Monthly Archives: May 2025

a love story on the stormy ocean (film: Remorques – Jean Grémillon, 1941)

There are films whose production could be a good subject for a film script. One of these cases seems to me to be ‘Remorques‘ (the English distribution title was ‘Stormy Waters‘). The director of this film was Jean Grémillon, a … Continue reading

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Mister la muzeu (carte: Fiona Davis – Palatul Magnolia)

Cea mai mare parte a acțiunii romanului ‘Palatul Magnolia’ de Fiona Davis, apărut în 2023 la Editura Humanitas-fiction în colecția ‘Raftul Denisei’ în traducerea Sînzianei Dragoș, se petrece în clădirea din New York care adăpostește muzeul Colecției Frick, unul dintre … Continue reading

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the voice of the diva (film: Maria – Pablo Larraín, 2024)

I was quite skeptical about ‘Maria‘, the biopic (or kind of biopic) that Steven Steven Knight wrote and Pablo Larraín directed for Netflix, released at the end of 2024. It is the third film, perhaps the final film, in a … Continue reading

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the singer of the people (film: Stelios – Yorgos Tsemberopoulos, 2024)

‘Stelios‘ is a biographical film about Stelios Kazantzidis, one of the most popular Greek singers of the second half of the 20th century. He is also very well known and extremely popular in Israel, where his songs are often broadcast … Continue reading

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wait for second half when it really gets crazy (film: Les tribulations d’un Chinois en Chine – Philippe de Broca, 1965)

‘Les tribulations d’un chinois en Chine‘ (the English title is ‘Up to His Ears’) was made by director Philippe de Broca in 1965, a year after his international blockbuster success with ‘L’homme de Rio’. It is obvious that the film … Continue reading

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