Monthly Archives: June 2020

second chance (film: Conversations with Other Women – Hans Canosa, 2005)

Posted on June 18, 2020 by admin

‘Conversations with Other Women‘ is a film that surprised me. I had read about it, probably too much, but anyway, the hype around it was already quite high, and I expected this 2005 film by Hans Canosa who has directed … Continue reading →

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farewell Philip Seymour Hoffman (Film: A Most Wanted Man – Philip Seymour Hoffman, 2014)

Posted on June 17, 2020 by admin

There are deaths it is very difficult for me to reconcile with, deaths about which I maintain a degree of disbelief. I can’t believe, for example, that I won’t see new movies with Robin Williams or Philip Seymour Hoffman. These … Continue reading →

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much more than a crime drama (Film: Garde a vue – Lino Ventura, Romy Schneider, 1981)

Posted on June 16, 2020 by admin

‘Garde a vue‘, made in 1981, brings together on screen two of the super-stars of French cinema from the ’60s and’ 70s, each of them in one of their last films, although neither their age nor their artistic form indicates … Continue reading →

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CHANGE.WORLD: Gutenberg și Zuckerberg

Posted on June 15, 2020 by admin

‘The Atlantic’ este unul dintre puținele periodice tipărite la care mai sunt încă abonat. Revista americană împreună cu platforma sa internetică reprezintă continuarea uneia dintre cele mai remarcabile tradiții din presa americană, revista ‘The Atlantic Monthly’ fondată în 1857, la … Continue reading →

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a night affair in the Paris of the 50s (film: Le desordre et la nuit – Jean Gabin, 1958)

Posted on June 13, 2020 by admin

It is rare for a translated title of a film to be more inspired than the original title. I think this is the case with ‘Le desordre et la nuit‘ directed in 1958 by Gilles Grangier, one of the most … Continue reading →

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code of honor (film: Classe Tous Risques – Claude Sautet, 1960)

Posted on June 12, 2020 by admin

A discovery. Made in 1960, at the peak of the French New Wave, ‘Classe Tous Risques‘ is a classic gangsters movie, directed by Claude Sautet, the screen adaptation of a novel by José Giovanni. Like many other filmmakers who began … Continue reading →

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Hitchcock on the Riviera (film: To Catch a Thief – Alfred Hitchcock, 1955)

Posted on June 11, 2020 by admin

I’m probably to blame, but ‘To Catch a Thief‘ attracted me and interested me less than most of Alfred Hitchcock‘s other films that I remember seeing. Made in 1955, it was the third and last film in which the master … Continue reading →

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Hitchcock in a French village (Film: Le boucher – Claude Chabrol, 1970)

Posted on June 9, 2020 by admin

If Alfred Hitchcock had made a mystery thriller film set in a French village, I think it would have been ‘Le Boucher‘. Hitchcock, as we all know, did not make such a film, but maybe he got to see Claude … Continue reading →

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Vremea profeților (Carte: Ioana Pârvulescu – Prevestirea)

Posted on June 9, 2020 by admin

Romanul ‘Prevestirea’ al Ioanei Pârvulescu apărut la Editura Humanitas este una dintre primele cărți care este lansată după perioada cu tentă apocaliptică a pandemiei cauzate de virusul COVID-19. Este o carte deosebită care se bucură de o lansare deosebită, una … Continue reading →

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CHANGE.WORLD: Între Pământ și stele

Posted on June 8, 2020 by admin

Știrile săptămânii ne poartă spre stele, dar nu ne lasă nici să ne despărțim de actualitățile care ne invadează viețile pe Pământ. Rubrica CHANGE.WORLD se va ocupa, firesc, în această săptămână, de misiunea spațială Crew Dragon Demo-2, care reprezintă o … Continue reading →

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