Monthly Archives: February 2017

the parenthood pains of Jack Reacher (Film: Jack Reacher: Never Go Back – Tom Cruise, 2016)

Posted on February 10, 2017 by admin

Jack Reacher: Never Go Back is the kind of movie which I would probably have never seen unless I was on a trans-Atlantic flight, too tired to read but still sleepless, and prisoner of the Lufthansa movie list. I mildly … Continue reading →

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Carte: Catalin Mihuleac – Ultima tigara a lui Fondane

Posted on February 8, 2017 by admin

In interviul acordat redactiei filme-carti dupa recenzia cartii sale precedente – ‘America de peste pogrom’, Catalin Mihuleac ne spunea raspunzand la intrebarea ‘Care sunt planurile literare pentru viitorul apropiat?‘: ‘Scriu în continuare, fiindcă e modul meu de a respira. Scriu … Continue reading →

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Carte: Marta Petreu – Generatia ’27 intre Holocaust si Gulag. Mircea Eliade si Klaus Mann despre generatia tinara

Posted on February 7, 2017 by admin

Pe coperta cartii Martei Petreu aparuta in colectia ‘Eseu’ a Editurii Polirom, 2016,  sunt grupate cateva fotografii de epoca ale unor tineri. Sunt cativa dintre cei mai remarcabili intelectuali romani ai secolului 20, si ei ne privesc din acel tunel … Continue reading →

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CHANGE.WORLD – O nouă cursă spre Lună

Posted on February 7, 2017 by admin

Lună tu, stăpân-a mării, pe a lumii boltă luneci Si gândirilor dând viată, suferintele întuneci; Mii pustiuri scânteiaza sub lumina ta fecioară, Si câti codri-ascund în umbră strălucire de isvoară! Peste câte mii de valuri stăpânirea ta străbate, Când plutesti … Continue reading →

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passion vs. talent (Film: Florence Foster Jenkins – Meryl Streep, 2016)

Posted on February 3, 2017 by admin

I cannot help it. Every film she shines in (because this is what stars do – they shine) ends by being about her. The great actress who is and lives on screen as every character she is incarnating, who makes … Continue reading →

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The Magnificent Seven – International Edition (Film: The Magnificent Seven – Denzel Washington, 2016)

Posted on February 2, 2017 by admin

The Japanese master Akira Kurosawa is credited for the original script (and remarkable movie) Seven Samurai made in 1954. Six years later an American remake named The Magnificent Seven provided one of the exception of that rule too often true which … Continue reading →

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