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Carte: Dan Alexe – In punctul lui rebbe G.

2016 a fost anul Dada, si cred ca aparitia la 100 de ani de la inceputurile miscarii care a pus sub semnul intrebarii toate conventiile artistice ale poeziei, artelor plastice si evenimentelor artistice a unei carti ca ‘In punctul lui … Continue reading →

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Hot Jazz with Antonio Hart, Wayne Tucker and Hila Kulik

We enjoyed last night one of the best concerts in the last few years in the ‘Hot Jazz’ series at the Tel Aviv Museum of Art. The band was composed of fine American and Israeli musicians who got together for … Continue reading →

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slow building crime drama (Film: The Girl on the Train – Emily Blunt, 2016)

There are a few missed opportunities in The Girl on the Train directed by Tate Taylor bringing to screen Paula Hawkins‘s successful novel. The story starts like a voyeuristic drama involving three women (two of them resembling each other), two houses … Continue reading →

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psychedelic objects in space – Katharina Grosse

Meet the German painter Katharina Grosse and her colorful paintings in space. (Have you ever painted T-shirts in psychedelic colors? I did at my teen years.)                  

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Happy New Year 2017!

I wish A Happy New Year to all my friends – a 2017 with peace, good health, beautiful moments together with all your dear ones. La Multi Ani! Une Bonne Nouvelle Annee! Shana Tova! My musical present to start 2017 … Continue reading →

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music for the end of the year

Beautiful music for the last day of 2016. ‘The Piano Trio in B-flat major, Op. 97, by Ludwig van Beethoven is a piano trio for piano, violin, and cello, finished in 1811. It is commonly referred to as the Archduke … Continue reading →

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underrated, almost a masterpiece (film: Clouds of Sils Maria – Juliette Binoche, 2014)

There are so many reasons to like this film. First, the cast includes two of the lead actresses of two different generations – the priceless and prize covered Juliette Binoche and one of the top performers of the younger generation … Continue reading →

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Clint’s Heroes A-changin’ (Film: Sully – Clint Eastwood, Tom Hanks, 2016)

It’s interesting to watch the evolution of the heroes that Clint Eastwood brought to screen in his acting and directing career. His first serious impact was with the spaghetti western style heroes of the 60s, followed by the sometimes rotten, sometimes … Continue reading →

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(almost) the French ‘The Wire’ (TV series – Cannabis, 2016)

14 years years ago I started to be fascinated by an American TV series produced by the HBO which was called  The Wire. The action took place in Baltimore and was centered around a team of cops using informers in … Continue reading →

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melodramatic immigration story (The Immigrant: Marion Cotillard, Joaquin Phoenix – 2013)

Director James Gray returns in his 2013 production of The Immigrant to one of his recurrent themes – the one that made him known in the first long feature film he made Little Odessa – immigration, and to his preferred … Continue reading →

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