Robert Bresson and pure cinema

Maybe Robert Breson, like the Jansenist that he was, be the most unorthodox of all the filmmakers brought up in these articles. Marcelino Menéndez Pelayo —one of the great scholars of Catholic orthodoxy, the history of ideas, literature in Spanish, the interpretation of aesthetics and other important knowledge— includes the Jansenists in his History of … Read more

“Spinning is pure energy”: introduction to the (destabilizing) dance of the whirling dervishes

At the end of the afternoon, in Ornaisons (Aude), the participants in the retreat twirl or play the tambourine in a joy and abandonment shared by all. A broad smile graces the face of Rana Gorgani, the organizer, as she slowly stops spinning to sit next to the lute player. ” You cry ? », … Read more

Pure hype! Critics put Avatar: The Sense of Water through the clouds: “It’s light years better than the first one”

In just over a week we will clear up any doubts and we will know if the long wait for Avatar: The Sense of Water it has lowered the hype of the public or, on the contrary, it has maintained it and even increased it. But for now we have the impressions of the first … Read more

Robert Bresson and pure cinema

Maybe Robert Bresson, Jansenist that he was, be the most unorthodox of all the filmmakers brought to these articles. Marcelino Menéndez Pelayo —one of the great scholars of Catholic orthodoxy, the history of ideas, literature in Spanish, the interpretation of aesthetics and other substantive knowledge— includes the Jansenists in his History of the heterodox Spaniards … Read more

Bullet Train, the review: Brad Pitt drives a wagon of stars, corpses, bullets and pure divertissement

Our review of Bullet Train, an all-star action thriller led by a Brad Pitt in the killer version in an existential crisis, from 25 August to the cinema after opening Locarno 2022. Bullet Train: Brad Pitt and Brian Tyree Henry in a scene from the film As ours highlights Bullet Train reviewthe new film starring … Read more