Monthly Archives: September 2025

the world as seen by Maria (film: Dinți de lapte – Mihai Mincan, 2025)

Posted on September 30, 2025 by admin

‘Dinți de lapte‘ (‘Milk Teeth‘) is, in its way, a unique film. It is the second auteur film (written and directed) by Mihai Mincan and made as a co-production with international financing and participation. This time, unlike his debut film, … Continue reading →

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big, beautiful, boring (film: A Big Bold Beautiful Journey – Kogonada, 2025)

Posted on September 29, 2025 by admin

Romantic fantasies are not exactly my favorite genre of film, but when they succeed, they have a good chance of being very enjoyable. I had quite a few expectations from ‘A Big Bold Beautiful Journey‘. I liked the title a … Continue reading →

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CHANGE.WORLD: Enescu si Inteligența Artificială

Posted on September 28, 2025 by admin

Festivalul Internațional George Enescu a ajuns în acest an la a XXVII-a ediție. Am fost la București pentru aproape întreaga durată a evenimentului care transformă orașul în capitală culturală a Europei o dată la fiecare doi ani, fără a avea … Continue reading →

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a polarized world (film: One Battle After Another – Paul Thomas Anderson, 2025)

Posted on September 26, 2025 by admin

‘One Battle After Another‘ is the first serious candidate for the next Academy Awards. I couldn’t have expected anything else from Paul Thomas Anderson, a film maker who has already demonstrated his talent for bringing complex stories to the screen … Continue reading →

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a drama with music (film: Mélo – Alain Resnais, 1986)

Posted on September 25, 2025 by admin

Melodrama has not always had a negative or ironic connotation. In fact, in the 19th century this theatrical genre was closer to what the etymology of the word indicates, that is, a drama (usually set in a family environment) with … Continue reading →

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growing up on the road (film: Almost Famous – Cameron Crowe, 2000)

Posted on September 24, 2025 by admin

‘Almost Famous‘ is a phenomenon movie. The screenwriter and director is Cameron Crowe, who between 1996 and 2001 wrote and directed several splendid feature movies (for this one he won an Academy Award for best original screenplay) and then practically … Continue reading →

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O oglindă deformată (carte: Colum McCann – Apeirogon)

Posted on September 24, 2025 by admin

Colum McCann s-a născut în 1965 în Irlanda. Tatăl său era scriitor și jurnalist, așa încât Colum și-a petrecut o parte din copilărie în redacțiile ziarelor. În pofida sfaturilor și avertismentelor paternale, a decis să calce pe urmele tatălui său, … Continue reading →

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CHANGE.WORLD: Confruntare in spațiu – Musk vs. Bezos

Posted on September 23, 2025 by admin

Unul dintre ei este cel mai bogat om din lume, sau poate ‘doar’ al doilea cel mai bogat om din lume. Celălalt este al patrulea cel mai bogat om din lume. Împreună, averile lor depășesc 630 de miliarde de dolari. … Continue reading →

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Aronofsky does Coen … or maybe Tarantino (film: Caught Stealing – Darren Aronofsky, 2025)

Posted on September 15, 2025 by admin

Darren Aronofsky is accustomed to surprise us. Starting with his directorial debut with ‘Pi’, going through the exceptional ‘Requiem for a Dream’ and ‘Black Swan’ to ‘The Whale’, including a few failures along the way, always original and uncomfortable. His … Continue reading →

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quality horror (film: Weapons – Zach Cregger, 2025)

Posted on September 12, 2025 by admin

‘Weapons‘ belongs to a genre of cinema that is not at all among my favorites. The story could very well have been inspired by a novel by Stephen King, but it is actually an original script written by director Zach … Continue reading →

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