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Radu-Anton Maier – His World and His Visions

Posted on November 14, 2016 by admin

    Radu-Anton Maier is a German painter born in Cluj-Napoca, Romania. As a student and young artist he worked with Corneliu Baba and painted the portrait of Lucian Blaga. He moved to Germany in the 1970s, after the short … Continue reading →

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‘The Pillars of the Society’ at the Cameri Theater

Posted on November 12, 2016 by admin

  Am văzut această seară punerea în scenă a dramei lui Ibsen “Stalpii Societății” la Teatrul Cameri din Tel Aviv, în regia lui Arthur Kogan, cu Itai Tiran în rolul principal. A fost o performanță solidă, o montare care, după … Continue reading →

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Sfârşitul erei automobilelor private?

Posted on November 8, 2016 by admin

Anunţul făcut la mijlocul lunii septembrie de preşedintele şi co-fondatorul companiei Lyft, John Zimmer, într-o postare pe blog, a fost şocant şi îndrăzneţ, şi a făcut imediat ‘valuri’. Intitulat “A treia revoluţie în transporturi: Viziunea lui Lyft pentru următorii zece … Continue reading →

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carte: Radu Cosasu (Oscar Rohrlich) – Viata fictiunii dupa o revolutie

Posted on October 31, 2016 by admin

Una dintre glumele clasice in lumea evreilor romani suna cam asa: Bercovici se duce prin anii ’50 la Ministerul de Interne si cere sa-si schimbe numele de familie in Ionescu. Era o cerere destul de obisnuita in acei ani, din … Continue reading →

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daring family and crime drama (film: Harmonium – Kôji Fukada, 2016)

Posted on October 29, 2016 by admin

The principal flaw of Harmonium directed by Kôji Fukada may be its length. At more than two hours the film is by 20 to 30 minutes longer than the standard, and the extra time is not necessarily best used. Yet, … Continue reading →

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the last Wajda (film: Alfterimage, Andrzej Wajda, 2016)

Posted on October 28, 2016 by admin

It’s very difficult to say Farewell. It’s very difficult to make a Farewell movie. I do not know if Andrzej Wajda knew that ‘Afterimage‘ was to be his last movie. He undertook and involved himself in this film with the same … Continue reading →

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Rhinos

Posted on October 28, 2016 by admin

—- Cristian Raduta is a Romanian sculptor, born in 1982. His works feature rhinos as a recurrent theme. Rhinos were also used by Eugene Ionesco in a famous play which was once presented in Bucharest at a time of early … Continue reading →

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strong and violent frontier character drama (film: Caini – Bogdan Mirica, 2016)

Posted on October 27, 2016 by admin

The landscape plays a central role in Dogs (Caini) the first long feature film of Romanian director Bogdan Mirica. Visuals, actually, together with acting play the most important tasks in this film, which is very different from many other features … Continue reading →

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lost generations (film: Bacalaureat – Cristian Mungiu, 2016)

Posted on October 24, 2016 by admin

The Romanian ‘New Wave’ is not that new any longer. For the last decade Romanian directors succeeded to surprise viewers and juries with their films dealing with hardships of life under the Communist dictatorship, and about the period that followed … Continue reading →

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‘drole de famille’ (film: Ilegitim – Adrian Sitaru, 2016)

Posted on October 20, 2016 by admin

‘Ilegitim’ (or ‘Ilegitimate’ in English) starts with a very normal family scene. Around the family table we see the father (Adrian Titieni), a man in his late 50s (we’ll soon learn that he lost his wife one year and a … Continue reading →

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