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The Girl Who Stood Up to Hitchcock (FIlm: The Girl, 2012)

Posted on September 6, 2014 by admin

2012 was a good year for us, fans of Alfred Hitchcock. Two movies were released centered around the character of the genial and obsessive master of suspense. I liked ‘Hitchcock’ starring Anthony Hopkins and Helen Mirren which I saw, a … Continue reading →

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no mojo (Film: The Dictator – Sacha Baron Cohen, 2012)

Posted on September 3, 2014 by admin

Almost everything I loved in ‘Borat’ is missing in ‘The Dictator’ – the most recent installment from Sacha Baron Cohen. To add to the insult, the title of one of the best films ever made is being hijacked for something … Continue reading →

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holiday melodrama (Film: Labor Day – Kate Winslet, 2013)

Posted on August 31, 2014 by admin

Screening ‘Labor Day’  (which was not brought to commercial theaters in Israel) released on Labor Day 2013 on the eve of Labor Day 2014 was a smart move for the distributors, that brought me to the cinematheque in my hometown. … Continue reading →

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Unconvincing (Film: The Debt – Helen Mirren, 2010)

Posted on August 30, 2014 by admin

‘The Truth’ or ‘The Truth That Needs To Be Said’? this is one of the dilemmas facing the heroes of ‘The Debt’, which is quite an exotic entry in the list of films made by John Madden, the exoticism being … Continue reading →

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Film: Chef (Jon Favreau – 2014)

Posted on August 28, 2014 by admin

One just needs to search how many movies include the word ‘chef’ in their name in order to understand how daring an enterprise director-writer-actor Jon Favreau took upon himself in making yet another comedy about master cooks. No need to … Continue reading →

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Carte: Vasili Grossman – Panta rhei

Posted on August 26, 2014 by admin

‘Stalin murise neplanificat, fara directive emanand de la organele de conducere. Stalin murise fara indicatia personala a insusi tovarasului Stalin. Aceasta libertate a mortii, acest capriciu al ei dinamitau, veneau in contradictie cu insasi esenta sacra a statului. Si deruta … Continue reading →

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Film: Casse-tete chinois (Romain Duris, Audrey Tautou – 2013)

Posted on August 23, 2014 by admin

Writing the review of a movie two weeks later is an exercise that I should try more often. ‘Casee-tete Chinois’ is one of the two movies I have seen before I went to a vacation where other priorities pushed aside … Continue reading →

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Carte: Miruna Lepus – Nae Ionescu sau implinirea prin tineri

Posted on August 14, 2014 by admin

Marturisesc ca lectura volumului semnat de Miruna Lepus ‘Nae Ionescu sau implinirea prin tineri’, aparut in 2010 la Editura Vremea m-a descumpanit. Nae Ionescu este in felul lui o personalitate fascinanta a culturii si istoriei romanesti interbelice, una care cauzeaza … Continue reading →

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Carte: Malgorzata Rejmer – Bucuresti, Praf si sange

Posted on August 7, 2014 by admin

‘‘Bucuresti, Praf si sange’ cartea scriitoarei si ziaristei poloneze Malgorzata Rejmer aparuta in 2014 in colectia EGOgrafii a Editurii Polirom in traducerea Luizei Savescu ofera cititorului roman o ocazie de a-si vedea contemporaneitatea si istoria apropiata, ca si orasul capitala … Continue reading →

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Carte: Mihail Gorbaciov – Amintiri

Posted on July 9, 2014 by admin

‘Privind lucrurile intr-o perspectiva mai larga si pornind de la ce ne-a rezervat soarta, care m-a facut nu doar participant la una dintre cele mai importante cotituri din istorie, ci si initiator si promotor al procesului de innoire a tarii … Continue reading →

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