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growing pains (TV Series: Adolescence – Stephen Graham & Jack Thorne, 2025)

Posted on March 22, 2025 by admin

I may be one of the last film enthusiasts in the world who doesn’t have a Netflix subscription (too little time!), so it was only by chance (staying for a few days at one of my sons’ house) that I … Continue reading →

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another end of the world (film: Leave the World Behind – Sam Esmail, 2023)

Posted on March 12, 2025 by admin

I avoid comparisons between films and books, even (or especially) when it comes to screen adaptations of more or less well-known books. Film and literature are arts that work 90% with different materials. In the case of the 2023 film … Continue reading →

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stairway to Olympus (film: Becoming Led Zeppelin – Bernard MacMahon, 2025)

Posted on March 11, 2025 by admin

‘Becoming Led Zeppelin‘, the film released in 2025 by Irish filmmaker Bernard MacMahon, an expert in documentary films about music and musicians, seems to have been made for people like me. I am an absolute fan of Led Zeppelin, which … Continue reading →

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Politică, literatură și impostură în vremurile reginei Victoria (carte: Zadie Smith – Impostorul)

Posted on March 3, 2025 by admin

‘Impostorul’ (titlul original este ‘The Fraud’) este al șaselea roman al scriitoarei britanice (născută în 1975) Zadie Smith și primul în care autoarea părăsește contemporaneitatea pentru a aborda genul romanului istoric. A apărut în 2023 și Editura Litera l-a tradus … Continue reading →

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the beginning of the career of a great musician (film: A Complete Unknown – James Mangold, 2024)

Posted on March 3, 2025 by admin

Bob Dylan’s biography, person and music are a source of inspiration for interesting films. There have already been quite a few, from one of the best music documentaries ever made to experimental biographies and musical films. ‘A Complete Unknown‘ (2024), … Continue reading →

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CHANGE.WORLD: Când Praga era capitala Europei

Posted on February 17, 2025 by admin

Iubesc Praga. Dragostea mea pentru acest oraș a început în august 1968, în zilele în care Praga și Cehoslovacia lui Alexander Dubček deveniseră simbolul speranței de liberalizare a sistemului comunist. Speranța a fost strivită atunci de șenilele tancurilor sovietice, și … Continue reading →

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CHANGE.WORLD: Dansul planetelor

Posted on February 9, 2025 by admin

Câte planete există în sistemul solar? La această întrebare știam să răspund fără ezitare până acum câțiva ani. În definitiv, este vorba despre materie învățată în școala elementară. Cine a avut șansa, ca mine, să aibă o învățătoare sau o … Continue reading →

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architecture and cinema (film: The Brutalist – Brady Corbet, 2024)

Posted on February 7, 2025 by admin

‘The Brutalist‘ (2024) is a very ambitious film. Brady Corbet is at his third feature film and, although he is relatively little known as a director, he has managed to co-write an original and complex script, attract a very well-made … Continue reading →

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Pakula’s western (film: Comes a Horseman – Alan J. Pakula, 1978)

Posted on February 6, 2025 by admin

Alan J. Pakula is one of the American filmmakers who intrigues me. Although he is half a generation older, he debuted as a director around the same time as Spielberg or Scorsese, but he did not keep up with them. … Continue reading →

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a political thriller at the Vatican (film: Conclave – Edward Berger, 2024)

Posted on February 5, 2025 by admin

Cinema has already dealt with the popes, their lives and deaths, including the process of electing the new sovereign pontiffs by convening the Conclave. There have been feature films and television series, dramas and comedies, historical or current affairs films … Continue reading →

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