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Casanova as Opera Hero (Film: Casanova Variations – John Malkovich, 2014)

Posted on June 18, 2017 by admin

Giacomo Casanova, the great lover of the 18th century and maybe of all centuries does not stop to inspire creators. The first of them was of course himself, with the life he led and with the memoirs that he had … Continue reading →

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a chilling killer (film: The Iceman – Michael Shannon, 2012)

Posted on June 17, 2017 by admin

I am not a great fan of ‘true crime’ stories, books, or films. And then, there are exceptions. The Iceman directed by Ariel Vromen is one of them, and I will try to shortly explain why it succeeds in my … Continue reading →

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starea teatrului

Posted on June 16, 2017 by admin

Mă consider norocos pentru faptul că maturizarea mea intelectuală s-a petrecut în a doua parte a anilor ’60 şi începutul anilor ’70 într-o perioada (vai, scurtă!) de relativă liberalizare ideologică şi culturală în România, şi într-un oraş – Bucureşti – … Continue reading →

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enjoyable (Film: Wonder Woman – Gal Gadot, 2017)

Posted on June 14, 2017 by admin

So we bought our tickets and our medium sized popcorn box (usually lasts about 15 minutes in the movie), grabbed the 3D spectacles and sat in the theater to watch Wonder Woman. That’s the way to do it. Each genre … Continue reading →

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an early different approach to ww2 stories (Film: La vingt-cinquième heure – Anthony Quinn, 1967)

Posted on June 8, 2017 by admin

It’s only now that I had the occasion to see ‘La vingt-cinquième heure’ (The 25th Hour, or ‘Ora 25’ in Romanian) a film made exactly 50 years ago. In 1967, Anthony Quinn was at the peak of his acting career … Continue reading →

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a woman dies (Film: The Descendants – George Clooney, 2011)

Posted on June 7, 2017 by admin

The opening sequences of director Alexander Payne‘s The Descendants include a short (maybe less than one second) image of a powerful and beautiful woman surfing on the waves around Hawaii. For most of the rest of the film the woman … Continue reading →

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CHANGE WORLD: Extratereştrii, prietenii noştri

Posted on June 1, 2017 by admin

Folosind o exprimare care sună mai bine în limba engleză sau mai bine zis nu i-am găsit eu un echivalent potrivit în limba română ‘Alien 6 hit the screens’. Este vorba desigur despre ‘Alien: Covenant’ (‘Legământul’), al şaselea film din … Continue reading →

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aging beautifully (Film: Le samourai – Alain Delon, 1967)

Posted on May 24, 2017 by admin

What a delight! I remember having seen Le Samouraï as a teenager 50 years ago, during the short few years of ideological and artistic de-icing of the Romanian communist regime between 1964 and 1968, when some of the world cinema crossed … Continue reading →

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CHANGE.WORLD: Realităţile zilei de mâine

Posted on May 24, 2017 by admin

Anunţul nu ar trebui poate să surprindă foarte tare, mai ales pe cei care urmăresc articolele din seria CHANGE. WORLD. La 9 mai 2017 Institutul Inginerilor în Electricitate şi Electronică (IEEE) şi asociaţia sa de standardizare (IEEE-SA) au anunţat aprobarea … Continue reading →

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Carte: Andrei Oişteanu – Sexualitate şi societate

Posted on May 23, 2017 by admin

Andrei Oisteanu nu evita subiectele controversate. In 2001 a publicat ‘Imaginea evreului in cultura romana’ – o carte care s-ar fi putut numi si ‘O istorie a antisemitismului romanesc’ – cea mai completa si mai bine alcatuita lucrare pe aceasta … Continue reading →

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