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CHANGE.WORLD: Rămas bun, Skype!

Posted on May 19, 2025 by admin

Despărțirile sunt inevitabile și, de multe ori, dureroase. Ne despărțim de oameni dragi și de prieteni care au plecat din această lume, de case în care am trăit multă vreme sau de locuri pe care nu le vom revedea poate … Continue reading →

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when prejudice turns to horror (film: Săptămâna mare – Andrei Cohn, 2024)

Posted on May 17, 2025 by admin

One of the most interesting movies of the good year that was 2024 for Romanian cinema, a film that I had been waiting to see for over a year, is ‘Săptămâna mare‘ (‘The Holy Week‘). The film is written and … Continue reading →

Posted in movies | Tagged Andrei Butica, Andrei Cohn, antisemitism, Ciprian Chiriches, Doru Bem, epoch drama, historical drama, period films, Romanian cinema, Săptămâna Mare | Leave a comment

the comrade writer (film: Moromeții 3 – Stere Gulea, 2024)

Posted on May 14, 2025 by admin

‘Moromeții 3‘ (the title of the international distribution is ‘The Moromete Family 3: Father and Son‘) is the third film in the series inspired by Marin Preda‘s novels. It is again directed by Stere Gulea and was filmed in 2022-23 … Continue reading →

Posted in movies | Tagged Alex Calin, black-and-white film, films about communism, historical drama, Horatiu Malaele, inspired by a book, Mara Bugarin, Marin Preda, Moromeții 3, Olimpia Melinte, Romanian cinema, Stere Gulea, Vivi Dragan Vasile | Leave a comment

isolation and prejudice (film: Trei kilometri până la capătul lumii – Emanuel Pârvu, 2024)

Posted on May 13, 2025 by admin

With ‘Three Kilometers to the End of the World‘ (the original Romania title is ‘Trei kilometri până la capătul lumii‘, director and co-writer Emanuel Pârvu continues one of the main themes of his previous film ‘Marocco’ (or ‘Mikado’) – the … Continue reading →

Posted in movies | Tagged Adrian Titieni, Bogdan Dumitrache, Ciprian Chiujdea, Emanuel Parvu, Emanuel Pârvu, gay theme film, Laura Vasiliu, Miruna Berescu, original script, Romanian cinema, Silviu Stavila, social cinema, social drama, Trei kilometri până la capătul lumii | Leave a comment

CHANGE.WORLD – Om, natură și timp

Posted on May 12, 2025 by admin

O vizită la Viena înseamnă pentru turistul interesat de cultură o imersiune în atmosfera și comorile uneia dintre cele mai bogate metropole a lumii. Am petrecut cinci zile în capitala Austriei la sfârșitul lui aprilie. Nu era prima noastră vizită … Continue reading →

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Italian neorealism ends with a big laugh (film: I soliti ignoti – Mario Monicelli, 1958)

Posted on May 7, 2025 by admin

‘I soliti ignoti‘, Mario Monicelli‘s 1958 film, can be considered the healthy laugh with which the period of Italian neorealism ends. In fact, Monicelli had directed almost 15 comedies in the decade preceding this film, more than one per year, … Continue reading →

Posted in movies | Tagged Claudia Cardinale, comedy, heist film, Italian cinema, Italian neorealism, Marcello Mastroianni, Mario Monicelli, Totò, Vittorio Gassman | Leave a comment

a love story on the stormy ocean (film: Remorques – Jean Grémillon, 1941)

Posted on May 6, 2025 by admin

There are films whose production could be a good subject for a film script. One of these cases seems to me to be ‘Remorques‘ (the English distribution title was ‘Stormy Waters‘). The director of this film was Jean Grémillon, a … Continue reading →

Posted in movies | Tagged André Cayatte, black-and-white film, film based on a novel, French cinema, Jacques Prévert, Jean Gabin, Jean Grémillon, Michèle Morgan, Roger Vercel, romantic drama, romantic films | Leave a comment

Mister la muzeu (carte: Fiona Davis – Palatul Magnolia)

Posted on May 6, 2025 by admin

Cea mai mare parte a acțiunii romanului ‘Palatul Magnolia’ de Fiona Davis, apărut în 2023 la Editura Humanitas-fiction în colecția ‘Raftul Denisei’ în traducerea Sînzianei Dragoș, se petrece în clădirea din New York care adăpostește muzeul Colecției Frick, unul dintre … Continue reading →

Posted in books | Tagged American literature, art mystery, Fiona Davis, historical mystery, Palatul Magnolia, romantic novel, The Magnolia Palace | Leave a comment

the voice of the diva (film: Maria – Pablo Larraín, 2024)

Posted on May 5, 2025 by admin

I was quite skeptical about ‘Maria‘, the biopic (or kind of biopic) that Steven Steven Knight wrote and Pablo Larraín directed for Netflix, released at the end of 2024. It is the third film, perhaps the final film, in a … Continue reading →

Posted in movies | Tagged Alba Rohrwacher, biopic, international movies production, Kodi Smit-McPhee, Maria, Maria Callas, musical movies, opera, original script, Pablo Larraín, Pierfrancesco Favino | Leave a comment