Monthly Archives: December 2012

farewell to the good old fashioned journalism (Film: State of Play – Russell Crowe, 2009)

Posted on December 13, 2012 by admin

What a difference three years make when it comes to telling stories and newspapers and journalist. By the time it was made State of the Play took the plot of a BBC series and carried it over the Ocean melding … Continue reading →

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Carte: Patrick Modiano – In cafeneaua tineretii pierdute

Posted on December 12, 2012 by admin

‘Cand iubesti intr-adevar pe cineva e musai sa-i accepti si partea de mister’ spune unul dintre personajele cartii lui Patrick Modiano, si chiar daca aceasta fraza se refera specific la eroina principala a cartii, tanara si misterioasa pariziana Louki (pe … Continue reading →

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talent wasted on an awful story (Film: Chloe – Atom Egoyan, 2009)

Posted on December 11, 2012 by admin

I am sometimes wondering about the bad choices made by one director or the other, or by one actor or another. When such a gathering of talents like Atom Egoyan – director of  Ararat, Liam Neeson – star of Schindler’s … Continue reading →

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Alban Berg’s ‘Wozzeck’ at the New Israeli Opera

Posted on December 10, 2012 by admin

The new season at the Israeli opera started with tremors before the first aria was sung. Financial pressures led to last minute changes in the program of the season, including the cancelling of the traditional end-of-season grand finale at Masada, … Continue reading →

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Joel Frahm (again) in Tel Aviv

Posted on December 9, 2012 by admin

The first evening in the Hot Jazz series at the Tel Aviv Museum of Art this year that I am attending (it was actually the second one, but I missed the first because of my professional trip in November) provided … Continue reading →

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The Maccabbees in Art

Posted on December 8, 2012 by admin

As we are lighting the first candle of Hanukkah tonight, as the tradition of The Catcher in the Sand requires on any Jewish holiday, let us have a slightly different perspective on the holiday. As the holiday is besides candles … Continue reading →

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Erica Hoffer – La New York, pe poteci mai putin batute

Posted on December 6, 2012 by admin

Erica Hoffer mi-a permis preluarea pe blog a notelor ei de calatorie din vizita facuta recent la New York. De aceasta data va fi vorba despre cateva expozitii si muzee mai mici, din acelea pe care placerea de a le … Continue reading →

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Blinded by Love (Film: Seisaku’s Wife – Yasuzô Masumura, 2005)

Posted on December 3, 2012 by admin

My discovery of the fascinating world of the Japanese cinema progresses slowly. The cinematheque in my city scheduled the projection of a few films belonging to another of the great Japanese directors of the post-war generation – Yasuzo Masumura. Unfortunately … Continue reading →

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Blood Border (Film: Machete – Robert De Niro, 2010)

Posted on December 2, 2012 by admin

Action movies are one of my not so secret guilty pleasures and I do not even feel so guilty since directors in the genre get recognition not only from audiences but also from critics, and the genre is celebrated at … Continue reading →

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… and the rest is NOT silence (Film: The Artist – Michel Hazanavicius, 2011)

Posted on December 1, 2012 by admin

The Artist is a good and entertaining film, and it may deserve the handful of Oscar prizes that it received. I missed it in the theaters, then I bought the DVD when I was in Paris, and it’s only now … Continue reading →

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