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John & especially Yoko (film: John & Yoko: Above Us Only Sky – Michael Epstein, 2018)

Posted on October 11, 2019 by admin

The documentary ‘John & Yoko: Above Us Only Sky‘ can be considered as a post-trauma movie. The Beatles fans who are today at or near retirement age were experiencing a traumatic period 50 years ago. The internal conflicts between the … Continue reading →

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crumbling of an epoch (Film: L’heure d’été – Olivier Assayas, 2008)

Posted on October 10, 2019 by admin

I chose to see ‘L’heure d’ete‘ (film released in the English space with the title ‘Summer Hours’) especially for Juliette Binoche, an actress I greatly appreciate, and for director Olivier Assayas. Binoche does not have as consistent a role in … Continue reading →

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călătorie sau moarte (carte: Olga Tokarczuk – Rătăcitorii)

Posted on October 9, 2019 by admin

Olga Tokarczuk este una dintre cele mai cunoscute scriitoare poloneze de astăzi. Născută în 1962, a câștigat de două ori Premiul Nike, cel mai prestigios premiul literar al Poloniei. Opera și activitatea sa nu sunt lipsite însă de controverse în … Continue reading →

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Spielberg – the documentary (Film: Spielberg – Susan Lacy, 2017)

Posted on October 9, 2019 by admin

147 minutes may be too much or too little for a documentary about the biography and career of one of the most important contemporary film directors. That’s exactly the feeling left by Susan Lacy‘s ‘Spielberg‘ for HBO. On one hand … Continue reading →

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CHANGE.WORLD: Cunoscute sunt căile Pământului

Posted on October 8, 2019 by admin

Cartea pe care o am pe noptieră în această săptămână se numește ‘Rătăcitorii’ și este semnată de scriitoarea poloneză Olga Tokarczuk. Apărută în traducere românească în colecția ‘Biblioteca POLIROM’ a editurii cu același nume, a fost adusă în atenția publicului … Continue reading →

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the saga of an unusual family (Film: Ostatnia rodzina / The Last Family – Jan P. Matuszynski, 2016)

Posted on October 7, 2019 by admin

Jan P. Matuszynski, the director of the remarkable film ‘Ostatnia rodzina‘ (‘The Last Family’) we saw at the Polish film festival organized by the local cinematheque was born in 1984. Part of the story in the film takes place before … Continue reading →

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beware of the mermaids! (Film: The Lure – Agnieszka Smoczynska, 2015)

Posted on October 3, 2019 by admin

‘Corki Dancing‘ (‘Daughters of Dance’) by the Polish director Agnieszka Smoczynska, distributed in the English-speaking world as ‘The Lure’, is part of the increasingly rich category of films that refuse categorization or, if you want, creatively combine different genres and … Continue reading →

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CHANGE.WORLD: Inegalitățile, o primejdie globală

Posted on October 1, 2019 by admin

Nu sunt un adept al egalitarismului cu orice preț. Îmi displac utopiile sociale și consider că ideologiile care pun la loc de cinste modele umane sau structuri care nu țin cont și nu respectă calitățile individuale ale fiecărui om sunt … Continue reading →

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an ambiguous thriller (Film: L’amour est un crime parfait – Mathieu Amalric, 2013)

Posted on September 28, 2019 by admin

‘Love is the Perfect Crime’ (‘L’amour est un crime parfait’ in French) is one of the most formidable movie titles I can remember. A title that promises a combination of thriller and love story, which is indeed part of what … Continue reading →

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the nightmare of the nightingale (Film: The Nightingale – Jennifer Kent, 2018)

Posted on September 27, 2019 by admin

I rarely have the opportunity to watch Australian films. Some of the actors and directors from the antipodes continent made brilliant careers in Hollywood, but Australian films rarely enjoy international distribution. Maybe unfairly, because the ones I managed to see … Continue reading →

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