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Kibbutzul de la frontiera cu Infernul (carte: Amir Tibon – Masacrul din 7 octombrie 2023)

Posted on August 21, 2026 by admin

Publicul din România în general și publicul cititor în special pare să fie fascinat de Orientul Mijlociu. Multe dintre cărțile semnificative ale scriitorilor din Israel și din țările din jur, sunt traduse din limbile ebraică, arabă, engleză și publicate de … Continue reading →

Posted in books | Tagged Amir Tibon, Israel history, Israeli authors, Masacrul din 7 octombrie 2023, The Gates of Gaza | Leave a comment

Almodóvar faces a crisis … and survives it with another wonderful film (film: Amarga Navidad – Pedro Almodóvar, 2026)

Posted on August 19, 2026 by admin

Almodóvar in crisis? Almodóvar repeating himself? Did Almodóvar make a boring film? What are you talking about? ‘Amarga Navidad‘ (‘Bitter Christmas‘ in the English distribution), the most recent film written and directed by Pedro Almodóvar, is interesting, profound, colorful, strange, … Continue reading →

Posted in movies | Tagged Amarga Navidad, author cinema, Bárbara Lennie, film in film, Leonardo Sbaraglia, original script, Pedro Almodovar, Spanish cinema | Leave a comment

Paternitate și revoluție (carte: Alexander Hausvater – Donatorul)

Posted on August 14, 2026 by admin

Alexander Hausvater este o personalitate artistică și o persoană șarmantă. Disclaimer: am privilegiul de a-l cunoaște personal și am avut plăcerea să particip la lansarea, într-o frumoasă seară de sfârșit de mai, în grădina Muzeului National al Literaturii Române, a … Continue reading →

Posted in books | Tagged Alexander Hausvater, Donatorul, dystopia, family drama, fiction literature, literatura romana, novels | Leave a comment

the great Catherines (film: Sage femme – Martin Provost, 2017)

Posted on August 13, 2026 by admin

The 2017 ‘Sage femme‘ (the title of the English distribution was ‘The Midwife’) by Martin Provost was a pleasant surprise and it is not clear to me why the film was underappreciated at the time by part of the public … Continue reading →

Posted in movies | Tagged author cinema, Catherine Deneuve, Catherine Frot, family drama, French cinema, Martin Provost, melodrama, Mylène Demongeot, Olivier Gourmet, original script, Sage femme, social cinema, The Midwife | Leave a comment

prequel to a legend (film: Robin Hood – Ridley Scott, 2010)

Posted on August 11, 2026 by admin

The mistake that many film critics and viewers who follow their opinions about Ridley Scott‘s films with real or imaginary historical figures make, in my opinion, is their rigid and inaccurate categorization. The veteran director, who is approaching 90 years … Continue reading →

Posted in movies | Tagged Cate Blanchett, historical action film, Hollywood movies, Lea Seydoux, Mark Strong, Max von Sydow, original script, Oscar Isaac, Ridley Scott, Robin Hood, Russell Crowe, William Hurt | Leave a comment

A fost odată … în Transilvania (carte: Ioana Stana – Hotarul moștenirii)

Posted on August 11, 2026 by admin

Cititorii cărții ‘Hotarul moștenirii’, apărută în 2026 la editura Oscar Print, vor întâlni o operă literară mai puțin obișnuită, o carte care instruiește, surprinde și emoționează. Ioana Stana a abordat dintr-o perspectivă originală un episod din istoria nordului Transilvaniei din … Continue reading →

Posted in books | Tagged A fost odată ... în Transilvania, Hotarul moștenirii, Ioana Stana, literatura romana, novels | Leave a comment

late education (film: Good Luck to You, Leo Grande – Sophie Hyde, 2022)

Posted on August 9, 2026 by admin

‘Good Luck to You, Leo Grande‘ (2022), director Sophie Hyde‘s first film made outside of Australia, is a product of the pandemic. The disease caused by the Covid-19 virus has had few positive effects, but among them were the productions … Continue reading →

Posted in movies | Tagged Bryan Mason, Daryl McCormack, Emma Thompson, Good Luck to You Leo Grande, Katy Brand, original script, relationship comedy, sex comedy, Sophie Hyde | Leave a comment

liaison dangereuse (film: Loulou – Maurice Pialat, 1980)

Posted on August 7, 2026 by admin

I had several good reasons for choosing to watch Maurice Pialat‘s 1980 film ‘Lolou‘. Maurice Pialat came late to film directing. He was 43 in 1968 when he made his first feature film. The peak of the French Nouvelle Vague … Continue reading →

Posted in movies | Tagged Arlette Langmann, film about infidelity, French cinema, Gerard Depardieu, Guy Marchand, Isabelle Huppert, La Nouvelle Vague, Loulou, Maurice Pialat, original script, relationship drama, romantic drama | Leave a comment

from Brigitte to BB (TV series: Bardot – Christopher Thompson & Danièle Thompson, 2023)

Posted on August 6, 2026 by admin

Brigitte Bardot was such a complex personality that several completely different biographical films could be made about her: about Brigitte Bardot the sex symbol who rivaled only with Marilyn Monroe in her time (OK, maybe also a few Italian actresses); … Continue reading →

Posted in TV | Tagged Anne Le Ny, Bardot, Based on a True Story, Brigitte Bardot, Christopher Thompson, Danièle Thompson, french TV series, Giuseppe Maggio, Jean Franco, Julia de Nunez, movies about movies, Noham Edje, original script, TV series, Victor Belmondo, Yvan Attal | Leave a comment

Satira ca formă ultimativă a revizionismului evreiesc (carte: Joshua Cohen – Clanul Netanyahu)

Posted on August 4, 2026 by admin

Editura Vremea publică extrem de puțină beletristică. Aproape deloc. O excepție pare a fi romanul ‘Clanul Netanyahu’ al lui Joshua Cohen, apărut în 2025, în traducerea și cu note semnate de Dragoș Ciocăzan. Interesantă aceasta excepție, ca să folosesc un … Continue reading →

Posted in books | Tagged American literature, Clanul Netanyahu, Joshua Cohen, satire, The Netanyahus | Leave a comment