Monthly Archives: February 2021

the judge with the red gloves (film: L’ivresse du pouvoir – Claude Chabrol, 2006)

Posted on February 26, 2021 by admin

‘L’ivresse du pouvoir‘, the title of Claude Chabrol‘s 2006 film, was translated for the English-language market in ‘Comedy of Power‘. Is it just another uninspired translation like many others or a fundamental misunderstanding of what this film meant? The French … Continue reading →

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two mothers on an island (film: After the Sunset – Michio Koshikawa, 2019)

Posted on February 25, 2021 by admin

‘After the Sunset‘ (in Japanese ‘Yuhi No Ato‘) directed in 2019 by Michio Koshikawa offers a sincere and direct cinematic experience, which managed to capture my attention and make me feel the emotions and sympathise with the problems of the … Continue reading →

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Memoriile ca jurnal de călătorie (carte: Tiberiu Roth – Evreu fără frontiere)

Posted on February 25, 2021 by admin

Memorialistica este unul dintre genurile literare care mă fascinează. Decizia de transforma bilanțul vieții, activității publice, creației literare, artistice sau publicistice într-o carte nu cred că este una ușoară. Cele ce urmează după această carte, dacă urmează, riscă să fie … Continue reading →

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faith and corruption (film: Servants – Ivan Ostrochovský, 2020)

Posted on February 23, 2021 by admin

The story in ‘Servants‘, the film made in 2020 by the Slovak director Ivan Ostrochovsky takes place in Czechoslovakia in 1980. It had been 12 years since the ‘Prague Spring’, an attempt to peacefully reform the communist system that had … Continue reading →

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mis-justice (film: The Trial of the Chicago 7 – Aaron Sorkin, 2020)

Posted on February 23, 2021 by admin

Aaron Sorkin‘s screenplays for feature films and television already cover much of the significant moments in U.S. history over the past 60 years, and deal with some of the most significant personalities of the period (Steve Jobs, Marck Zuckerman) or … Continue reading →

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CHANGE.WORLD – Războaiele ecranelor

Posted on February 22, 2021 by admin

Nu există o dată exactă de naștere a televiziunii, dar o putem situa cu aproximație cu un secol în urmă. Vom trece în revistă, în cele ce urmează, câteva etape ale acestei istorii. Este vorba însă despre o istorie care … Continue reading →

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CHANGE.WORLD: Industria cipurilor

Posted on February 15, 2021 by admin

În articolul de astăzi al rubricii CHANGE.WORLD vom discuta despre industria cipurilor. Nu, acest articol nu are legătură cu vaccinurile, și cine caută teorii conspirative legate de injectarea de cipuri odată cu vaccinul anti-COVID va trebui să se adreseze altor … Continue reading →

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among the meanders of censorship (film: Meandre – Mircea Saucan, 1966)

Posted on February 13, 2021 by admin

I was 14 years old in 1967, when Mircea Saucan‘s film ‘Meandre‘ (which had been filmed in 1966) was shown on Romanian screens for a short time, before being withdrawn and buried in the archives until the fall of communism … Continue reading →

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not only about drinking (film: Another Round – Thomas Vintenberg, 2020)

Posted on February 12, 2021 by admin

There are two different films in ‘Another Round‘ (the Danish title is ‘Druk‘ which Google translates as ‘Excessive Drink’), Thomas Vinterberg‘s 2020 film. One is about alcohol, its positive and negative effects, and how drinking is an integral part of … Continue reading →

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La marginea imperiului (carte: Vasile Ernu – Bandiții)

Posted on February 11, 2021 by admin

Al doilea volum din ‘mica trilogie a marginalilor’ semnată de Vasile Ernu și publicată în 2016 în seria ‘Ego grafii’ a Editurii Polirom se ocupă cu ‘Bandiții’ după ce tema primului volum (despre care am scris și eu și Jovi) … Continue reading →

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