Author Archives: admin

Carte: Ion Vianu – Frumusetea va mantui lumea

Posted on May 11, 2016 by admin

‘Frumusetea va mantui lumea si alte eseuri’ publicata de Polirom in 2015 in colectia ‘Ego grafii’ este probabil cea mai importanta si mai valoroasa carte de eseistica aparuta in anul 2015, an in care multe dintre cartile cele mai interesante, … Continue reading →

Posted in books | Tagged , , , | Leave a comment

Requiem for True Journalism (Film: Spotlight – Tom McCarthy, 2015)

Posted on May 7, 2016 by admin

Director Tom McCarthy authored a very interesting first film in 2003 (The Station Agent) and then his career seemed to go adrift into ‘OK movies’. Now he hits gold with Spotlight which does not differ much in directing style from … Continue reading →

Posted in movies | Tagged , , , , , | Leave a comment

Carte: Vartan Arachelian – La capatul noptii

Posted on April 5, 2016 by admin

Din postfata cu ‘Multumiri’ a cartii lui Vartan Arachelian ‘La capatul noptii’ aparuta in 2015 in seria ‘fiction Ltd.’ a Editurii Polirom aflam amanunte interesante despre scrierea ei. Este de fapt recuperarea unui produs de ‘literatura de sertar’ scris in doua … Continue reading →

Posted in books | Tagged , , | Leave a comment

Carte: Dinu C. Giurescu – Lichidatorii. Romania in 1947

Posted on March 31, 2016 by admin

Istoricul Dinu C. Giurescu isi continua cercetarea istorica a celeilalte epoci de ‘tranzitie’ din istoria Romaniei, cea de dupa cel de-al doilea razboi mondial, inceputa cu volumele ‘Uzurpatorii. Romania, 6 martie 1945 – 7 ianuarie 1946’ si ‘Falsificatorii. Alegerile din … Continue reading →

Posted in books | Tagged , , , , | Leave a comment

Carte: Peter Mansfield – O istorie a Orientului Mijlociu

Posted on March 10, 2016 by admin

In postfata semnat de Valentin Naumescu a cartii ‘O istorie a Orientului Mijlociu’ publicata de Editura Humanitas in 2015 in traducerea (presarata cu unele erori) a Corneliei Dumitru aflam cateva amanunte semnificative despre autorii cartii. Peter Mansfield s-a nascut in … Continue reading →

Posted in books, history | Tagged , , , , , | 1 Comment

diluted Coen brothers (Film: Hail, Caesar! – Coen brothers, 2016)

Posted on March 4, 2016 by admin

A few weeks back I wrote about Bridge of Spies and I was mentioning the fact that I expected more than an OK+ story about the Cold War from a script written by the Joel and Ethan Coen brothers. This feeling … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

Carte: Elif Shafak – Ucenicul arhitectului

Posted on February 23, 2016 by admin

Cativa dintre cei mai buni prieteni ai mei sunt arhitecti. La ei m-am gandit si ei sunt primii carora le recomand lectura celei mai recente traduceri aparute in limba romana din opera lui Elif Shafak, una dintre cele mai cunoscute … Continue reading →

Posted in books | Tagged , , , | Leave a comment

a cynical exercise in evil (Film: The Hateful Eight – Quentin Tarantino, 2015)

Posted on February 14, 2016 by admin

The movies fans word is divided in two – those who love Quentin Tarantino’s work and those who hate it. There is almost nothing left out, if you have seen a film by Tarantino you either liked it immensely, or … Continue reading →

Posted in movies | Tagged , , , , | Leave a comment

the borders of the country of law (Film: Sicario – Emily Blunt, Benicio Del Toro, 2015)

Posted on January 30, 2016 by admin

If you really need to put genre tags or labels on movies, ‘Sicario’ would belong to the ‘psychological thriller’, ‘violent drug action’, ‘Mexican border’ categories. While each of these naming would have its dose of justification, ‘Sicario’ succeeds to be … Continue reading →

Posted in movies | Tagged , , , , , | Leave a comment

smart and sad, apparently simple (Film: Anomalisa – Charlie Kaufman, 2015)

Posted on January 15, 2016 by admin

I expect something different, something smart, something deep, each time I am seeing a film written or (lately) directed by Charlie Kaufman. Many of his films are not one-time experiences, the second or later viewing brings new understanding and discovers … Continue reading →

Posted in animation, movies | Tagged , , , | Leave a comment