Monthly Archives: January 2021

Deneuve and Binoche at their best in a smart and sensible movie by Hirokazu Koreeda (film: La vérité – Hirokazu Koreeda, 2019)

Posted on January 30, 2021 by admin

The presence of Catherine Deneuve or Juliette Binoche in the cast would be reason enough to make me run to see a movie. ‘La vérité‘ (the title in English is ‘The Truth‘) made in 2010 gave me the double opportunity … Continue reading →

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love in dark times (film: Cloudy Sunday – Manousos Manousakis, 2015)

Posted on January 28, 2021 by admin

‘Cloudy Sunday‘, the 2015 film by Greek director Manousos Manousakis is one of those docu-dramas that remain in the memory of the audiences as references for the historical periods in which the stories take place, although they are conceived as … Continue reading →

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when alien encounter meets romantic comedy (film: Starman – John Carpenter, 1984)

Posted on January 27, 2021 by admin

Moviegoers who wish to see how movies depicting extraterrestrial encounters in the 1980s were made can be use the 1984 movie by John Carpenter ‘Starman‘ as a case study. In fact, I should be a little more accurate – it’s … Continue reading →

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Război și telenovelă (carte: Ji-min Lee – Eu și Marilyn)

Posted on January 25, 2021 by admin

Dacă memoria nu îmi joacă vreo festă romanul ‘Eu și Marilyn’ este prima carte tradusă din literatura coreeană pe care am citit-o. Curiozitatea pătrunderii într-un teritoriu literar necunoscut îmi era amplificată de faptul că cinematografia coreeană, pe care o cunosc … Continue reading →

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Welles touches the Evil (film: Touch of Evil – Orson Welles, 1958)

Posted on January 25, 2021 by admin

In the history of movies ‘Touch of Evil‘, the 1958 film ‘noir’ by Orson Welles played perhaps a more important role in European and especially French cinema than in American cinema. It is a story of gangsters that takes place … Continue reading →

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CHANGE.WORLD: Fiica astronautei

Posted on January 25, 2021 by admin

Plecările în misiunile spațiale de astăzi nu sunt foarte diferite de plecările marinarilor în călătorii pe oceane, cu 500 de ani în urmă. Despărțirile sunt de lungă durată și întoarcerea nu este întotdeauna garantată. Literatura și cinematografia de anticipație s-au … Continue reading →

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a strange version of the Jekyll / Hyde story (film: Madame Hyde – Serge Bozon, 2017)

Posted on January 23, 2021 by admin

Director and co-writer Serge Bozon started from the famous novella by Robert Louis Stevenson to make in 2017 ‘Madame Hyde‘ a feminine version of the story, transferred into a school in 21st century France. Starring Isabelle Huppert, one of the … Continue reading →

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a TV series about theatre (TV Series: Chazarot – Noa Koller, 2020)

Posted on January 22, 2021 by admin

Israeli television surprises and succeeds again with ‘Rehearsals‘ (‘Chazarot‘ in Hebrew), another series that has a chance to be an international success (after the success at home) and turn into a ‘formula’ to be exported and re-located in other parts … Continue reading →

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culture shocks (film: The Man Who Fell to Earth – David Bowie, 1976)

Posted on January 19, 2021 by admin

Nicolas Roeg‘s 1976 film ‘The Man Who Fell to Earth‘ is probably one of the highlights of David Bowie‘s acting career, but it’s not the only reason this film deserves to be seen 45 years after its release. The English … Continue reading →

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Jurnal intim și portret în puzzle (carte: Maia Morgenstern – Nu sunt eu)

Posted on January 19, 2021 by admin

În prefața volumului ‘Nu sunt eu’ apărut în 2020 la Editura Litera, Maia Morgenstern ne avertizează că avem în față un volum cu conținut secret, unul dintre acele jurnale personale sau oracole cândva la modă în care sunt înregistrate gânduri … Continue reading →

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