Monthly Archives: August 2020

CHANGE.WORLD: Semne de viață

Posted on August 17, 2020 by admin

A fost o săptămână dificilă pentru colegii săi de faimă și de inițiative în marile companii din lumea hi-tech. Miercuri, 29 iulie, liderii giganților tehnologici Amazon, Apple, Facebook și Google au trebuit să răspundă întrebărilor foarte incomode și să asculte … Continue reading →

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a Van Gogh like no other (film: Van Gogh – Maurice Pialat, 1991)

Posted on August 15, 2020 by admin

I had the joy of living another one of those events that give beauty to the life of a cinephile. My first encounter with Jacques Dutronc dates about half a century ago when I was listening to the shows on … Continue reading →

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the painter and the writer (Film: Cézanne et moi – Danièle Thompson, 2016)

Posted on August 14, 2020 by admin

Films about the painters of the artistic revolution in France of the last decades of the 19th century have long become a stand-alone cinematic genre. Impressionists and post-impressionists changed the course of art and reinvented the process of artistic creation. … Continue reading →

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L.A. in flames (film: Hotel Artemis – Jodie Foster, 2018)

Posted on August 13, 2020 by admin

There are quite a few reasons why ‘Hotel Artemis‘, the 2018 film by first time director Drew Pearce, would be worth seeing. First of all, the cast, in which Jodie Foster appears for the first time after a five-year break … Continue reading →

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distorted reality (TV series: Losing Alice – Ayelet Zurer, 2020)

Posted on August 12, 2020 by admin

‘Losing Alice‘ (the Hebrew title is ‘L’abed et Alice‘) is a very ambitious Israeli television production, an eight-episode mini-series that bears no resemblance to anything ever produced for the ‘small screens’ in Israel. Apple TV bought this series, together with … Continue reading →

Posted in TV | Tagged Ayelet Zurer, Gal Toren, Israel TV series, Lihi Kornowski, Losing Alice, thriller, TV series | Leave a comment

love and wisdom in the city of Safed (film: haSodot – Avi Nesher, 2007)

Posted on August 11, 2020 by admin

Israeli director Avi Nesher‘s 2007 film ‘The Secrets‘ (the Hebrew title is ‘HaSodot‘) predates the success of films and TV series whose characters and stories are inspired by ultra-religious Orthodox Jewish communities. It is an environment that has aroused the … Continue reading →

Posted in movies | Tagged Adir Miller, Ania Bukstein, Avi Nesher, Fanny Ardant, haSodot, Israeli cinema, Jewish cinema, Michal Shtamler, The Secrets, Tiki Dayan, Ushpizin, Yentl | Leave a comment

CHANGE.WORLD: IETF 108 – o conferință în vremurile Coronei

Posted on August 10, 2020 by admin

În cei șapte ani de colaborare cu ‘Literatura de Azi’ am relatat de multe ori, în articolele mele din rubrica CHANGE.WORLD, despre conferințele organizației Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF), forumul în care din 1986 și până astăzi sunt dezbătute și … Continue reading →

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the writer and her ghost (film: D’après une histoire vraie – Roman Polanski, 2017)

Posted on August 8, 2020 by admin

I will try the impossible, namely to write about the penultimate film of Roman Polanski, ignoring his controversial personality and biography. In writing the screenplay for ‘Based on a True Story‘ (original title in French is ‘D’apres une histoire vraie‘), … Continue reading →

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Europenizarea României și românizarea Europei (Carte : Lucian Boia – Românii și Europa)

Posted on August 7, 2020 by admin

Seria de autor a lui Lucian Boia de la Editura Humanitas continuă cu apariția cea mai recentă, prima din anul 2020, a eseului ‘Românii și Europa – O istorie surprinzătoare’. Cel mai puțin surprinzător este subtitlul, căci ultimul lucru pe … Continue reading →

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from LIFE to National Geographic (film: The Secret Life of Walter Mitty – Ben Stiller, 2013)