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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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Hitchcock in a French village (Film: Le boucher – Claude Chabrol, 1970)

Posted on June 9, 2020 by admin

If Alfred Hitchcock had made a mystery thriller film set in a French village, I think it would have been ‘Le Boucher‘. Hitchcock, as we all know, did not make such a film, but maybe he got to see Claude … Continue reading →

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Vremea profeților (Carte: Ioana Pârvulescu – Prevestirea)

Posted on June 9, 2020 by admin

Romanul ‘Prevestirea’ al Ioanei Pârvulescu apărut la Editura Humanitas este una dintre primele cărți care este lansată după perioada cu tentă apocaliptică a pandemiei cauzate de virusul COVID-19. Este o carte deosebită care se bucură de o lansare deosebită, una … Continue reading →

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CHANGE.WORLD: Între Pământ și stele

Posted on June 8, 2020 by admin

Știrile săptămânii ne poartă spre stele, dar nu ne lasă nici să ne despărțim de actualitățile care ne invadează viețile pe Pământ. Rubrica CHANGE.WORLD se va ocupa, firesc, în această săptămână, de misiunea spațială Crew Dragon Demo-2, care reprezintă o … Continue reading →

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love and crime in the countryside (film: Les noces rouges – Claude Chabrol, 1973)

Posted on June 6, 2020 by admin

A few years after being one of the French New Wave four aces, Claude Chabrol said goodbye to film experiments and embarked on a very active commercial directorial career. For over 30 years he has produced films at a rate … Continue reading →

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becoming a child like all the other (Film: Pinocchio – Matteo Garrone, 2019)

Posted on June 5, 2020 by admin

Pinocchio fascinates filmmakers. The first atru to bring to screen Carlo Collodi’s novel took place in 1936, as an animated feature, in Italy, but the first to complete the project were Walt Disney and his colleagues in 1940. Another 20 … Continue reading →

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Portret: Beatrice Bernath – work-in-progres

Posted on June 4, 2020 by admin

BB sau Betty sau Beatrice Bernath este un fenomen. Cei care o cunosc în persoană nu pot scăpa de farmecul și prezența ei magnetică. Cei care îi cunosc întâi doar cărțile sau doar picturile se află la începutul unei explorări … Continue reading →

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