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CHANGE.WORLD – Noutăți din lumea super-calculatoarelor

Posted on January 14, 2020 by admin

Există calculatoare și super-calculatoare. ‘Computers’ și ‘supercomputers’. Definiția super-calculatoarelor este relativ simplă și destul de trivială. Super-calculatoarele sunt calculatoare cu performanțe mult superioare celorlalte calculatoare (celor de uz general). Prin performanțe se înțelege, în general, puterea de calcul măsurată în … Continue reading →

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gangsters ‘film noir’ made in Romania (Film: La Gomera / The Whistlers – Cornel Porumboiu, 2019)

Posted on January 13, 2020 by admin

The maturity of a film school is measured not only by masterpieces or films awarded with gold at major festivals, but also by ‘average’ movies, belonging to popular genres or film niches. If this criterion is correct, then we can … Continue reading →

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immersed in ww1 (Film: 1917 – Sam Mendes, 2019)

Posted on January 11, 2020 by admin

I’m afraid that I saw yesterday the movie that will win the Academy Award for Best Movie this season. I wrote that ‘I’m afraid’ because ‘1917‘ directed by Sam Mendes is an extremely technically ingenious film, impressive in cinematography, and … Continue reading →

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the coming to age of the rabbit (Film: Jojo Rabbit – Taika Waititi, 2019)

Posted on January 7, 2020 by admin

‘Jojo Rabbit‘, Taika Waititi‘s film arouses controversy among film critics and viewers. Normal for a satirical comedy dealing with the darkest period in history? Perhaps, however, we should not be so shocked anymore, and not because almost eight decades have … Continue reading →

Posted in movies | Tagged American cinema, American movies, coming to age movies, Holocaust movies, Jojo Rabbit, Roman Griffin Davis, Scarlett Johansson, Taika Waititi, Thomasin McKenzie, ww2 movies | Leave a comment

CHANGE.WORLD: 2020 – Anul care va fi

Posted on January 7, 2020 by admin

Iată-ne în 2020 sau douăzeci-douăzeci, cum spun unii. Lăsând la o parte disputa dacă la 1 ianuarie a început sau nu un nou deceniu (eu prefer să port această discuție doar o dată pe mileniu), sigur este că intrăm în … Continue reading →

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despre arte și viață (Carte: Sofia Gelman Kiss – Meditații subiective)

Posted on January 6, 2020 by admin

Sofia Gelman Kiss trăiește din 1986 în Israel, unde își continuă activitatea de muzicolog și cadru didactic în domeniul muzicii începută la Conservatorul din Cluj, fiind și o colaboratoare permanentă a publicațiilor israeliene în limba română. Culegerea ei de articole, … Continue reading →

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the mayor and the philosopher (Film: Alice et le maire – Fabrice Luchini, 2019)

Posted on January 5, 2020 by admin

Politicians and the bureaucracy around them (political parties, parliaments, governments, mayors) do not enjoy a good rating nowadays. However, films about politicians and those around them seem to be more successful than the politicians themselves. A good example in this … Continue reading →

Posted in movies | Tagged Alice and the Mayor, Alice et le maire, Anaïs Demoustier, Fabrice Luchini, French cinema, Nicolas Pariser | Leave a comment

popes transition (film: The Two Popes – Anthony Hopkins, Jonathan Pryce, 2019)

Posted on January 3, 2020 by admin

The screenplay for ‘The Two Popes‘ is written by Anthony McCarten and this is his fourth screenplay of a successful biopic brought to screens since 2014, after ‘The Theory of Everything‘, ‘Darkest Hour‘ and ‘Bohemian Rhapsody‘. Beware, the filmmakers claim … Continue reading →

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anatomy of a divorce (film: Marriage Story – Scarlett Johansson, 2019)

Posted on December 31, 2019 by admin

‘Marriage Story‘ directed by Noah Baumbach has been compared by many people to ‘Kramer Vs. Kramer ‘and I can’t help suspecting that this comparison was encouraged by or even originated in the PR machine of the film’s producers. There are … Continue reading →

Posted in movies | Tagged Adam Driver, American cinema, Laura Dern, Marriage Story, Netflix, Noah Baumbach, Ray Liotta, Scarlett Johansson | Leave a comment

CHANGE.WORLD: 2019 – Anul care a fost