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Monthly Archives: December 2022
Ceaușesciada (carte: Daniel Bănulescu – Te pup în fund, Conducător iubit!)
Într-un interviu acordat lui Cristian Teodorescu cu câțiva ani în urma, Daniel Bănulescu își exprima dorința de a revizui și publica în ediție definitivă ‘clanul de romane’ despre ultimii ani ai epocii poleite a lui Nicolae Ceaușescu care are ca … Continue reading
political and romantic escapism (film: Long Shot – John Irvine, 2019)
Romantic comedy and high politics have already met many times in American films. Americans (and not just Americans) are fascinated by the White House. The Oval Office is probably the most filmed and recreated room in the history of American … Continue reading
‘why do they hate us?’ (film: La haine – Mathieu Kassovitz, 1995)
‘La haine‘ – ‘Hate‘ is one of the most appropriate titles of movies I’ve seen lately. Many times, faced with violent social events, demonstrations and protests, we ask ourselves: ‘why do they hate us?’. The question is not new. Written … Continue reading
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Tagged French cinema, Hate, Hubert Koundé, La haine, Mathieu Kassovitz, Saïd Taghmaoui, social cinema, social issues movie, Vincent Cassel
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CHANGE.WORLD: 2022 – Anul care a fost
2022. Ce an a fost! În 2020, Timpul părea să fi încremenit în loc. În 2021, roțile sale începuseră să se miște încet, după amorțire. În 2022, ritmul evenimentelor a început să se accelereze și de multe ori am avut … Continue reading
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back to the 40s (film: Farewell, My Lovely – Dick Richards, 1975)
The biography of Dick Richards, the director of ‘Farewell, My Lovely‘ (1975) is an enigma to me. This screen adaptation (the second, the first had been made in 1944) of one of Raymond Chandler‘s novels with private detective Phil Marlowe … Continue reading
the 4th question (film: Oldboy – Spike Lee, 2013)
In one of the key scenes of this 2013 version of ‘Oldboy‘, the Bad Guy asks the film’s hero two questions. Correct answers in a limited time are conditions of his survival. Furthermore, the villain points out to him that … Continue reading
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Tagged American cinema, American movies, Elizabeth Olsen, Josh Brolin, Oldboy, Park Chan-wook, remake, Samuel L. Jackson, Sharlto Copley, Spike Lee
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CHANGE.WORLD: Revoluție pe roți
Articolul din această săptămână, al rubricii noastre, pleacă de la un panou publicitar pe care l-am văzut acum câteva săptămâni atârnat de un pod, pe autostrada de la marginea orașului în care locuiesc. Reclama anunța intrarea pe piața internă a … Continue reading
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old age and horror (film: X – Ti West, 2022)
I love film-in-film movies. ‘X‘ – the 2022 film from director Ti West – is a horror film set during the filming of a pornographic film in 1979. Ti West manages – in my opinion – to make a smart … Continue reading
‘Hanuca: Sărbătoarea și… un cântec al sărbătorii’ – un articol de Lucian-Zeev Herșcovici
Ce reprezintă sărbătoarea de Hanuca în calendarul evreiesc („mozaic”)? Mi-am pus această întrebare în repetate rânduri, încercând de fiecare dată să-mi dau un răspuns universitar sau un răspuns „iudaic” și să evit reluarea argumentelor și contra-argumentelor auzite sau expuse anterior. … Continue reading
a revenge thriller of a special kind (film: Promising Young Woman – Emerald Fennell, 2020)
Cassandra, the main hero of ‘Promising Young Woman‘, a movie written and directed by British filmmaker and actress Emerald Fennell and released on screens in 2020, seems to be a typical heroine in the genre of ‘revenge thriller’. During the … Continue reading