Monthly Archives: May 2025

CHANGE.WORLD: Dragă (IA) Mincinosule

Posted on May 26, 2025 by admin

Greu de crezut că doar cu trei ani în urmă, aproximativ 99% dintre noi nu știam nimic despre Inteligența Artificială (IA). Astăzi jumătate din planetă pare să fie compusă din experți sau cel puțin oameni cu păreri bine formate despre … Continue reading →

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literature as the inner fortress against evil (film: Reading Lolita in Tehran – Eran Riklis, 2024)

Posted on May 21, 2025 by admin

Can art in general and literature, specifically, save the world? Or at least make it better? Or at least create for those who love them – creators and consumers – an inner fortress where they can take refuge in times … Continue reading →

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the legend that changed tennis (film: Nasty – Tudor Giurgiu & Cristian Pascariu & Tudor D. Popescu, 2024)

Posted on May 20, 2025 by admin

Ilie Nastase was one of the idols of my youth. First of all, thanks to him, tennis found its place for a while in the dull programs of Romanian television during the communist era. Together with his partner and mentor … Continue reading →

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CHANGE.WORLD: Rămas bun, Skype!

Posted on May 19, 2025 by admin

Despărțirile sunt inevitabile și, de multe ori, dureroase. Ne despărțim de oameni dragi și de prieteni care au plecat din această lume, de case în care am trăit multă vreme sau de locuri pe care nu le vom revedea poate … Continue reading →

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when prejudice turns to horror (film: Săptămâna mare – Andrei Cohn, 2024)

Posted on May 17, 2025 by admin

One of the most interesting movies of the good year that was 2024 for Romanian cinema, a film that I had been waiting to see for over a year, is ‘Săptămâna mare‘ (‘The Holy Week‘). The film is written and … Continue reading →

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beyond the edge of the society (film: Life Without Credit – Tom Shuval, 2025)

Posted on May 16, 2025 by admin

‘Life Without Credit‘, the film written and directed by Tom Shoval, is powerful and uncomfortable, and it is precisely this refusal to offer any refuge, even momentary, in ‘feel good’ that makes it a unique film in the landscape of … Continue reading →

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the comrade writer (film: Moromeții 3 – Stere Gulea, 2024)

Posted on May 14, 2025 by admin

‘Moromeții 3‘ (the title of the international distribution is ‘The Moromete Family 3: Father and Son‘) is the third film in the series inspired by Marin Preda‘s novels. It is again directed by Stere Gulea and was filmed in 2022-23 … Continue reading →

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isolation and prejudice (film: Trei kilometri până la capătul lumii – Emanuel Pârvu, 2024)

Posted on May 13, 2025 by admin

With ‘Three Kilometers to the End of the World‘ (the original Romania title is ‘Trei kilometri până la capătul lumii‘, director and co-writer Emanuel Pârvu continues one of the main themes of his previous film ‘Marocco’ (or ‘Mikado’) – the … Continue reading →

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CHANGE.WORLD – Om, natură și timp

Posted on May 12, 2025 by admin

O vizită la Viena înseamnă pentru turistul interesat de cultură o imersiune în atmosfera și comorile uneia dintre cele mai bogate metropole a lumii. Am petrecut cinci zile în capitala Austriei la sfârșitul lui aprilie. Nu era prima noastră vizită … Continue reading →

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Italian neorealism ends with a big laugh (film: I soliti ignoti – Mario Monicelli, 1958)

Posted on May 7, 2025 by admin

‘I soliti ignoti‘, Mario Monicelli‘s 1958 film, can be considered the healthy laugh with which the period of Italian neorealism ends. In fact, Monicelli had directed almost 15 comedies in the decade preceding this film, more than one per year, … Continue reading →

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