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CHANGE.WORLD: Corona și Internetul

Posted on April 13, 2020 by admin

Criza care afectează întreagă planetă de la începutul lui 2020 și care va continua probabil să domine viețile tuturor în următoarele luni și în următorii ani a demonstrat încă o dată, dacă mai era necesar, cât de esențială a devenit … Continue reading →

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gangs of Marseilles (Film: Borsalino – Jean-Paul Belmondo, Alain Delon, 1970)

Posted on April 11, 2020 by admin

Half a century after the premiere, ‘Borsalino‘ directed by Jacques Deray has all the features, charm and humor of French films of the 1970s and at the same time is alert, modern and has a good chance that if relaunched … Continue reading →

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Poveștile de iubire ale samuraiului (Carte: Yukio Mishima – O dimineață de iubire pură)

Posted on April 10, 2020 by admin

Yukio Mishima (1925 – 1970) este una dintre figurile fascinante ale literaturii și culturii japoneze. Controversat în timpul vieții, patetic și tragic în moarte, Mishima continuă până astăzi să fie subiect de dezbateri și de studii, atât pentru istorici cât … Continue reading →

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CHANGE.WORLD: Aproape nimic despre Corona – KAMIKAZE ’89

Posted on April 6, 2020 by admin

Voi încerca în această săptămână să nu scriu aproape nimic despre noul coronavirus. Subiectul va reveni, desigur, în săptămânile următoare. Și totuși – unul dintre efectele colaterale pozitive ale pandemiei este deschiderea fără precedent a porților virtuale ale muzeelor, ale … Continue reading →

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trash and/or masterpiece (Film: Suspiria – Dario Argento, 1977)

Posted on April 4, 2020 by admin

‘Suspiria‘ and a few other of Dario Argento‘s films that became the classics of today have represented a turn towards extreme of the horror genre. By pushing the level of bloody violence and sexuality, either implicit or explicit, the Italian … Continue reading →

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the odd father and daughter couple (film: Toni Erdman – Maren Ade, 2016)

Posted on April 3, 2020 by admin

It took four years after the premiere and a pandemic to came over the world for me to get to see ‘Toni Erdmann‘, the German film written and directed in 2016 by Maren Ade, a film that surprised the film … Continue reading →

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film noir in Paris and Marseille (film: Le Deuxième Souffle – Jean-Pierre Melville, 1966)

Posted on March 31, 2020 by admin

Nowadays, films that last more than two hours or even two and a half hours are no longer a rarity, on the contrary, they have become almost the norm. This was not the case in 1966, when Jean-Pierre Melville directed … Continue reading →

Posted in movies | Tagged Christine Fabréga, film noir, French cinema, gangster movies, Jean-Pierre Melville, Le Deuxième Souffle, Lino Ventura, Michel Constantin, Paul Meurisse | Leave a comment

CHANGE.WORLD: Frumusețea morbidă a Coronei

Posted on March 30, 2020 by admin

„Imaginați-vă… cum ar arăta actuala criză globală dacă Internetul nu ar exista. Fără să-i putem vedea și vorbi cu cei dragi din orice colț al lumii, fără capacitatea de a ne conecta și de a comunica cu prietenii, fără știri … Continue reading →

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twilight of a marriage (Film: 45 Years – Andrew Haigh, 2015)

Posted on March 28, 2020 by admin

I like films that give the chance to veteran actors whom I love to play in significant roles, suitable for older age. This is the case of Andrew Haigh‘s ‘45 Years‘, a movie which brings together on screen Charlotte Rampling … Continue reading →

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first in bed and then in love … maybe (Film: The Singer / Quand j’étais chanteur – Gérard Depardieu, 2006)

Posted on March 24, 2020 by admin

Alain and Marion, the heroes of ‘Quand j’etais chanteur‘ (the English title is ‘The Singer‘) directed by Xavier Giannoliand released on screens in 2006, meet, feel attracted to each other, and spend together what could have remained a one-night stand. … Continue reading →

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