Monthly Archives: May 2012

The Risks of Good Education (Film: Kynodontas – Greece, 2009)

Posted on May 8, 2012 by admin

Director Giorgio Lantimos‘ film Dogtooth (Kynodontas) is an anti-utopia. It imagines a world that does not exist, with rules and conventions so different from the ones of the society we live in that some of its aspects are shocking. A … Continue reading →

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Stretching to the Limit (Film: Limitless, 2011)

Posted on May 7, 2012 by admin

One of the latest films I saw before ‘Limitless’ was ‘The Sorcerer’s Apprentice’. The two share at least one line in which the supernatural capabilities of the hero are explained by his making used of 100% of his brain capabilities, … Continue reading →

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Mission Accomplished, the Oscar (Film: The Iron Lady – Meryl Streep, 2011)

Posted on May 6, 2012 by admin

If the goal of The Iron Lady was to get another statuette for Meryl Streep, the mission was accomplished. Streep receives a generous part which takes former British PM Margaret Thatcher from her early days in the Commons to the … Continue reading →

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An Accomplished Musician – Emil Aybinder

Posted on May 4, 2012 by admin

I had the privilege to hear last night a musician that I knew nothing before. I actually came to listen to Israeli percussionist Chen Zimbalista in a program of Gypsy Music, part of a series of World Music which runs … Continue reading →

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