Ars longa vita brevis, they say, but I think that’s an overestimation. Sure, people are still listening to Bach, reading Dante, and admiring Euclid’s Elements,…
CIPC #456: The thing from another world
When John Campbell published his collection of short stories Who goes there? in 1938 on a grand total of 3000 copies, he would nary have…
CIPC #451: Ace Venture: when nature calls
In the nineties, between Forrest Gump and Jack Sparrow, there was a trend to build movies around off and slightly dim goofballs. But writing such…
CIPC #438: The French Dispatch
When was the last time we saw a frame narrative on this blog? I don’t know, but we’re doing one again today. The French Dispatch…
CIPC #432: “Hukkunud alpinisti” hotell
Today, we’re dealing with an Estonian film, of all things. It’s based on a novel by the Strugatsky brothers of the same name, which apparently…
CIPC #429: Harrison Bergeron
Kurt Vonnegut’s Harrison Bergeron is, without a doubt, one of the most well-known science fiction stories ever. It is not surprising, then, that it was…
CIPC #428: Target
The two main roles in this movie — and they are the only roles, really — are played by Gene Hackman and Matt Dillon, good…
CIPC #423: Le foto proibite di una signora per bene
The title of this movie, which translate to something like The forbidden pictures of a reputable lady, might lead you to believe it is rather…
CIPC #421: State secret
With State secret — released in the USA as The great manhunt — we go back to 1950 It’s a classical action movie with solid…
CIPC #414: Alice through the looking glass
You’d think if I ever can’t think of something to write about on this blog, I could always go to the long, long list of…