Monthly Archives: January 2025

the cloud that kills (film: Cloud / Kuraudo – Kiyoshi Kurosawa, 2024)

Posted on January 31, 2025 by admin

Japanese director Kiyoshi Kurosawa‘s filmography already includes several films where the horror and techno-thriller genres meet, reflecting a world where technology overwhelms its heroes and terrifies the audience. ‘Cloud‘ (‘Kuraudo‘ in the original – 2024) can be included in this … Continue reading →

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three tales of one city (film: Tokyo! – Michel Gondry & Leos Carax & Bong Joon Ho, 2008)

Posted on January 29, 2025 by admin

I don’t know the history of this production, but the idea seems formidable to me. ‘Tokyo!‘ (2009) is a triptych of short films set in Tokyo and directed by three directors who are not Japanese, but who are talented and … Continue reading →

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duel of the giants (film: The Missouri Breaks – Arthur Penn, 1976)

Posted on January 28, 2025 by admin

‘The Missouri Breaks‘, the 1976 film by director Arthur Penn, is the stuff of which cinematic legends are made. Thomas McGuane wrote the screenplay for this revisionist western, a subgenre of cinema that flourished in American cinema after 1966, taking … Continue reading →

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Crimă și delir (carte: Ariana Harwicz – Degenerat)

Posted on January 27, 2025 by admin

‘Degenerat’ al Arianei Harwicz, apărut în 2021 în Editura Vellant în traducerea căreia nu i-am descoperit vreun cusur a Lilianei Pleșa Iacob, este o carte și o experiență de lectură unică din câteva puncte de vedere. O aventură dificilă și … Continue reading →

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Poirot on a Mediterranean Island (film: Evil Under the Sun – Guy Hamilton, 1982)

Posted on January 22, 2025 by admin

‘Evil Under the Sun‘ (1982) is my favorite film adaptation of Agatha Christie’s novels in which the role of Hercule Poirot is played by Peter Ustinov. The script is well written, the narrative is clear, the dialogues are humorous and … Continue reading →

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a detective vaudeville (film: Drôle de drame – Marcel Carné, 1937)

Posted on January 21, 2025 by admin

‘Drôle de drame‘ (1937 – alternative title ‘Bizarre, Bizarre‘), the second film by French director Marcel Carné, has over time acquired the status of a cult film. Criticized and ignored upon its premiere in the tense years before World War … Continue reading →

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CHANGE.WORLD: Regulile jocului se schimbă

Posted on January 20, 2025 by admin

Nici nu a început bine anul 2025, și vânturile schimbărilor se fac simțite. Prima săptămână de lucru a noului an a adus în atenția publicului larg câteva știri despre schimbări în modul în care funcționează serviciile de Internet și aplicațiile … Continue reading →

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a trip to the roots (film: A Real Pain – Jesse Eisenberg, 2024)

Posted on January 17, 2025 by admin

The genre of films to which ‘A Real Pain‘ (2024), the second film in which Jesse Eisenberg is (also) behind the camera as director, belongs is quite popular in Israel. Trips to Poland and other countries in Europe where episodes … Continue reading →

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between dream and jealousy (film: Omcâine – Ștefan Constantinescu, 2022)

Posted on January 16, 2025 by admin

‘Omcâine‘ (2022 – the English distribution title is ‘Man and Dog‘) is the ambitious debut of a director who is making his first feature film late in his career. Stefan Constantinescu is no novice in cinematography, he is a visual … Continue reading →

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Hitchcock as an engaged filmmaker (film: Foreign Correspondent – Alfred Hitchcock, 1940)

Posted on January 15, 2025 by admin

‘Foreign Correspondent‘ is the second film made by Alfred Hitchcock after his ‘relocation’ to the United States. It was filmed and released in the same year as his first American film, ‘Rebecca’, in 1940, and competed with it for the … Continue reading →

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