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The Wonderful Announciation (CD with carols from Romania with Angela Gheorghiu)

Posted on December 25, 2013 by admin

An extra joy in this holiday season is provided by the launching by the label MediaPro Music of a CD with Romanian carols ‘Oh, what wonderful news’ sung Angela Gheorghiu . It is a musical event of the first importance … Continue reading →

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the mark of Luc (Film: Colombiana – produced by Luc Besson, 2011)

Posted on December 24, 2013 by admin

I liked Colombiana, a film that bears the mark of Luc. Luc Besson, of course. Although he is not directing this film, he wrote the script and produced it, and more important infiltrated into it some of the stylish and … Continue reading →

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World Press and Local Testimony 2013

Posted on December 22, 2013 by admin

Bringing to Israel the international Word Press journalistic photography winners and joining in the same exhibition the Israeli Local Testimony collection has become a tradition, and so is my visiting the show at the Eretz Israel Museum in Tel Aviv. … Continue reading →

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the cat of a generation (animated film: Fritz the Cat – Ralph Bakshi, 1972)

Posted on December 21, 2013 by admin

Having spent the 70s in Romania and missed much of the cultural fresh air, I am in a continuous process of recovering some of my lost time. Music was the only form of art which crossed the Iron Curtain thanks … Continue reading →

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the beach of the deprived (film: Bombay Beach – Alma Harel, 2011)

Posted on December 15, 2013 by admin

It is probably better sometimes to see a film after the buzz is over in order to appreciate it – its good as well as its weakest parts. The break-through film of Alma Harel was very much talked about when it … Continue reading →

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an original mix (Film: $9.99 – Tatia Rosenthal, 2008)

Posted on December 13, 2013 by admin

$9.99 is a very special kind of film. It combines a very classic style of animation called ‘stop-motion’ which I remember being used since the 60s in the East-European animation movies with modern and realistic setting, all based on a … Continue reading →

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Carte: Mihai Dimitrie Sturdza – Ruşii, masonii, Mareşalul şi alte răspîntii ale istoriografiei

Posted on December 11, 2013 by admin

‘Ruşii, masonii, Mareşalul şi alte răspîntii ale istoriografiei’ aparuta in 2013 la editura compania este una dintre cele mai interesante carti de istorie pe care le-am citit in ultima vreme, si marturisesc ca am citit-o cu mare interes. Mihai Dimitrie Sturdza, … Continue reading →

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Hanukkah Rocks

Posted on November 27, 2013 by admin

With Arik Einstein having left us on the eve of Hanukkah the whole holiday looks different. I do not know how Arik was celebrating the holiday. His daughters married in very religious families, he was in-law-ed with his ex-partner Uri … Continue reading →

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Arik Einstein

Posted on November 27, 2013 by admin

It’s a sad day for the Israeli music and culture. Arik Einstein is dead. For folks who do not know that well Israel, Arik’s loss is like if Bob Dylan or Leonard Cohen (may them live long and happy lives) … Continue reading →

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addiction and cure (Film: ‘Don Jon’ – Joseph Gordon-Levitt, 2013)

Posted on November 23, 2013 by admin

Sometimes I feel sorry for not liking a movie. It usually happens when I see tones of good intentions and talent put into a film, and yet the result is a disaster, or very far below the expectations. This is … Continue reading →

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