Monthly Archives: October 2015

selective truth (Film: Essential Killing – Jerzy Skolimowski, 2010)

Posted on October 25, 2015 by admin

The US and NATO war in Afghanistan did not generate yet too many movies. Certainly, not many good movies. A few war and B-series films dealt with the conflict in a  one-sided manner, focusing on the action, demonizing or at … Continue reading →

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weirdo! (Film: The Gift – Joel Edgerton, 2015)

Posted on October 24, 2015 by admin

Joel Edgerton is not a completely anonymous actor, but not a big star either. We know his face from a few supporting roles in a number of movies, but none of them really made it to the Academy Awards. This … Continue reading →

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how do you say Tarantino in French? (Film: Mauvais sang – Leos Carax, 1986)

Posted on October 19, 2015 by admin

I am fascinated by Leos Carax. In more than 30 years he made just a handful of long films, but what films these are. Each of them reminds me when I get to see them why I love and I … Continue reading →

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Meryl Streep rocks (Film: Ricki and the Flash – Meryl Streep, 2015)

Posted on October 10, 2015 by admin

This may be the rock film of the year. Meryl Streep plays an aging supermarket cashier who spends her evenings playing Stones and U2 music in a club for a faithful audience of a few tens of people, many of … Continue reading →

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a mob story that works (Film: Gangster Squad – Sean Penn, Ryan Gosling, 2013)

Posted on October 9, 2015 by admin

A few days ago I have seen the brand new ‘Black Mass’ which is also a mob story made in Hollywood and enjoying the participation of a fine cast. I was not enthusiastic. ‘Gangster Squad’ directed by Ruben Fleischer has … Continue reading →

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saving the world again (Film: World War Z – Brad Pitt, 2013)

Posted on October 7, 2015 by admin

Sometimes you see a film which has great premises and it disappoints. Some other times however a film which according to the subject and taking into account previous experiences in the genre is doomed for failure succeeds to surprise in … Continue reading →

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Carte: Dan Stanca – Ghetsimani ’51

Posted on October 6, 2015 by admin

“Ghetsimani ’51” aparuta la Editura Cartea Romaneasca in acest an este al 22-lea roman al lui Dan Stanca de la debutul sau in 1992. Ma intreb de ce succesul si popularitatea par sa-l fi ocolit. Desi nu este un anonim, … Continue reading →

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the merry Reformation (Film: Le tout nouveau testament – Jaco Van Dormael, 2015)

Posted on October 5, 2015 by admin

You can hardly get a better set of premises for a film than the ones of Le tout nouveau testament or The Brand New Testament by Belge director Jaco Van Dormael. Bored being, one day, God created Bruxelles (quite a … Continue reading →

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an American anti-hero (Film: Black Mass – Johnny Depp, 2015)

Posted on October 4, 2015 by admin

The season for screening films with ambitions for Academy Awards must have started. Black Mass is directed by Scott Cooper – a relative newcomer (this is only his third film) but a rising star among directors at Hollywood if we … Continue reading →

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Aferim, Radu Jude! (Film: Aferim! – Radu Jude, 2015)

Posted on October 3, 2015 by admin

What critics and audiences call ‘the Romanian New Wave’ is not that new any longer. Already in its teens it has focused on the present times, and the recent past of Romania – the last decade of the Communist era … Continue reading →

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