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teens, speed, drugs in a good Italian drama (Film: Veloce come il vento – Matteo Rovere, 2016)

Posted on April 7, 2017 by admin

‘Veloce come il vento’ (which translates ‘fast as the wind’ – but got the English title Italian Race is a quite original combination between a teen drama, a car races story (including the corresponding stunts) and a moralistic story about … Continue reading →

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math and prejudice (Film: Hidden Figures, US, 2016)

Posted on April 6, 2017 by admin

Very few films were made until now about the beginnings of the American space program, and I am wondering why. Here is a true American saga that took place at a time that is still remembered by many of us. … Continue reading →

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If All Goes Wrong … (Film: Life – Jake Gyllenhaal, 2017)

Posted on April 6, 2017 by admin

The once very popular Murphy’s Law was stating ‘Anything that can go wrong, will go wrong.’ The practical application of the saying into the space horror genre seems to be director Daniel Espinosa‘s Life. What if the worst assumptions and … Continue reading →

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aesthetic and violent (Film: John Wick – Keanu Reeves, 2014)

Posted on March 31, 2017 by admin

As John Wick: Chapter 2 is on screens and gets unexpected good reviews and not only from fans, I thought that it’s a good opportunity to see the first and original John Wick which also received some positive echos, much … Continue reading →

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CHANGE.WORLD – Preludiu la un jurnal de călătorie

Posted on March 28, 2017 by admin

Reiau articolele săptămânale din rubrica CHANGE.WORLD după o întrerupere de câteva săptămâni. Absenţa este motivată şi cauzele sunt bune. Mi-am împlinit în această perioadă unul dintre visele mele cu bătaie lungă – o călătorie în Australia şi Nouă Zeelandă, ţări … Continue reading →

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Faust without Satan (Film: There Will Be Blood – Daniel Day-Lewis, 2007)

Posted on March 26, 2017 by admin

I have somehow avoided seeing There Will Be Blood for ten years despite its success, and despite having as lead actor Daniel Day-Lewis who got his second Academy Award for this role. The reason is that I was under the impression … Continue reading →

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couple drama in an insecure world (Film: ‘The Salesman’ – Ashgar Farhadi, 2016)

Posted on March 25, 2017 by admin

Films are one good media for taking the pulse of a society at a certain moment in time, for surfacing explicitly or implicitly its problems, for making it known beyond borders of countries or cultures. Iran is a country little … Continue reading →

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the parenthood pains of Jack Reacher (Film: Jack Reacher: Never Go Back – Tom Cruise, 2016)

Posted on February 10, 2017 by admin

Jack Reacher: Never Go Back is the kind of movie which I would probably have never seen unless I was on a trans-Atlantic flight, too tired to read but still sleepless, and prisoner of the Lufthansa movie list. I mildly … Continue reading →

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Carte: Catalin Mihuleac – Ultima tigara a lui Fondane

Posted on February 8, 2017 by admin

In interviul acordat redactiei filme-carti dupa recenzia cartii sale precedente – ‘America de peste pogrom’, Catalin Mihuleac ne spunea raspunzand la intrebarea ‘Care sunt planurile literare pentru viitorul apropiat?‘: ‘Scriu în continuare, fiindcă e modul meu de a respira. Scriu … Continue reading →

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Carte: Marta Petreu – Generatia ’27 intre Holocaust si Gulag. Mircea Eliade si Klaus Mann despre generatia tinara

Posted on February 7, 2017 by admin

Pe coperta cartii Martei Petreu aparuta in colectia ‘Eseu’ a Editurii Polirom, 2016,  sunt grupate cateva fotografii de epoca ale unor tineri. Sunt cativa dintre cei mai remarcabili intelectuali romani ai secolului 20, si ei ne privesc din acel tunel … Continue reading →

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