Monthly Archives: December 2016

Happy New Year 2017!

I wish A Happy New Year to all my friends – a 2017 with peace, good health, beautiful moments together with all your dear ones. La Multi Ani! Une Bonne Nouvelle Annee! Shana Tova! My musical present to start 2017 … Continue reading

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music for the end of the year

Beautiful music for the last day of 2016. ‘The Piano Trio in B-flat major, Op. 97, by Ludwig van Beethoven is a piano trio for piano, violin, and cello, finished in 1811. It is commonly referred to as the Archduke … Continue reading

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underrated, almost a masterpiece (film: Clouds of Sils Maria – Juliette Binoche, 2014)

There are so many reasons to like this film. First, the cast includes two of the lead actresses of two different generations – the priceless and prize covered Juliette Binoche and one of the top performers of the younger generation … Continue reading

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Clint’s Heroes A-changin’ (Film: Sully – Clint Eastwood, Tom Hanks, 2016)

It’s interesting to watch the evolution of the heroes that Clint Eastwood brought to screen in his acting and directing career. His first serious impact was with the spaghetti western style heroes of the 60s, followed by the sometimes rotten, sometimes … Continue reading

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(almost) the French ‘The Wire’ (TV series – Cannabis, 2016)

14 years years ago I started to be fascinated by an American TV series produced by the HBO which was called  The Wire. The action took place in Baltimore and was centered around a team of cops using informers in … Continue reading

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melodramatic immigration story (The Immigrant: Marion Cotillard, Joaquin Phoenix – 2013)

Director James Gray returns in his 2013 production of The Immigrant to one of his recurrent themes – the one that made him known in the first long feature film he made Little Odessa – immigration, and to his preferred … Continue reading

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CHANGE.WORLD – 2016, anul care a fost

A sosit momentul bilanţurilor. 2016 a fost un an foarte diferit, foarte atipic din multe puncte de vedere, un an cu surprize, un an de schimbări, un an de ruptură, un an care se termină cu multe incertitudini şi semne … Continue reading

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war-on-terror thriller (Film: London Has Fallen – Babak Najafi, 2016)

The character played by  Morgan Freeman  in  London Has Fallen (who happens to be on this screen the vice-president of the USA) says at one moment about the master-terrorist that plans the 9/11 like events described in this film: ‘This man has … Continue reading

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CHANGE.WORLD – 2016, un an şi invenţiile sale

Unul dintre semnele evidente ale apropierii sezonului sărbătorilor de iarnă este apariţia bilanţurilor de sfârşit de an. ‘Cele mai bune filme ale anului’, ‘Cele mai bune cărţi ale anului’, ‘Fotografiile anului’, ‘Personalităţile anului’. Revista TIME publică şi ea de câţiva … Continue reading

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ecological and moral dillemas before history begun (Film: Noah – Darren Aronofsky, 2014)

I have a hard time placing this film. On one side it’s so typically hollywoodish – it’s a super-production with Bible-related content that would make it probably to many Christian films festivals. It’s very conventional in its ecological message and … Continue reading

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