Monthly Archives: March 2022

magic and quackery (film: Nightmare Alley – Guillermo del Torro, 2021)

Bradley Cooper is fascinating in ‘Nightmare Alley‘, Guillermo del Toro‘s film, a screen adaptation of a 1946 novel by William Lindsay Gresham and a remake of a 1947 film. The actor who made his name in roles in good-feeling movies … Continue reading

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love and feel-good in 1973 (film: Licorice Pizza – Paul Thomas Anderson, 2021)

Paul Thomas Anderson‘s ‘Licorice Pizza‘ is the second favorite in the race for the Academy Award for Best Picture of 2021. With a little luck, it might even win the big prize, as it is a much friendlier and more … Continue reading

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well … it’s a fake (film: The Best Offer – Giuseppe Tornatore, 2013)

Virgil Oldman, the lead character in ‘The Best Offer‘, Giuseppe Tornatore‘s 2013 film, is an expert in detecting artistic fakes. He also is a hypochondriac and an old bachelor. As skilled as he is in art, he seems as ignorant … Continue reading

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Mihail Sebastian pe scenă la Tel Aviv

Cam peste tot în lume există teatru mare, instituționalizat, și teatru mic, experimental. La New York există Broadway și off-Broadway și off-off-Broadway. La București există Naționalul și Bulandra, și există ARC și Masca. La Tel Aviv, orașul cu viața culturală … Continue reading

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Lebanese neo-realism (film: Capernaum – Nadine Labaki, 2018)

‘Capernaum‘, the extraordinary film by Lebanese Nadine Labaki that won the Jury Prize at Cannes in 2018 and was nominated for an Academy Award for best film in a foreign language immediately reminds cinema lovers of the most impressive sequences … Continue reading

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CHANGE.WORLD: web1, web2, web3

Vă propun să discutam în articolul de astăzi despre Internet și despre software-ul care folosește și exploatează resursele oferite de Internet. Nu putem să ne depărtam prea mult de actualitatea copleșitoare a acestor zile, așa încât vom începe cu rolul … Continue reading

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an erotic thriller that aged badly (film: ‘Péril en la demeure’ – Michel Deville, 1985)

I decided to watch ‘Péril en la demeure‘ (English title is ‘Death in a French Garden‘) mainly for Michel Piccoli, an actor I really like. But his is a supporting role and he appears in only a few scenes. This … Continue reading

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more Cronenberg than David Cronenberg (film: Titane – Julia Ducournau, 2021)

‘Titane’, the film written and made in 2021 by Julia Ducournau is a shocking movie. While writing this sentence, I am also surprised to think if anything can still be considered shocking compared to what we see in the news … Continue reading

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the right to love (film: Mal de pierres – Nicole Garcia, 2016)

Nicole Garcias is one of the French directors who excels at bringing female and feminist themes to the attention of viewers, while offering the opportunity for consistent leading roles to the actresses who appear in her films. In fact, she … Continue reading

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Exerciții de singurătate (carte: Letiția Vladislav – Masada)

A descoperi un scriitor sau o scriitoare (ca în acest caz) pe care nu-i cunoșteai înainte și care reușește să te capteze prin tematică, stil și abordare este întotdeauna o plăcere. Este cazul Letiției Vladislav, al cărei consistent volum de … Continue reading

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