Monthly Archives: October 2019

CHANGE.WORLD – Premianții – ediția 2019

Posted on October 29, 2019 by admin

Ca în fiecare an pe vremea asta, voi trece în revistă, pentru rubrica CHANGE.WORLD, lista premianților Nobel și voi încerca să descriu pe scurt realizările pentru care li s-au atribuit premiile. Desigur, mă voi concentra asupra premiilor legate de științe … Continue reading →

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CHANGE.WORLD: Știința somnului

Posted on October 22, 2019 by admin

Aristotel a considerat subiectul destul de important, pentru a scrie în anul 350 î.e.n. un eseu despre ‘Somn și Insomnie’.  Michelangelo Buonarroti i-a dedicat un poem: ‘Mi-e somnul preţios şi-mi pare bine că piatră sunt şi-am simţuri adormite cât timp … Continue reading →

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nasty times (Film: Flesh + Blood – Paul Verhoeven, 1985)

Posted on October 21, 2019 by admin

Paul Verhoeven‘s films leave indifferent few of the spectators who dare to watch them. The combination of violence and eroticism that characterizes them has been around for 40 years and is a mark of most of the Dutch director’s films. … Continue reading →

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melodic drama (film: Judy – Renée Zellweger, 2019)

Posted on October 19, 2019 by admin

There is in ‘Judy‘, the film directed by Rupert Goold, a scene that could be worth an Oscar. Renée Zellweger who plays a Judy Garland beyond the peak of her artistic career, prematurely aged and overwhelmed with personal problems, climbs … Continue reading →

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surprising Renoir (documentary: Exhibition on Screen: Renoir – Reviled and Revered – Phil Grabsky, 2016)

Posted on October 18, 2019 by admin

We have the chance to see the films from the ‘Exhibition on Screen’ series at our local cinematheque. Yesterday we had the pleasure not only of watching the documentary ‘Exhibition on Screen: Renoir – Reviled and Revered‘, but also of … Continue reading →

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camera passion (Film: Amator – Krzysztof Kieslowski, 1979)

Posted on October 16, 2019 by admin

Political scientists and historians have been debating for four decades why Poland was the first country in Eastern Europe to begin the process of breaking away from the communist bloc. The first of these causes, quite rightly, is the ascension … Continue reading →

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a dark Joker (Film: Joker – Joaquin Phoenix, 2019)

Posted on October 15, 2019 by admin

Todd Phillips‘ ‘Joker‘ surprised me. It was something completely different than what I expected from watching the trailers and reading the reviews written by those who saw the film before me. Apparently the film would belong to a genre that … Continue reading →

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CHANGE.WORLD: Spre aștri… cu Brad Pitt

Posted on October 15, 2019 by admin

Trecerea spre toamnă este marcată de culesul viilor, de primele spectacole ale stagiunilor teatrale și muzicale, de anunțurile despre câștigătorii premiilor Nobel, iar pentru cinefili, de lansarea pe ecrane a filmelor care vor concura pentru premiile Oscar. Acum au loc … Continue reading →

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end of the wave (Film: Sieranevada – Cristi Puiu, 2016)

Posted on October 14, 2019 by admin

With a delay of three years I managed to see Cristi Puiu‘s ‘Sieranevada‘, a film that I had read and heard much about. Three years are certainly not enough for a ‘historical’ perspective but they are enough to better place … Continue reading →

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an instant classic of the genre (Film: Metallica & San Francisco Symphony – S&M2 – Metallica, 2019)

Posted on October 13, 2019 by admin

Our local cinematheque took part in the worldwide launch of the film of the June 2019 “S&M2” concert of Metallica together the San Francisco Philharmonic Orchestra this weekend. So I had the opportunity to be among the first viewers of … Continue reading →

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