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the jaws of the past (film: O Agente Secreto – Kleber Mendoça Filho, 2025)

Posted on January 19, 2026 by admin

There is no espionage story in ‘O agente secreto‘ (‘The Secret Agent‘) by Brazilian director Kleber Mendonça Filho, nor is there any connection to the novel written by James Conrad more than a century ago, which inspired many other films … Continue reading →

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CHANGE.WORLD: 2026 – Anul care va fi

Posted on January 19, 2026 by admin

Meseria de prezicător al viitorului devine din ce în ce mai riscantă, dar tradiția este tradiție și o voi respecta. Pentru a 13-a (!) dată deci, în prima ediție a anului a rubricii CHANGE.WORLD voi oferi cititorilor o listă a … Continue reading →

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Bucuria memoriei (carte: Riri Sylvia Manor – Bucuria de a nu fi perfectă)

Posted on January 12, 2026 by admin

Memorialistica exilului este un gen literar care se bucură de popularitate în rândul cititorilor din România. Perspectiva israeliană sau – mai clar exprimat – a scriitorilor și a altor personalități născute în România și emigrate în Israel prezintă un interes … Continue reading →

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the sound of passion (film: Song Sung Blue – Craig Brewer, 2025)

Posted on January 11, 2026 by admin

‘Song Sung Blue‘ is not just a biopic about who musicians, although it has as heroes a couple of people who make music, and it is not just a musical film, although it is rich in musical numbers. The movie … Continue reading →

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who is the monster? (film: The Housemaid – Paul Feig, 2025)

Posted on January 8, 2026 by admin

Those who – like me – thought that the 2025 production of ‘The Housemaid‘ directed by Paul Feig is a remake of the 2010 Korean film with the same name (in English distribution) were wrong. The American movie is an … Continue reading →

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Truffaut settling down? (film: Domicile conjugal – François Truffaut, 1970)

Posted on January 7, 2026 by admin

‘Domicile conjugal‘ (‘Bed & Board‘ in the English distribution) was made by François Truffaut 11 years after ‘Les quatre cents coups’, one of the three films that launched the ‘Nouvelle Vague’ and changed the direction of French and world cinema. … Continue reading →

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21st century Modern Times (film: Eojjeoluga eobsda / No Other Choice – Park Chan-wook, 2025)

Posted on January 2, 2026 by admin

What a chance to start my 2026 cinephile year with a film like ‘Eojjeoluga eobsda‘ (the English distribution title is ‘No Other Choice‘) by the Korean master Park Chan-wook. I found in this film the mixture of thriller and horror … Continue reading →

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generational gaps (film: Father Mother Sister Brother – Jim Jarmusch, 2025)

Posted on December 30, 2025 by admin

It was a delight to end my 2025 film year by watching Jim Jarmusch‘s film ‘Father Mother Sister Brother‘. This is another of the triptychs that the American director wrote and brought to the screen, in which three cinematic stories … Continue reading →

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CHANGE.WORLD: 2025 – Anul care a fost

Posted on December 28, 2025 by admin

2025 a fost un an de schimbări tectonice pentru lumea în care trăim. Se poate spune că a fost anul în care ordinea mondială stabilită după cel de-al doilea război mondial a încetat să mai existe. Unul dintre războaiele care … Continue reading →

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another Judgment at Nuremberg (film: Nuremberg – James Vanderbilt, 2025)

Posted on December 25, 2025 by admin

Comparisons are inevitable. Any film ever made about the war crimes trials after World War II, and the one at Nuremberg in particular, will not be able to avoid reference to Stanley Kramer’s 1961 masterpiece. Just as those trials were … Continue reading →

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