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music, friendship and prejudice (Film: Green Book – Viggo Mortensen, Mahershala Ali, 2018)

Posted on February 19, 2019 by admin

‘Green Book‘ seems to have been designed according to a recipe for winning Academy Awards. The subject is historic but with reverberations in current politics and the approach is in tune with the mood at Hollywood. It addresses one of … Continue reading →

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CHANGE.WORLD: Pionierii imaginilor mișcătoare

Posted on February 19, 2019 by admin

Cinematograful este una dintre pasiunile mele, și am șansa să locuiesc într-un oraș binecuvântat cu o cinematecă. Povestea acestei instituții începe cu vreo zece ani în urmă. Ca în multe alte orașe ale lumii, vechile săli de cinematograf (erau trei … Continue reading →

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traveling the world, traveling the mind (documentary: Sans Soleil – Chris Marker, 1983)

Posted on February 16, 2019 by admin

‘Sans Soleil‘ is a movie that is hard to fit in any category, same as its director Chris Marker (1921 – 2012) was a cinematic persona hard to characterize or place into a single shelve of the French film history. … Continue reading →

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the final cuts (documentary: Matisse Live – Phil Grabsky, 2014)

Posted on February 15, 2019 by admin

The ‘Exhibition on Screen‘ series gave us yesterday the opportunity to watch at the local cinematheque the great exhibition of Matisse’s works in the final decade of his life, organized five years ago by Tate Modern in London and MoMA … Continue reading →

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a cinematographic essay on loneliness (Film: Documenteur – Agnes Varda, 1981)

Posted on February 14, 2019 by admin

‘Documenteur‘ is an interesting essay, but not one of the milestones in the filmography of Agnès Varda. The film follows a French woman, just out of a relationship, looking for housing and than living for a while in a non-proviledged … Continue reading →

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a laughing punch in the face (Film: Johnny English Strikes Again – Rowan Atkinson, 2018)

Posted on February 13, 2019 by admin

We live in a divided world. There are two categories of inhabitants of the planet between which there can be no compromise of any kind. There are those who like comedies with Rowan Atkinson (and with Jerry Lewis, Lous de … Continue reading →

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road to abyss (Film: Sans toit ni loi – Agnes Varda, 1985)

Posted on February 12, 2019 by admin

The retrospective of Agnès Varda‘s films that we have enjoyed for the last month at the local cinematheque gave us the opportunity to see the digitally reconditioned version of her wonderful 1985 film ‘Sans toit ni loi‘ (English title is … Continue reading →

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CHANGE.WORLD – Provocările viitorului

Posted on February 12, 2019 by admin

Depinde pe cine întrebăm. Pentru unii, Forumul Economic Mondial (World Economic Forum – WEF) este o organizație internațională de valoare și influență, a cărei activități și în special reuniunile anuale care au loc la sfârșitul lunii ianuarie la Davos prilejuiesc … Continue reading →

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sweet goodbye (Film: The Old Man & the Gun – Robert Redford, 2018)

Posted on February 11, 2019 by admin

Acting is a profession in which ‘never say never’ applies in many cases. Yet, if we are to believe the intentions publicly stated in August 2018, David Lowery‘s ‘The Old Man & the Gun‘ will be Robert Redford‘s last film … Continue reading →

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the shadows of the victory (documentary: Censored Voices – Amos Oz, 2015)

Posted on February 10, 2019 by admin

The Israeli writer Amos Oz, deceased at the end of 2018, was praised as one of his country’s and the world’s most important contemporary writers. His relationship with cinema is illustrated by quite a significant number of references on IMDB, … Continue reading →

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