Monthly Archives: July 2025

chasing evil (film: M – Fritz Lang, 1931)

Posted on July 31, 2025 by admin

It’s hard to believe that Fritz Lang‘s ‘M‘ was made in 1931. This film is so bold, unconventional, inventive, stylish, dark and scary that even today, if it were projected or released with minor changes and modernizations, it would stir … Continue reading →

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a cake too sweet (film: About Time – Richard Curtis, 2013)

Posted on July 30, 2025 by admin

Richard Curtis is one of the most successful screenwriters in the ‘feel-good’ romantic comedy genre. Some of its remarkable successes are due to his writing. He has only dared to sit in the director’s chair three times in order to … Continue reading →

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the two hemispheres of Europe (film: Jaful secolului – Teodora Mihai, 2024)

Posted on July 29, 2025 by admin

Films about migrations, emigrants and immigrants are an important genre in world cinema, but not in Romanian cinema. ‘Jaful secolului‘ a.k.a. ‘The Heist of the Century‘ (which also circulates worldwide with the alternative titles ‘Traffic‘ and ‘Rheostat‘) has as its … Continue reading →

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on the ruins of Germany (film: Germania anno zero – Roberto Rossellini, 1948)

Posted on July 27, 2025 by admin

‘Germany Year Zero‘, filmed by Roberto Rossellini in 1947 and released in 1948, is one of those films about which entire bookshelves have been written and can still be written. In less than 80 minutes, this film manages to be … Continue reading →

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adventures in Africa (film: L’africain – Philippe de Broca, 1983)

Posted on July 23, 2025 by admin

‘L’africain‘ is a film that had all the premises of a great success. It was released in 1983 as a kind of French cinema industry’s response to the trend of action films set in exotic locations generated by the enormous … Continue reading →

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CHANGE.WORLD: 2025 – Raftul de cărți (până acum)

Posted on July 22, 2025 by admin

Probabil că mulți dintre cititorii rubricii CHANGE.WORLD împărtășesc opinia că anul 2025 este altfel. De obicei, când ajung la jumătatea anului și încerc să fac bilanțuri parțiale, senzația este că nu am simțit când au trecut jumătate din cele 365 … Continue reading →

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a remarkable film by a master of theatre (film: Lord of the Flies – Peter Brook, 1963)

Posted on July 21, 2025 by admin

Peter Brook was one of the greatest directors in the history of theatre, but he experimented with film in the first half of his career. ‘Lord of the Flies‘ (1963) is his second and last full-fledged venture into the world … Continue reading →

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the life, loves and art of Peter Sellers (film: The Life and Death of Peter Sellers – Stephen Hopkins, 2004)

Posted on July 20, 2025 by admin

‘The Life and Death of Peter Sellers‘ is a film – for me – inexplicably underrated. Made in 2004 by director Stephen Hopkins, it brings to the screen the film career and private life of Peter Sellers, one of the … Continue reading →

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another poignant family docu-drama by Radu Ciorniciuc (documentary: Tata – Radu Ciorniciuc & Lina Vdovii, 2024)

Posted on July 18, 2025 by admin

‘Tata‘ (2024) is the second film by director Radu Ciorniciuc after ‘Acasă, My Home’ in which he builds an entire cinematic universe starting from a special life story. Material that for many other filmmakers would result in a film exposed … Continue reading →

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Despre literatură, prietenie și moarte (carte: Martin Amis – Inside Story)

Posted on July 17, 2025 by admin

‘Inside Story’ este ultima carte a lui Martin Amis, publicată în 2020, cu trei ani înainte de moartea scriitorului și apărută în 2024 în limba romana în traducerea Mihaelei Ghiță în colecția Anansi a Editurii Pandora M. Amis îl descria … Continue reading →

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