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life is dance, dance is life (film: Le Bal – Ettore Scola, 1983)

Each film by Ettore Scola is a special experience and different from all the others, and ‘Le bal‘ made in 1983 is no exception. 28 years before Michel Hazanavicius‘ ‘The Artist‘, Scola made a film devoid of dialogue, but the … Continue reading →

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the last Truffaut (film: Vivement Dimanche! – Francois Truffaut, 1983)

It is very difficult for us, those who admired and loved François Truffaut to judge the 1983 ‘Vivement Dimanche!‘ (the English title is ‘Confidentially Yours‘ without taking into account the ruthless label that fate has attached to it: his last … Continue reading →

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CHANGE.WORLD – Roboți și videoconferințe

O parte însemnată din omenire, în special în țările în care campaniile de vaccinare au început devreme, s-au desfășurat eficient și au acoperit cel puțin majoritatea populației, începe să lase în urmă pandemia. Cele mai multe dintre țările Europei, Statele … Continue reading →

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a super-hero in the middle of the road (film: Wonder Woman 1984 – Patty Jenkins, 2020)

‘Wonder Woman 1984‘ a (2020 production, written and directed by Patty Jenkins) was the first film I saw in a movie theatre after a 15-month hiatus due to the pandemic. The choice was not intentional, but I am still satisfied … Continue reading →

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O cosmogonie sarcastică (carte: Nichita Danilov – Omul din eprubetă)

Lectura cărții lui Nichita Danilov ‘Omul din eprubetă’ apărută în 2021 în colecția ‘fiction-Ltd’ a editurii Polirom este una dintre acele experiențe de calitate pe care iubitorii de literatură și cei care se încumetă să recenzeze cărți ne-am dori-o de … Continue reading →

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it’s just not funny (enough) (film: Rough Night – Lucia Aniello, 2017)

There are quite a few reasons why I should have liked the ‘Rough Night‘. First of all, this is a girly version of the genre of movies in which a group of men meet a round number of years after … Continue reading →

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this film could not have been made today (film: L’homme qui aimait les femmes – Francois Truffaut, 1977)

It would be impossible to make today a movie like ‘L’homme qui aimait les femmes‘ (the English title is ‘The Man Who Loved Women‘) directed in 1977 by François Truffaut. Not the way the French filmmaker wrote and directed it, … Continue reading →

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CHANGE.WORLD: Resetare la Intel

Toată lumea a auzit despre Intel. Mulți dintre noi au lucrat pe calculatoare de diferite forme și dimensiuni pe care sunt aplicate etichete ‘Intel Inside’ – un termen de marketing care confirmă faptul că în respectivul aparat procesorul central este … Continue reading →

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runaway kids (film: Moonrise Kingdom – Wes Anderson, 2012)

Welcome to Wes Anderson‘s universe for ‘Moonrise Kingdom‘, made in 2012, perhaps Anderson‘s most Andersonian film. It’s a bold combination of a movie for and about teenagers and a surreal fantasy, a nostalgic American story set in the mid-1960s – … Continue reading →

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the mirror of Radu Jude (film: Babardeala cu bucluc sau porno balamuc – Radu Jude, 2021)

I have several reasons to rejoice that Radu Jude‘s ‘Bad Luck Banging or Loony Porn’ received the Golden Bear at the 2021 Berlin Film Festival, where it was released. One of them is that the film demonstrates that the Romanian … Continue reading →

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