A documentary about the catastrophic floods that hit Romania in 1970.

A hybrid between documentary and “poetic” essay, this commissioned film of the present day paradoxically feels like an outdated family album. The most frequently used technique in this “art film” involves lingering shots—whether of a row of old women staring at the camera or a group of children. A good documentary showing the reality of Romania at the crack of the 1970s. Good documentary directed by a plethora of young directors, some of which who turned out to become legends, like Stere Gulea, Dan Pita, Mircea Veroiu, Pierre Bokor. All in all, great cinematic documentary, five popcorns and goes into the Movie Vault.

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A genius architect is losing both professionally and when it comes to matters of the heart. A film about internal turmoils surfacing, about freedom of thought and action, originality, non-conformism and everything that opposes these things.

Directed masterfully by Mircea Saucan and written by Horia Lovinescu, it brings together on the set Margareta Pogonat, Mihai Paladescu and Dan Nutu, as well as Anna Szeles and Ernest Maftei. Great new age movie, even better than Goddard

Nimic nu e mai groaznic pentru un om decât să creadă că tot ce face el e grozav și tot ce e rău vine de la alții.

Nothing is more terrible for a person than to believe that everything they do is great and all that is bad comes from others.

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A man takes over a dead man’s task without realizing the horror it entails.

A French movie made in the 2000s that looks and feels like it was made in the 1960s. By now it’s a rule of thumb: if it’s black&white and people are speaking French, then it’s going to be a weird experience. It’s dark, violent, gritty, and “enjoy” is not a word that will describe your experience. However, it’s a good thriller, but it’s also a sci-fi, because it portrays a Frenchman taking a bath. Jokes aside, it creates a portal into an underworld of the kind you see only in movies, but could as well exist in reality. Great movie, with a great setup and idea, which reminds me of a lot of movies like “Hostel” and “The Belko Experiment”, although this is a bit more artistic, reminiscing of the new-age Frech cinema of the 1860s. Five popcorns and it goes into the Movie Vault.

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Seventh season of Drive To Survive covering the 2024 Formula One Championship season. It’s got drama, fake drama, more drama, Claire Williams back again, no more Danica Patrick, some drama, some heartwarming moments between some drivers. They somehow made me warm up a bit towards George Russell and care for him a bit more. As always, the show is not something extremely nice, but I like some Formula 1 “B-rolls”, especially with the drivers and teams outside of the circuit, although I’m getting tired of Will Buxton trying to act, he’s getting annoying and making a meme out of himself, and it’s bad, because he’s actually a really good journalist, if you’ve seen the F1TV pre-race and post-race shows.

Twenty twenty …long dramatic pause… five — Will Buxton.

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Torn by personal guilt, Italian General Umberto Nobile reminisces about his failed 1928 Arctic expedition aboard the airship Italia.

With a great cast, including Sean Connery, Peter Finch, Claudia Cardinale among others, this Russian-Italian co-production is a brutal and raw insight in the disaster and aftermath of the “Italia” airship crash. Five popcorns for a masterpiece that goes into the Movie Vault.

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A generational story about families and the special place they inhabit, sharing in love, loss, laughter, and life.

This movie is the living proof that Hollywood has ran out of ideas. While the idea of the movie is nice, to show the stories witnessed by the camera from the beginning of time until today, the story jumps a lot backwards and forwards. It takes a bit of time to get used to them, but eventually they all make proper sense and they unfold nicely. This movie shows that Zemeckis can still make movies that look good, I really loved the transitions between timelines, as well as showing important moments in history from that point of view, while the performance of Paul Bettany and Robin Wright are really strong. All in all five popcorns for a movie that is not only gimmicky, but also tells some nice stories, which lands into the Movie Vault.

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July 1942. Soviet forces are retreating in the face of a massive German onslaught towards Stalingrad. An infantry platoon is tasked with holding a vital hill in order to give their comrades time to cross the Don River and regroup.

Good war movie about camaraderie and keeping humanity during wartime. A classic Sergey Bondarchuk movie, four popcorns.

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A young man took over his father’s real-estate business in 1970s and ’80s New York, and got the helping hand of an infamous closeted gay lawyer who helped him turn this young man into a notorious legend. Based on true events.

Sebastian Stan does a really good incarnation of Donald Trump, and looking at Jeremy Strong in the role of Roy Cohn, I can understand some of the behavioral patterns and life choices of POTUS. This is not a documentary, but a good insight in his life. Three popcorns.

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In mid-nineteenth-century northern France, a coal mining town’s workers are exploited by the mine’s owner. One day, they decide to go on strike, and the authorities repress them.

Showing the incredible gap between the rich and the poor, it’s an excellent story of rich and poor, of oppression, of capitalism against socialism, in this eternal struggle of abundance against subsistence. Six popcorns for an excellent movie that is still actual, even if people are not going down in the mines each day.

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When Casey Connor, Herrington High School’s newspaper photographer, witnesses the murder of a nurse and sees her alive again, he decides to investigate the bizarre happenings.

I don’t think I’ve ever seen a movie with such a huge density of stars (or future stars). Basically for the first 30 minutes you’re just gonna be pointing at the screen yelling “I know this one!”. While the movie falls pretty well into the slasher films of the end of the 90s, it’s got also depth into the character’s stories, which makes the movie much more interesting. The cast is filled with big names, Jordana Brewster, Clea DuVall, Laura harris, Josh Hartnett, Shawn Hatosy, Salma Hayek, Famke Janssen, Christopher McDonalds, Robert Patrick, Usher, Jon Stewart, Elijah Wood, Jon Abrahams. Hell, even Danny Masterson appears at some point. Six popcorns for a cornerstone slasher movie directed by Robert Rodriguez that goes into the Movie Vault as fast as a pencil goes through a hand.

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Bad luck and bad judgment follow two generations of men in this tragedy set during World War Two. Censored by the Ceaucescu regime, its director had to run into exile.

“Beyond the Sands” is an intense Balkan saga, with road-movie and coming-of-age accents, set in a local illegal film convention. Revenge and disillusionment are constant themes throughout the film and dictate its subsidiary force, set in a gray-marshy landscape near Brăila. Five popcorns and goes into the Movie Vault.

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Philosophical conversations between a poet, politician, and scientist.

A lot of talk about a lot of subjects, basically the kind of talk you have after a couple of drinks with your smartest friend. It does touch a lot of good talking points and pokes them with some good arguments. All in all, six popcorns for this strong and good lecture in philosophy, science and life, in the shape of a movie that can also be a very good theater play.

That’s physics!
That’s poetry!
That’s wonderful!

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