Monthly Archives: January 2018

roots of leadership (Film: Darkest Hour – Gary Oldman, 2017)

Posted on January 31, 2018 by admin

This season of the Academy Awards has two strong contenders in movies that deal with the events that took place in May and early June 1940. While Christopher Nolan‘s Dunkirk used the power of the computer effects to retrace the … Continue reading →

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CHANGE.WORLD: Artă și Spațiu

Posted on January 30, 2018 by admin

Relația între artă și spațiu este una dintre temele principale în istoria artelor plastice. Încadrarea obiectului artistic în spațiul înconjurător – de la pereții peșterilor la cutiile sarcofagiilor antice, de la pereții bisericilor la spațiile muzeale contemporane, trecând prin casele … Continue reading →

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Carte: Adrian G. Romila – Zeppelin

Posted on January 30, 2018 by admin

Ilustrația de pe coperta cărții ‘Zeppelin’ semnată de Adrian G. Romila (apărută în 2017 în colecția ‘EGO proză’ a Editurii Polirom) mi s-a părut familiară din momentul în care am luat cartea în mâna pentru prima oară. Curios fiind, am … Continue reading →

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worst is good (Film: The Disaster Artist – James Franco, 2017)

Posted on January 29, 2018 by admin

Hollywood loves more than anything else to make films about Hollywood. There may be some trivial economic reasons for this, films about films taking place mostly in film studios are easy to make in film studios. There is a more … Continue reading →

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halucinating and dystopian view (Film: Abluka – Emin Alper, 2015)

Posted on January 28, 2018 by admin

Some of the best film achievements have come and will come from places which are under social and political pressure and are being created by film directors who are deeply involved in the life of their countries and have both … Continue reading →

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Godard – father of inventions (Film: Vivre sa vie – Jean-Luc Godard, 1962)

Posted on January 26, 2018 by admin

I usually try to form my opinion about films based on how entertaining or interesting or enriching or none of these I felt that they were during the time spent watching them. Only afterwards I try to understand why I … Continue reading →

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classic and timeless (film: Gloria – John Cassavetes, 1980)

Posted on January 25, 2018 by admin

Good movies are timeless. Or they feel so. Sometimes this is because their subject is universal and it does not really matter what epoch the action is set in. In some other cases the quality of the story and of … Continue reading →

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an immersing visual experience (Animated Film: Loving Vincent – Dorota Kobiela, Hugh Welchman, 2017)

Posted on January 24, 2018 by admin

The art of animated films does not cease to amaze. Certainly, much of the progress in the last quarter of century came from computer graphics and its derivatives, as the resolution and flexibility of the digital tools push the edge … Continue reading →

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CHANGE.WORLD: Optimiști, pesimiști și realiști

Posted on January 23, 2018 by admin

Sunt optimist din fire. Nu știu dacă ar trebui să acord meritul sau responsabilitatea acestei trăsături de caracter perioadei în care m-am născut și am fost educat. Era vorba atunci (școala am început-o în anul 1960) despre un optimism ideologic, … Continue reading →

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life and anger in deep America (film: Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri – Martin McDonagh, 2017)

Posted on January 22, 2018 by admin

‘Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri‘ is positioning itself as the main favorite of the Academy Awards season, and if it will win some of the statuettes in the major categories it will be by merit. It is quite interesting that … Continue reading →

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