Monthly Archives: December 2024

midlife crisis (film: Itinéraire d’un enfant gâté – Claude Lelouch, 1988)

Posted on December 18, 2024 by admin

The 1988 ‘Itinéraire d’un enfant gâté‘ (English title: ‘Itinerary of a Spoiled Child‘) is the second of three films directed by Claude Lelouch featuring Jean-Paul Belmondo. Three films that belong each to different periods in the careers of the director … Continue reading →

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a duty to talk (film: White Bird – Marc Foster, 2023)

Posted on December 17, 2024 by admin

To prevent history from repeating itself, the stories of episodes of the Holocaust, of other genocides, and of acts of political terror and terrorism must be made known in all their horror. The best testimonies are those of survivors. But … Continue reading →

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the tragical story of a clown during the Belle Époque (film: Chocolat – Roschdy Zem, 2016)

Posted on December 16, 2024 by admin

‘Chocolat‘, directed in 2016 by Roschdy Zem, is one of those films that left me happy after viewing, but which later, as emotions and ideas settled, I started to consider as a missed opportunity for an exceptional creation. The film … Continue reading →

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Identități secrete (carte: Andrei Cornea – Uimitoarea istorie a lui Șabbatai Mesia)

Posted on December 16, 2024 by admin

Profesor universitar, filosof, eseist, jurnalist, istoric al artei, Andrei Cornea (născut în 1952) este unul dintre acei gânditori care contrazic percepția că a trecut vremea personalităților enciclopedice într-o epocă în care diversificarea domeniilor artelor și științelor și inflația de informație … Continue reading →

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CHANGE.WORLD: Medicină și magie

Posted on December 16, 2024 by admin

Vă propun să discutam astăzi despre un caz de studiu. Un personaj carismatic, care știe să vorbească limba poporului, amestecând o baza științifică și referințe dese la Divinitate, care prezintă idei iconoclaste amestecând pragmatismul cu magia. Nu este vorba despre … Continue reading →

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a noir road movie in the ’40s (film: Detour – Edgar G. Ulmer, 1945)

Posted on December 14, 2024 by admin

‘Detour‘ (1945) is a very special and unusual film in the cinematic landscape of the ’40s. Although it was made in Hollywood, it is not a production of the major studios. The way it was made is closer to what … Continue reading →

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love, mourning & love again (film: La délicatesse – David & Stéphane Foenkinos, 2011)

Posted on December 13, 2024 by admin

‘La délicatesse‘ (2011) is a kind of experiment. It is very rare for a novelist to fully take on the screen adaptation of his own novel, writing the script and also directing the film. David Foenkinos, one of the most … Continue reading →

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from Simenon to Hitchcock (film: Maigret tend un piège – Jean Delannoy, 1957)

Posted on December 11, 2024 by admin

Jean Delannoy lived to be a hundred years old and directed some 40 feature films in a career spanning over six decades. He was a contemporary of classical French cinema, of the directors of the New Wave and those who … Continue reading →

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the story of two moles (film: Infernal Affairs / Mou gaan dou – Wai Keung Lau & Alan Mak, 2002)

Posted on December 10, 2024 by admin

‘Infernal Affairs‘ (original title is ‘Mou gaan dou‘) is the 2002 film that inspired Martin Scorsese to direct the remake under the name ‘The Departed’ four years later. I had read in many places that this is one of those … Continue reading →

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CHANGE.WORLD: Tunelul

Posted on December 10, 2024 by admin

‘No Longer An Island’ a fost titlul pe prima pagină a uneia dintre edițiile ziarului The Guardian, în luna noiembrie 1994. În atmosfera încă Euro-entuziastă a ultimului deceniu al secolului XX, Marea Britanie (împreună cu Franța și cu întreaga Europă) … Continue reading →

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