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verbose and predictable (Film: Late Night – Emma Thompson, 2019)

Posted on August 10, 2019 by admin

Night time TV shows are an American invention, brought to the level of art by the likes of Ed Sullivan, Johnny Carson, Jay Leno, David Letterman. This is also a very masculine world, there almost were no presenters of such … Continue reading →

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wars of the classes (Film: Parasite – Joon-ho Bong, 2019)

Posted on August 9, 2019 by admin

We’ve only been through the middle of 2019, but I think that I can mark the fact that I experienced the cinema event of the year, or at least one of the important events of the year in movies. This … Continue reading →

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the last great festival (Film: Message to Love – Murray Lerner, 1996)

Posted on August 8, 2019 by admin

In August 1970, more than 600,000 people invaded the Isle of Wight, located near the south coast of England and populated in the ordinary times by less than 100,000 inhabitants, to attend the third edition of the Pop Music Festival. … Continue reading →

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turning the camera on himself (Film: Dolor y gloria – Pedro Almodóvar, 2019)

Posted on August 7, 2019 by admin

‘Dolor y gloria‘ (‘Pain and glory‘) has been described by many viewers and critics as ‘Pedro Almodóvar‘s most personal film’. It is, to me, a slightly strange definition, because all the films of the great directors are to a lesser … Continue reading →

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the fear (Film: ‘HaTzlila’/’The Dive’ – Yona Rozenkier, 2018)

Posted on August 4, 2019 by admin

‘HaTzlila‘ / ‘The Dive‘ is one of those films that has an interesting and significant ‘making of’ history about how the idea was born and how the production was made. Director Yona Rozenkier is at his first film, although he … Continue reading →

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what the BBC does best (TV series: Wolf Hall – Mark Rylance, 2015)

Posted on August 2, 2019 by admin

A BBC historical series represents a summit meeting for history buffs and quality television lovers. The reign of Henry VIII is an inexhaustible source of historical fiction – literary or for the screens of all sizes. Few other historical periods … Continue reading →

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CHANGE.WORLD: Conspirația Apollo 11

Posted on July 30, 2019 by admin

Aniversarea jumătății de secol de la primii pași ai omenirii pe un alt astru a ocupat, cu o săptămână în urmă, atenția unei mari părți a presei, a programelor de televiziune și a discuțiilor pe forurile internetice. Au fost proiectate … Continue reading →

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a double soap opera by Geo Saizescu (Film: Iubire elenă – Geo Saizescu, 2012)

Posted on July 28, 2019 by admin

Fans of Romanian cinema and viewers who follow the movies coming from Romania have two good reasons to want to see “Iubire elenă” (“Greek Love”) made in 2012. This was the latest film by Geo Saizescu (1932-2013), a film director … Continue reading →

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one woman, two worlds (Film: Félix & Meira – Maxime Giroux, 2014)

Posted on July 27, 2019 by admin

The theme of the movie ‘Félix & Meira‘ made in 2014 by the Quebecois film director Maxime Giroux may seem unusual to most of the audiences, but it is in fact one of the main themes of Jewish literature and … Continue reading →

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parallel identities (film: Dancing Arabs – Eran Riklis, 2014)

Posted on July 26, 2019 by admin

‘Dancing Arabs‘, the Israeli film made in 2014 by Eran Riklis on a script written by Sayed Kashua adapting his debut novel includes some memorable scenes. One of them, which I do not hesitate to declare brilliant, succeeds in less … Continue reading →

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