films I have seen for the first time in 2012. After a decidedly mixed and uninspiring start of the year, things picked up a little a few months in... 21) The Skin That I Live In 22) Apollo 18 23) Warrior 24) Cave of the Secret Paintings 25) TinTin: The Secret of the Unicorn 26) Drive ...Apollo...
Musings of the Ghost Of 82 16-11-2012 21:14
‘I'm sorry, Mr Welles: there's been a Hitch…’ The Sight & Sound ‘Greatest Films’ poll for this decade has now been out for a couple of days, and already it seems too late to discuss it. However, that may not stop me putting my oar in. (Spoiler: I plan to call it ‘The Wrong Hitchcock’.) For the time being, the picture and caption...
gratia artis 05-08-2012 23:52
To Be The Best... Saturday, September 12, 1970. A watery northern European sun lights a crisp autumn afternoon at Old Trafford, where a crowd of 48,939 fans of Association Football have gathered to watch Manchester United of the English First Division play Coventry City. It was also the day where Hellmuth Costard, one of the most important ex...
From the Cheap Seats... 04-02-2012 19:29
2010, US/Canada, Directed by Eli Craig Colour, Running Time: 85 minutes Review Source: Blu-ray, Region B, Sony; Image: 1080i 50fps 2.39:1, Audio: DTS HD MA (Visit me over at the new Grim Cellar) Starting off in what appears to be familiar territory, a bunch of 'college kids' (a couple of them incredibly pleasurable to look at) head off i...
The Grim Cellar 11-01-2012 19:47
exactement !! :)...
Posted by autori 07-05-2013 14:03
Sot lexova kete, Stalker: Sergei Paradjanov, homazhe bukurisë (PPU)....... 3 Maj 2013 "Përgjatë xhirimeve të këtij filmi, Paradjanov pati thënë: “Mendoj se filmat më të mirë do ishin bërë për shurdhmemecët. Ne flasim shumë, ka shumë fjalë tek ne. Ne fundosemi në fjalë, në aq shumë fjalë. Vetëm në balet ne shohim bu...
Posted by kalma 07-05-2013 04:06
Ne rregull. Atehere duhet te jem une qe duhet te shkurtoj komentin e zgjatur panevojshem, dhe qe pavetedije perserit te njejtin reagim te mases per “ngadalesi” ne filma te kesaj kinemaje. Flm,...
Posted by kalma 23-04-2013 03:16
NE ASNJE MENYRE nuk mund te ishte "me i shkurter" as "where is..." , as filma te tjere, qofte te Kiarostamit, qofte te mjeshterve te tjere (psh, "Stalker", per te folur per filma konkrete). Pse? Sepse vetem te ishte budalla Kiarostami, te mos kish kuptuar qe duhet te "shkurtonte" filmin ;) Sigurisht qe NUK duhet te ishte me i shkurter. Eshte spekt...
Posted by autori 22-04-2013 20:01
Ndersa ne fakt, ndoqa “The certified copy”. I cili me kujtoi perse une nuk shof filma dhe prandaj ndoshta nuk ndodhet as ne listen tende te top 7 films per kete autor. “Where is my friend’s house” ishte nje film i bukur. Por ndjenja e vuajtjes (suffering) qe transmeton, zgjat kaq shume, sa te le ne ankth. Te mbyt reagimi indiferent,...
Posted by kalma 21-04-2013 23:19
Pervec “the chorus” pj.1 & 2, rekomanduar kohe me pare nga ju, pashe edhe 5-6 filma tjere, te ngjajshem, si psh “No” (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jxpKOlQ4L4I) qe i vura ne nje Playlist “Kiarostami”. Qe pra, dmth “loved all of them”! Informacioni dhe pershkrimi ketu pastaj ngacmon edhe plot ide. Njera prej tyre psh. e...
Posted by kalma 21-04-2013 17:10
Dhe jo vetem deti, ne fakt. Edhe zhurmat. Godard i ka lene mikrofonet e hapur (si zakonisht xhanem); perputhja e zerave me imazhin, as qe behet fjale. Por per mua 'funksionojne' per bukuri. Por e pranoj se edhe mund te snuk. Por edhe zhurmat, aty hyjne, tek hiper-realiteti...
Posted by autori 17-04-2013 11:52
Ate mendova edhe une, ndoshta nga deti i trazuar (ne te vertete s'kam probleme udhetimi me ujin, token apo ajrin). Sic thote Alex te Clockwork Orange: “It’s funny how the colors of the real world only seem really real when you viddy them on the screen.” Gje qe na con serish tek hiper-realiteti i Baudrillard-it....
Posted by kinoflop 16-04-2013 15:16
Para pak ditesh pashe dhe nja dy filma te tij te viteve '70 (jane te veshtire per tu gjetur) qe me kishin mbetur pa pare dhe e mbylla 'kapitullin' me të. Keshtu qe mund te them se 'socialisme' eshte nje nga dy-tre me te miret e tij, ever. Kaq per mua. Sa per "nausea"-n tende, duhet ta kesh patur nga deti. Shume i trazuar deti, apo jo ? ;) S'...
Posted by autori 15-04-2013 22:06
Autor, e pashe sot filmin, ose me sakte, u perpoqa. Nuk di c'te them, kalova nga nje gjendje "nausea" ne pergjumje, po shyqyr qe me mjaftoi ta fik. Lum ti qe e paske pare per here te dyte. :P Nuk i kam pare filmat e viteve '80 dhe '90 te tij, por ky me dukej si ato ko-produksionet e merzitshme. Quo vadis Godard? Thashe mos isha ne rruge te duhur ...
Posted by kinoflop 15-04-2013 20:30
