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saving the world again (Film: World War Z – Brad Pitt, 2013)

Posted on October 7, 2015 by admin

Sometimes you see a film which has great premises and it disappoints. Some other times however a film which according to the subject and taking into account previous experiences in the genre is doomed for failure succeeds to surprise in … Continue reading →

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Carte: Dan Stanca – Ghetsimani ’51

Posted on October 6, 2015 by admin

“Ghetsimani ’51” aparuta la Editura Cartea Romaneasca in acest an este al 22-lea roman al lui Dan Stanca de la debutul sau in 1992. Ma intreb de ce succesul si popularitatea par sa-l fi ocolit. Desi nu este un anonim, … Continue reading →

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the merry Reformation (Film: Le tout nouveau testament – Jaco Van Dormael, 2015)

Posted on October 5, 2015 by admin

You can hardly get a better set of premises for a film than the ones of Le tout nouveau testament or The Brand New Testament by Belge director Jaco Van Dormael. Bored being, one day, God created Bruxelles (quite a … Continue reading →

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an American anti-hero (Film: Black Mass – Johnny Depp, 2015)

Posted on October 4, 2015 by admin

The season for screening films with ambitions for Academy Awards must have started. Black Mass is directed by Scott Cooper – a relative newcomer (this is only his third film) but a rising star among directors at Hollywood if we … Continue reading →

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Aferim, Radu Jude! (Film: Aferim! – Radu Jude, 2015)

Posted on October 3, 2015 by admin

What critics and audiences call ‘the Romanian New Wave’ is not that new any longer. Already in its teens it has focused on the present times, and the recent past of Romania – the last decade of the Communist era … Continue reading →

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at crossroads in Mexico (Film: Eisenstein in Guanajuato – Peter Greenaway, 2015)

Posted on October 1, 2015 by admin

Peter Greenaway‘s career is beyond any ambitions of commercial success – his most successful (audience-wise) movies were made in the 80s. Even then the combination of colors and music, architecture (he is an architect by formation) and composition, his obsessions … Continue reading →

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enjoyable start-up melo (Film: The Intern – Robert De Niro, 2015)

Posted on September 29, 2015 by admin

Should I feel guilty? I really enjoyed this melodramatic, stereotype-rich, rose-water sprinkled feel-good movie which is ‘The Intern‘, directed by Nancy Meyers, and bringing to screen the improbable pair of actors composed of Robert De Niro and Anne Hathaway. Now … Continue reading →

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Carte: Dinu C. Giurescu – Falsificatorii. Alegerile din 1946

Posted on September 28, 2015 by admin

Au fost multi care la 23 august 1944 au sperat in reintoarcerea Romaniei in fagasul firesc al democratiei si in spatiul geopolitic european. Trecusera cinci ani si jumatate de la instaurarea dictaturii regale care fusese urmata de statul national-legionar si … Continue reading →

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the subject deserved a better movie (Film: Les femmes de l’ombre – Sophie Marceau, 2008)

Posted on September 27, 2015 by admin

Winning WWII was to a large extent the merit of women – many kept the economy and the households working, many other served in different tasks in the armed forces, and yes – a few fought in secret missions. Cinema … Continue reading →

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out-Bonding James Bond (Film: Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation – Tom Cruise, 2015)

Posted on September 26, 2015 by admin

I did not see any other blockbuster this summer, but I have the feeling that having seen the latest in the ‘Mission:Impossible’ series may have been sufficient for having seen the best. I confess that good action movies are one … Continue reading →

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