Monthly Archives: March 2017

aesthetic and violent (Film: John Wick – Keanu Reeves, 2014)

As John Wick: Chapter 2 is on screens and gets unexpected good reviews and not only from fans, I thought that it’s a good opportunity to see the first and original John Wick which also received some positive echos, much … Continue reading

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CHANGE.WORLD – Preludiu la un jurnal de călătorie

Reiau articolele săptămânale din rubrica CHANGE.WORLD după o întrerupere de câteva săptămâni. Absenţa este motivată şi cauzele sunt bune. Mi-am împlinit în această perioadă unul dintre visele mele cu bătaie lungă – o călătorie în Australia şi Nouă Zeelandă, ţări … Continue reading

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Faust without Satan (Film: There Will Be Blood – Daniel Day-Lewis, 2007)

I have somehow avoided seeing There Will Be Blood for ten years despite its success, and despite having as lead actor Daniel Day-Lewis who got his second Academy Award for this role. The reason is that I was under the impression … Continue reading

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couple drama in an insecure world (Film: ‘The Salesman’ – Ashgar Farhadi, 2016)

Films are one good media for taking the pulse of a society at a certain moment in time, for surfacing explicitly or implicitly its problems, for making it known beyond borders of countries or cultures. Iran is a country little … Continue reading

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