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the ashes of the empire (film: Carbon – Ion Bors, 2022)

Posted on June 10, 2024 by admin

I very seldom have the opportunity to watch films from the Republic of Moldova, and that’s why I was happy that ‘Carbon‘, released in 2022, directed by Ion Bors based on a script written by Mariana Starciuc, was included in … Continue reading →

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CHANGE.WORLD: Femeia care a descoperit din ce sunt făcute stelele

Posted on June 10, 2024 by admin

Eroina articolului de astăzi din rubrica CHANGE.WORLD este o astronomă și astrofiziciană care a dat răspuns uneia dintre întrebările care au preocupat omenirea încă din zorii istoriei. Din ce sunt făcute stelele? Numele ei este Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin, iar studiile și … Continue reading →

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at the edge of Europe (film: Oameni de treaba – Paul Negoescu, 2022)

Posted on June 6, 2024 by admin

What genre of movie are we watching? This is one of the questions that the viewers of the film ‘Oameni de treabă‘ (the title in the English distribution is ‘Men of Deeds‘), made in 2022 by the director Paul Negoescu, … Continue reading →

Posted in movies | Tagged comedy, drama movie, Iulian Postelnicu, Paul Negoescu, Romanian cinema, social satire, thriller movies, Vasile Muraru | Leave a comment

an improbable love story (film: Mademoiselle Chambon – Stéphane Brizé, 2009)

Posted on June 5, 2024 by admin

‘Mademoiselle Chambon‘ is the first film from Stéphane Brizé‘s filmography that I have the opportunity to watch. It was made in 2009 and the script, on which Brizé is co-author, is an adaptation of a novel by Eric Holder. It’s … Continue reading →

Posted in movies | Tagged film based on a novel, French cinema, movies about adultery, romantic drama, Sandrine Kiberlain, Stéphane Brizé, Vincent Lindon | Leave a comment

the pink panther saves the world (film: The Pink Panther Strikes Again – Blake Edwards, 1976)

Posted on June 4, 2024 by admin

‘The Pink Panther Strikes Again‘ (1976) is the fifth film in the original series of films directed and written (most of them) by Blake Edwards and starring Peter Sellers as Inspector Jacques Clouseau. I can forgive the Edwards-Sellers couple anything, … Continue reading →

Posted in movies | Tagged action comedy, Blake Edwards, British cinema, cinema series, comedy, cops movies, Herbert Lom, Omar Sharif, original script, Peter Sellers, police comedy, The Pink Panther Strikes Again | Leave a comment

CHANGE.WORLD: Cum să identificăm falsurile pe Internet?

Posted on June 3, 2024 by admin

În anul 2024, aproape jumătate din populația lumii a fost sau va fi chemată să voteze. Vor avea loc alegeri pe 4 continente, în 64 de țări în care trăiește 49% din populația lumii. Ele vor avea loc pentru funcții … Continue reading →

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the body on the beach (film: Inspecteur Lavardin – Claude Chabrol, 1986)

Posted on June 1, 2024 by admin

With ‘Inspecteur Lavardin‘ (1986), Claude Chabrol followed in the footsteps of the success of the film ‘Cop au vin’ made the year before, bringing back to the center of the story the same character that gives the film its title. … Continue reading →

Posted in movies | Tagged Bernadette Lafont, cinema series, Claude Chabrol, crime film, French cinema, Inspecteur Lavardin, Jean Poiret, Jean-Claude Brialy, original script, social satire, whodunit | Leave a comment

martyrdom on the stage of the Israeli Opera (opera: Poulenc’s ‘Dialogs of the Carmelites’)

Posted on May 31, 2024 by admin

Spectacol de vineri după-amiază la Opera Israeliană. „Dialogues des Carmélites” al compozitorului francez din secolul al XX-lea Francis Poulenc este o alegere de repertoriu destul de originală și de intrigantă pentru a fi prezentată pe această scenă. Libretul aduce în … Continue reading →

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the mean streets of London (film: Legend – Brian Helgeland, 2015)

Posted on May 30, 2024 by admin

Brian Helgeland‘s 2015 film ‘Legend‘ is a biopic of the Kray twin brothers, two gangsters who dominated the London underworld from the late 1950s until 1968 when they were both arrested, tried and sentenced to life in prison for separate … Continue reading →

Posted in movies | Tagged based on a book, Based on a True Story, Brian Helgeland, British cinema, Emily Browning, film noir, gangster movies, international movies production, Legend, movies filmed in London, original script, Tom Hardy | Leave a comment

identity games (film: Hit Man – Richard Linklater, 2023)

Posted on May 29, 2024 by admin

I always look forward to the films of Richard Linklater, whom I consider one of the most interesting American filmmakers. His films manage to bring to the screens novel landscapes of American reality and characters that involve their viewers. His … Continue reading →

Posted in movies | Tagged Adria Arjona, American cinema, cops movies, film noir, Glen Powell, Hit Man, inspired by true events, original script, Richard Linklater, thriller movies | Leave a comment