Monthly Archives: June 2020

love and crime in the countryside (film: Les noces rouges – Claude Chabrol, 1973)

Posted on June 6, 2020 by admin

A few years after being one of the French New Wave four aces, Claude Chabrol said goodbye to film experiments and embarked on a very active commercial directorial career. For over 30 years he has produced films at a rate … Continue reading →

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becoming a child like all the other (Film: Pinocchio – Matteo Garrone, 2019)

Posted on June 5, 2020 by admin

Pinocchio fascinates filmmakers. The first atru to bring to screen Carlo Collodi’s novel took place in 1936, as an animated feature, in Italy, but the first to complete the project were Walt Disney and his colleagues in 1940. Another 20 … Continue reading →

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Portret: Beatrice Bernath – work-in-progres

Posted on June 4, 2020 by admin

BB sau Betty sau Beatrice Bernath este un fenomen. Cei care o cunosc în persoană nu pot scăpa de farmecul și prezența ei magnetică. Cei care îi cunosc întâi doar cărțile sau doar picturile se află la începutul unei explorări … Continue reading →

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it could have been a masterpiece (film: The Lady from Shanghai – Orson Welles, 1947)

Posted on June 4, 2020 by admin

‘The Lady from Shanghai‘ (filmed in 1946 and released in 1947) is considered by some movie critics and historians, and by many film art lovers as a masterpiece. Revisited today, we can find in it many exceptional moments of cinema … Continue reading →

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before The Godfather was The Clan (film: Le clan des siciliens – Henri Verneuil, 1969)

Posted on June 3, 2020 by admin

Half a century after its making of ‘Le clan des siciliens‘ (English title – ‘The Sicilian Clan’ – a 1969 production) remains in my opinion one of the best mob films ever made. Of course, the casting of Jean Gabin, … Continue reading →

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the fascinating Rita (film: Gilda – Rita Hayworth, 1946)

Posted on June 2, 2020 by admin

‘Gilda‘ was one of the great hits of the 1946 film year. It was screened at the first Cannes Film Festival and even had an atomic bomb named after it (or after it, to be exact). The director of the … Continue reading →

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CHANGE.WORLD: Zborul spre Lună al lui Fritz Lang

Posted on June 1, 2020 by admin

Călătoriile spre Lună se află în aceste săptămâni în centrul atenției. Pare paradoxal, dacă ținem cont de faptul că întreaga planetă este confruntată cu pandemia produsă de virusul COVID-19, dar probabil că nu ar trebui să ne mirăm așa de … Continue reading →

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