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Destine paralele (carte: Cătălin Mihuleac – Strania valiză a domnului Silberstein)

Posted on November 11, 2024 by admin

Cătălin Mihuleac este unul dintre scriitorii români contemporani pe care îi urmăresc cu atenție și mă străduiesc să le citesc cărțile cât de repede pot, preferabil imediat după apariție. Prozatorul ieșean și-a creat prin stilul și tematica volumelor publicate în … Continue reading →

Posted in books | Tagged Catalin Mihuleac, Holocaust books, novels, Romanian literature, Strania valiză a domnului Silberstein | 2 Comments

CHANGE.WORLD: Imperiul celest al lui Elon Musk

Posted on November 11, 2024 by admin

Odată cu intrarea în ultimele două luni ale anului încep articolele bilanț și topurile. Clasamentele gen ‘cele mai bune cărți/filme/… ale anului’ îmi invadează deja pagina de știri Facebook. Odată cu ele încep și sondajele pentru desemnarea ‘Personalității anului’, domeniu … Continue reading →

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Coppola’s ‘Metropolis’ (film: Megalopolis – Francis Ford Coppola, 2024)

Posted on November 10, 2024 by admin

‘Megalopolis‘ (2024) is Francis Ford Coppola‘s life project. He started working on it and talking about it while filming ‘Apocalypse Now.’ He read scripts and discussed castings with entire generations of great actors. Many of them left to the stars … Continue reading →

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Marylin Monroe in the Far West (film: River of No Return – Otto Preminger, Jean Negulesco, 1954)

Posted on November 7, 2024 by admin

I chose to watch ‘River of No Return‘, a 70-year-old western film for a few reasons. First of all, because Marilyn Monroe, who has the opportunity to demonstrate her talent as an actress in addition to her physical beauty and … Continue reading →

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the magic mountain (film: Picnic at Hanging Rock – Peter Weir, 1975)

Posted on November 6, 2024 by admin

I very rarely re-watch movies. I made an exception today, watching again after almost half a century ‘Picnic at Hanging Rock‘, the 1975 film directed by the Australian Peter Weir, about a decade before he began an international career that … Continue reading →

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three men, one woman and many guns (film: Appaloosa – Ed Harris, 2008)

Posted on November 5, 2024 by admin

Ed Harris, an actor I admire a lot, has stepped behind the camera only twice so far, to sit in the film director’s chair. His third film is now in pre-production. The second one, which I saw last night, is … Continue reading →

Posted in movies | Tagged actor who became film director, Appaloosa, Ed Harris, Hollywood movies, inspired by a novel, Jeremy Irons, Renee Zellweger, Viggo Mortensen, western movies | Leave a comment

from narco-thriller to musical soap opera and back (film: Emilia Pérez – Jacques Audiard, 2024)

Posted on November 4, 2024 by admin

Jacques Audiard has never disappointed me before. Many of his films have as their main theme (or one of the main themes) the search for identity and changes of identity. Many of the memorable characters in his films search for … Continue reading →

Posted in movies | Tagged Emilia Pérez, gangster movies, inspired by a novel, Jacques Audiard, Karla Sofía Gascón, musical movies, soap operas, thriller, Zoe Saldana | Leave a comment

CHANGE.WORLD: Nobel – 2024

Posted on November 4, 2024 by admin

Spațiul internetic al multora dintre noi a fost ocupat în primele două săptămâni ale lunii octombrie cu discuții legate de Premiul Nobel pentru Literatură. După ce ne-am lămurit că nici în acest an Mircea Cărtărescu nu se află printre laureați … Continue reading →

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Hercule Poirot in the Holy Land (film: Appointment with Death – Michael Winner, 1988)

Posted on November 2, 2024 by admin

Michael Winner‘s ‘Appointment to Death‘ (1988) is the sixth and last film in the series of adaptations of Agatha Christie’s novels starring Hercule Poirot and starring Peter Ustinov. In several places I read that it is also considered the weakest … Continue reading →

Posted in movies | Tagged Agatha Christie, American cinema, Appointment with Death, Carrie Fisher, crime comedy, crime film, film based on a novel, John Gielgud, Lauren Bacall, Menahem Golan, Michael Winner, Peter Ustinov, Piper Laurie, whodunit, Yoram Globus | Leave a comment

a pub and an end of the world (film: Shaun of the Dead – Edgar Wright, 2004)

Posted on November 1, 2024 by admin

How many times have you said ‘It’s not the end of the world!’ lately? Next time you do, be careful, because there might even be a version of the end of the world happening beyond the walls of the room … Continue reading →

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