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CHANGE.WORLD – Ora dezghețului

Posted on March 13, 2018 by admin

Europenii nu își amintesc de multă vreme un asemenea ‘Mărțișor’. Sfârșitul lui februarie și începutul lui martie au găsit Vechiul Continent pradă unui val de aer polar care l-a cuprins aproape în totalitate. Temperaturile medii în multe locuri erau cu … Continue reading →

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my best laughs in a while (Film: Game Night – Rachel McAdams, 2018)

Posted on March 11, 2018 by admin

I confess that I was waiting for such a movie for quite a while. It’s so long since I have seen a comedy that made me laugh without being stupid, with characters I could care about without falling into melodrama, … Continue reading →

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the taylor of the emperor’s clothes (Film: Phantom Thread, Daniel Day-Lewis, 2017

Posted on March 8, 2018 by admin

The lead male hero in “Phantom Thread” is a tailor of the high society ladies in a city of London vaguely located in time sometimes after WWII. It is seldom that I am in such a disagreement with the opinions … Continue reading →

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CHANGE.WORLD – Forma apei

Posted on March 5, 2018 by admin

Lista candidaților nominalizați pentru Premiile Academiei (sau Premiile Oscar în limbaj popular) are în acest an un lider destul de neașteptat. ‘Forma apei’ (sau ‘The Shape of Water’ – titlul original în engleză) a primit 13 nominalizări pentru premii în … Continue reading →

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the differences that bring us together (film: Nunta in Basarabia – Nap Toader, 2009)

Posted on March 4, 2018 by admin

Weddings are sometimes odd gatherings that bring together people from different backgrounds, nationalities, identities. Films about weddings have been used too describe not only the folkloric aspects of tradition, but also to deal with rather serious issues beyond relationships – … Continue reading →

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CHANGE.WORLD – În cursa pentru statuete

Posted on February 27, 2018 by admin

Dacă este adevărat că ‘toamna se numără bobocii’, atunci la fel de adevărat este că statuetele se numără pe la sfârșitul iernii. Este vorba desigur despre statuetele care sunt înmânate câștigătorilor premiilor Academiei Artelor și Științelor Imaginilor Mișcătoare. Ei, da, … Continue reading →

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the art of succeeding (Film – Maurizio Cattelan: Be Right Back, 2016)

Posted on February 25, 2018 by admin

Art defies logic. Market forces defy logic. The combination of art and market which is the market of art cannot but defy logic. This may be one of the reasons controversial works of art like the ones created by contemporary … Continue reading →

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a study in vice (Film: The Gambler – Mark Wahlberg, 2014)

Posted on February 24, 2018 by admin

The vice of gambling inspired quite a number of literary and cinematographic works, starting maybe with Dostoevsky’s novel which shares the name with the films that inspired it until the almost masterpiece movie “House of Games” written and directed by … Continue reading →

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games of hazard (Film: 3 coeurs – Benoît Jacquot, 2014)

Posted on February 22, 2018 by admin

Director Benoît Jacquot‘s “3 coeurs” (“3 Hearts”) gathers on screen a stellar cast. The three lead feminine roles are trusted to Catherine Deneuve, Charlotte Gainsbourg, the daughter of …,  and  Chiara Mastroianni, also the daughter of … and also the daughter of … Continue reading →

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carte: Dan Stanca – Anii frigului

Posted on February 21, 2018 by admin

Coperta ediției de la editura Humanitas din 2017 a romanului “Anii frigului” al lui Dan Stanca preia unul dintre autoportretele pictate de Egon Schiele în 1914, anul izbucnirii primului război mondial, doi ani după traumatica experiență a procesului și scurtei … Continue reading →

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