Monthly Archives: December 2025

generational gaps (film: Father Mother Sister Brother – Jim Jarmusch, 2025)

Posted on December 30, 2025 by admin

It was a delight to end my 2025 film year by watching Jim Jarmusch‘s film ‘Father Mother Sister Brother‘. This is another of the triptychs that the American director wrote and brought to the screen, in which three cinematic stories … Continue reading →

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CHANGE.WORLD: 2025 – Anul care a fost

Posted on December 28, 2025 by admin

2025 a fost un an de schimbări tectonice pentru lumea în care trăim. Se poate spune că a fost anul în care ordinea mondială stabilită după cel de-al doilea război mondial a încetat să mai existe. Unul dintre războaiele care … Continue reading →

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another Judgment at Nuremberg (film: Nuremberg – James Vanderbilt, 2025)

Posted on December 25, 2025 by admin

Comparisons are inevitable. Any film ever made about the war crimes trials after World War II, and the one at Nuremberg in particular, will not be able to avoid reference to Stanley Kramer’s 1961 masterpiece. Just as those trials were … Continue reading →

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CHANGE.WORLD: Lungul Adio al Stației Spațiale Internaționale

Posted on December 23, 2025 by admin

Dacă totul merge conform planurilor, se va întâmpla cândva, la începutul anului 2031. Un obiect spațial numit vehicul de de-orbitare, fabricat probabil de firma SpaceX, va prelua controlul, va tracta Stația Spațială Internațională (SSI) pe o orbită mai joasa decât … Continue reading →

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truth and beauty (film: Cravata galbenă / The Yellow Tie – Serge Ioan Celebidachi, 2025)

Posted on December 20, 2025 by admin

I confess that I was a little afraid to watch ‘The Yellow Tie‘, the film by Serge Ioan Celebidachi. Writing a biography or making a biographical film about one’s own father, a dominant personality not only in his field but … Continue reading →

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small lies, big lies, bad lies, good lies (film: Eleanor the Great – Scarlett Johansson, 2025)

Posted on December 15, 2025 by admin

Scarlett Johansson has starred in films directed by some of the most remarkable directors (including female directors) of our time, from Sofia Coppola and Christopher Nolan to Robert Redford and Woody Allen, in her more than twenty-year acting career. She … Continue reading →

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The Gassman Show (film: Il Mattatore – Dino Risi, 1960)

Posted on December 12, 2025 by admin

Dino Risi‘s 1960 film ‘Il mattatore‘ (or ‘Love and Larceny‘ in the English distribution) belongs to a period in which comedies that were popular with the public and quality films were not disjoint categories. At a time when French cinema … Continue reading →

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René Clair vs. Chaplin (film: À nous la liberté – René Clair, 1931)

Posted on December 11, 2025 by admin

‘À nous la liberté‘ – René Clair‘s 1931 film – is often mentioned in tandem with Chaplin’s ‘Modern Times’ from 1936. The central theme and anti-capitalist message are shared. In the perspective, the direct filiation is obvious. At the time, … Continue reading →

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smart entertainment (film: Wake Up Dead Man – Rian Johnson, 2025)

Posted on December 10, 2025 by admin

Rian Johnson‘s ‘Wake Up Dead Man‘ uses a format that is already familiar to us. A cast that brings together enough stars for three other successful Hollywood films. A ‘whodunit’ mystery following the solution of a crime committed in a … Continue reading →

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realitățile paralele ale lui Murakami (carte: Haruki Murakami – The City and its Uncertain Walls)

Posted on December 10, 2025 by admin

Sunt un fan Murakami. Pentru cei din categoria aceasta, fiecare carte nouă a scriitorului pe care-l iubim este o sărbătoare. Nu face excepție cel mai recent roman al său, apărut în Japonia în 2023 și tradus în limba engleză în … Continue reading →

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