Monthly Archives: March 2023

fighting demons (film: You Were Never Really Here – Lynne Ramsay, 2017)

Posted on March 15, 2023 by admin

‘You Were Never Really Here‘, the 2017 film by Scottish director Lynne Ramsay, is a journey into hell. A special hell, one of the most terrible hells, the hell in a man’s mind and soul. The lead hero is played … Continue reading →

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a thriller to rediscover (film: Un homme à abattre – Philippe Condroyer, 1967)

Posted on March 14, 2023 by admin

‘Un homme a abattre‘ (the English distribution title is ‘A Man to Kill‘) is an unjustly forgotten film made in 1967 that deserves to be rediscovered. Its director is Philippe Condroyer, a director who has only three feature films in … Continue reading →

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the improbable lover (film: Le mouton enragé – Michel Deville, 1974)

Posted on March 13, 2023 by admin

Michel Deville quietly left us and this world a few weeks ago, and his disappearance would have gone unnoticed, for me at least, if some television stations had not marked the sad event by programming some of his films. A … Continue reading →

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a father and a daughter (film: Aftersun – Charlotte Wells, 2022)

Posted on March 11, 2023 by admin

I dare say that ‘Aftersun‘ is a formidable feature debut from somebody I predict will become a great movies director. It was made in 2022 and Charlotte Wells, the writer and director of the film, is 35 years old. Her … Continue reading →

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Legendele Zonei de Rezidență (carte: Yaniv Iczkovits – Fiica măcelarului)

Posted on March 11, 2023 by admin

Coperta creată de Angela Rotaru pentru versiunea românească a romanului ‘Fiica măcelarului’ al scriitorului israelian Yaniv Iczkovits, apărută în 2022 la Editura HUMANITAS-fiction este frumoasă și expresivă, așa cum sunt majoritatea coperților cărților apărute în distinsa colecție ‘Raftul Denisei’. Daca … Continue reading →

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Horror Fun (film: Halloween – David Gordon Green, 2018)

Posted on March 10, 2023 by admin

John Carpenter‘s 1978 classic ‘Halloween‘ was one of the gory horror blockbusters of the ’70s and launched Jamie Lee Curtis‘ career. The slasher genre went mainstream and the film had an abundance of ‘sequels’ that took the characters of Laurie … Continue reading →

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fight or surrender (film: Narvik – Erik Skjoldbjærg, 2022)

Posted on March 7, 2023 by admin

Different versions of movie titles in different languages sometimes say interesting things about a movie, but also about the markets in which it is shown. This is also the case with the film that has been at the top of … Continue reading →

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Dictatura uitării (carte: Yōko Ogawa – Poliția memoriei)

Posted on March 7, 2023 by admin

‘Poliția memoriei’ este o carte cu un destin ciudat. Autoarea ei, Yōko Ogawa (născută în 1962) este una dintre autoarele cunoscute în Japonia. Precum multe alte femei japoneze din generația sa, atunci când s-a căsătorit a renunțat să lucreze, scriind … Continue reading →

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the script writer – director should have dared more (film: The Strays – Nathaniel Martello-White, 2023)

Posted on March 6, 2023 by admin

Nathaniel Martello-White is a British actor who went with all his arsenal to the other side of the camera, making his debut as a screenwriter and director of a feature film with ‘The Strays‘. An author’s film we could say, … Continue reading →

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