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CHANGE.WORLD: Istorie, informație și dezinformare

Posted on June 22, 2020 by admin

‘Fake news is in the news’. Ce să-i faci, în limba engleză sună mai bine, în românește avem nevoie de un număr dublu de cuvinte. Dezinformarea se află pe prima pagină a știrilor în vremurile noastre. Mai rău, dezinformarea și … Continue reading →

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a failed art essay (documentary: Francofonia – Alexandr Sokurov, 2015)

Posted on June 20, 2020 by admin

I confess that I am not a big fan of Russian director Aleksandr Sokurov. Many consider him the greatest Russian director of the 21st century and Tarkovsky‘s successor on Earth. I wasn’t at all excited (euphemism!) About ‘Russian Ark‘, I … Continue reading →

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slow transition (Film: Doar cu buletinul la Paris – Serban Marinescu, 2015)

Posted on June 19, 2020 by admin

‘Doar cu buletinul la Paris‘ is a film I almost avoided seeing. Judging by its title, it seemed to be one of those Romanian comedies blessed with an excellent cast, but which generally recirculates and perpetuates overused jokes. In the … Continue reading →

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second chance (film: Conversations with Other Women – Hans Canosa, 2005)

Posted on June 18, 2020 by admin

‘Conversations with Other Women‘ is a film that surprised me. I had read about it, probably too much, but anyway, the hype around it was already quite high, and I expected this 2005 film by Hans Canosa who has directed … Continue reading →

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farewell Philip Seymour Hoffman (Film: A Most Wanted Man – Philip Seymour Hoffman, 2014)

Posted on June 17, 2020 by admin

There are deaths it is very difficult for me to reconcile with, deaths about which I maintain a degree of disbelief. I can’t believe, for example, that I won’t see new movies with Robin Williams or Philip Seymour Hoffman. These … Continue reading →

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much more than a crime drama (Film: Garde a vue – Lino Ventura, Romy Schneider, 1981)

Posted on June 16, 2020 by admin

‘Garde a vue‘, made in 1981, brings together on screen two of the super-stars of French cinema from the ’60s and’ 70s, each of them in one of their last films, although neither their age nor their artistic form indicates … Continue reading →

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CHANGE.WORLD: Gutenberg și Zuckerberg

Posted on June 15, 2020 by admin

‘The Atlantic’ este unul dintre puținele periodice tipărite la care mai sunt încă abonat. Revista americană împreună cu platforma sa internetică reprezintă continuarea uneia dintre cele mai remarcabile tradiții din presa americană, revista ‘The Atlantic Monthly’ fondată în 1857, la … Continue reading →

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a night affair in the Paris of the 50s (film: Le desordre et la nuit – Jean Gabin, 1958)

Posted on June 13, 2020 by admin

It is rare for a translated title of a film to be more inspired than the original title. I think this is the case with ‘Le desordre et la nuit‘ directed in 1958 by Gilles Grangier, one of the most … Continue reading →

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code of honor (film: Classe Tous Risques – Claude Sautet, 1960)

Posted on June 12, 2020 by admin

A discovery. Made in 1960, at the peak of the French New Wave, ‘Classe Tous Risques‘ is a classic gangsters movie, directed by Claude Sautet, the screen adaptation of a novel by José Giovanni. Like many other filmmakers who began … Continue reading →

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Hitchcock on the Riviera (film: To Catch a Thief – Alfred Hitchcock, 1955)

Posted on June 11, 2020 by admin

I’m probably to blame, but ‘To Catch a Thief‘ attracted me and interested me less than most of Alfred Hitchcock‘s other films that I remember seeing. Made in 1955, it was the third and last film in which the master … Continue reading →

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