Monthly Archives: February 2019

the final cuts (documentary: Matisse Live – Phil Grabsky, 2014)

Posted on February 15, 2019 by admin

The ‘Exhibition on Screen‘ series gave us yesterday the opportunity to watch at the local cinematheque the great exhibition of Matisse’s works in the final decade of his life, organized five years ago by Tate Modern in London and MoMA … Continue reading →

a cinematographic essay on loneliness (Film: Documenteur – Agnes Varda, 1981)

Posted on February 14, 2019 by admin

‘Documenteur‘ is an interesting essay, but not one of the milestones in the filmography of Agnès Varda. The film follows a French woman, just out of a relationship, looking for housing and than living for a while in a non-proviledged … Continue reading →

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a laughing punch in the face (Film: Johnny English Strikes Again – Rowan Atkinson, 2018)

Posted on February 13, 2019 by admin

We live in a divided world. There are two categories of inhabitants of the planet between which there can be no compromise of any kind. There are those who like comedies with Rowan Atkinson (and with Jerry Lewis, Lous de … Continue reading →

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road to abyss (Film: Sans toit ni loi – Agnes Varda, 1985)

Posted on February 12, 2019 by admin

The retrospective of Agnès Varda‘s films that we have enjoyed for the last month at the local cinematheque gave us the opportunity to see the digitally reconditioned version of her wonderful 1985 film ‘Sans toit ni loi‘ (English title is … Continue reading →

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CHANGE.WORLD – Provocările viitorului

Posted on February 12, 2019 by admin

Depinde pe cine întrebăm. Pentru unii, Forumul Economic Mondial (World Economic Forum – WEF) este o organizație internațională de valoare și influență, a cărei activități și în special reuniunile anuale care au loc la sfârșitul lunii ianuarie la Davos prilejuiesc … Continue reading →

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sweet goodbye (Film: The Old Man & the Gun – Robert Redford, 2018)

Posted on February 11, 2019 by admin

Acting is a profession in which ‘never say never’ applies in many cases. Yet, if we are to believe the intentions publicly stated in August 2018, David Lowery‘s ‘The Old Man & the Gun‘ will be Robert Redford‘s last film … Continue reading →

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the shadows of the victory (documentary: Censored Voices – Amos Oz, 2015)

Posted on February 10, 2019 by admin

The Israeli writer Amos Oz, deceased at the end of 2018, was praised as one of his country’s and the world’s most important contemporary writers. His relationship with cinema is illustrated by quite a significant number of references on IMDB, … Continue reading →

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at the German roots of the moving images (documentary: Die Gebrüder Skladanowsky – Wim Wenders, 1995)

Posted on February 9, 2019 by admin

‘Die Gebrüder Skladanowsky‘ started as a research and production project by Wim Wenders and his students about the beginnings of cinema in Germany. The result was interesting enough to become a (almost) long duration documentary. In Wim Wenders’ cinema, sprinkled … Continue reading →

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loss of faith (Film: Leviathan – Andrey Zvyagintsev, 2014)

Posted on February 8, 2019 by admin

‘Leviathan‘ directed by Andrey Zvyagintsev is a movie about faith. Russian literature and cinema are populated by heroes who are confronted with power and faith, the two spiritual components (but also historic institutions) whose combination and close relationship has always … Continue reading →

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not just another Scandinavian thriller (Film: Den skyldige / The Guilty – Gustav Möller, 2018)

Posted on February 7, 2019 by admin

Novels, television series and movies belonging to the thriller or police investigations genres, coming from Northern Europe, have conquered in the past two decades the interest of the amateurs of these genres. It was a matter of time before one … Continue reading →

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