Monthly Archives: March 2026

Cukor after Hitchcock (film: Gaslight – George Cukor, 1944)

Posted on March 24, 2026 by admin

Some American remakes are much better than the original films. There aren’t many, but they do exist. ‘Gaslight‘, filmed in Hollywood in 1944 by George Cukor, is one of them. The film reuses, four years later, the plot of a … Continue reading →

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CHANGE.WORLD: IA și legislația europeană

Posted on March 24, 2026 by admin

Inteligența Artificială (IA) nu este creată și utilizată într-un vid legislativ. Voi încerca în acest articol al rubricii CHANGE.WORLD să furnizez câteva informații de bază, să sintetizez și să clarific care sunt liniile directoare și stadiul prezent al legislației europene … Continue reading →

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Naționalismul ca motor al progresului. O propunere de reabilitare (carte: Yael Tamir – De ce naționalism?)

Posted on March 23, 2026 by admin

O cunosc pe Yael Tamir din politica israeliană, unde a fost o prezență activă până în 2010 sub numele de Yuli Tamir. Născută în 1954, a fost, la sfârșitul anilor ’70, una dintre fondatoarele mișcării ‘Pacea Acum’. Intrată în politica de partid la … Continue reading →

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Marlowe goes on (film: Marlowe – Neil Jordan, 2022)

Posted on March 18, 2026 by admin

What do Humphrey Boggart, Robert Mitchum, George Sanders and Liam Neeson have in common? They have all won Academy Awards. Something else? They have all played Philip Marlowe on screen. Marlowe is one of those characters who has long since … Continue reading →

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De la cultura dezbaterii la fanatismul puterii (carte: Cristina A. Bejan – Intelectualii și fascismul în România interbelică. Asociația Criterion)

Posted on March 16, 2026 by admin

După câte știu eu, nu s-a scris încă vreun studiu amplu despre contribuția istoricilor străini la istoriografia românească și în special la cea care se ocupă de ultimul secol. Aceasta mi se pare a fi foarte semnificativă în ultimele decenii. … Continue reading →

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daddy’s romcom (film: The Apartment – Billy Wilder, 1960)

Posted on March 15, 2026 by admin

‘The Apartment‘ was made in 1960, a year after director Billy Wilder and his Romania-born co-writer I.A.L. Diamond had made ‘Some Like It Hot’. The success was expected and the film did even better than its predecessor, winning 5 Oscars … Continue reading →

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the other lives of a monster (film: Das Verschwinden des Josef Mengele – Kirill Serebrennikov, 2025)

Posted on March 13, 2026 by admin

Director Kirill Serebrennikov is a leading figure in contemporary Russian theater and film, and a man of great talent and courage. His most recent films are both author films and biographies of complex and very different personalities. The composer Tchaikovsky … Continue reading →

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the monster finds love (film: The Bride! – Maggie Gyllenhaal, 2026)

Posted on March 9, 2026 by admin

Maggie Gyllenhaal seems to me to be one of the success stories among actors who have gone behind the camera and became directors. After the remarkable debut with ‘The Lost Daughter’ now comes ‘The Bride!‘ which is more than a … Continue reading →

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the chronicle of a failure in the Balkans (film: Sorella di Clausura – Ivana Mladenovic, 2025)

Posted on March 5, 2026 by admin

Ivana Mladenovic, the director of the film ‘Sorella din Clausura‘ (‘Cloistered Sister‘ in the English distribution), was born in Serbia, but studied theater and film in Romania, where her four feature films to date have been made. The film’s title, … Continue reading →

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