Monthly Archives: January 2023

catching up with life (film: Living – Oliver Hermanus, 2022)

Posted on January 31, 2023 by admin

Akira Kurosawa‘s career is marked by several notable adaptations and remakes. Throughout his career, the great Japanese film director has contributed to building bridges between cultures, texts by great writers and film schools. Several of his famous films are adaptations … Continue reading →

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CHANGE.WORLD – Inteligență ART-ificială

Posted on January 30, 2023 by admin

Ne aflăm într-un punct de inflexiune în evoluția Inteligenței Artificiale (AI)? Suntem martorii unui salt calitativ al eficienței aplicațiilor AI, care poate avea un impact serios în domenii diverse cum ar fi căutarea și documentarea pe rețelele informatice, eseurile și … Continue reading →

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Și asasinii iubesc (carte: Barry Eisler – Pactul asasinilor)

Posted on January 28, 2023 by admin

Barry Eisler se află deja, de ceva vreme, pe o listă de scriitori la ale căror cărți îmi propusesem să ajung, în genurile care m-au pasionat din totdeauna și continuă să mă pasioneze și astăzi, desi timpul pe care li-l … Continue reading →

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a well-polished nun (film: La religieuse – Guillaume Nicloux, 2013)

Posted on January 28, 2023 by admin

Guillaume Nicloux, the director of this 2013 version of the film ‘La religieuse‘ was born in 1966, that is exactly the year that the film of the same name made by Jacques Rivette, starring Anna Karina, premiered at the Cannes … Continue reading →

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life? or theatre? (animation film: Charlotte – Tahir Rana & Éric Warin, 2021)

Posted on January 26, 2023 by admin

The International Holocaust Remembrance Day events gave me the opportunity to see, at an event organized by the French Cultural Institute, a film I was planning to watch for a while but somehow missed last year when it was released … Continue reading →

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coping with evil and memory (film: June Zero – Jake Paltrow, 2022)

Posted on January 25, 2023 by admin

Last night I had the opportunity to attend a preview of a film that has been on the international festival circuit for about half a year, but whose commercial release will only take place in the coming weeks. The fact … Continue reading →

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stormy sunset (film: Best Sellers – Lina Roessler, 2021)

Posted on January 23, 2023 by admin

A famous Romanian actor was recently asked ‘what are you doing lately?’. He replied: ‘What can I do? I play roles of old men’. This is probably what Michael Caine would answer in these last years. I confess that he … Continue reading →

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CHANGE.WORLD: Vedere din înalturi

Posted on January 23, 2023 by admin

‘Overview’ este unul dintre acele cuvinte din limba engleză care au sensuri multiple și ale căror traducere în limba română sau în alte limbi este dificilă și depinde de context. Nu este un cuvânt nou, prima menționare cunoscută datează conform … Continue reading →

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a camp in Africa (TV series: Carthago – Levi brothers, 2022)

Posted on January 21, 2023 by admin

The future of public television is under constant debate in Israel. The debate grows in intensity when, as in recent months, there is a change of government accompanied by changes in directions and priorities in terms of information and cultural … Continue reading →

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the hidden laws of history (film: Blutholz – Torsten C. Fischer, 2022)

Posted on January 20, 2023 by admin

‘Don’ t research these laws / For you are mad when you understand them’. Transylvanian poet George Coșbuc’s lyrics are mentioned twice at the end of ‘Blutholz‘ (the direct translation of the title would be ‘Blood wood‘), a film by … Continue reading →

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