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soulless (Film: Zero Dark Thirty – Kathryn Bigelow, 2012)

Posted on September 14, 2013 by admin

What is surprising for this two and a half hours film depicting the search after Bin Laden, the planning and the execution of the action that killed him is how superficial it is in its approach. It may be that … Continue reading →

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The Meal that Opens the New Year

Posted on August 28, 2013 by admin

Since I started The Catcher in the Sand I use to mark the Jewish holidays with postings that relate one way or another with the occasion. I decided this time to mark Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish New Year with a … Continue reading →

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Carte: Moshe Idel – Evreii lui Saturn

Posted on August 26, 2013 by admin

‘… ma intreb daca o istorie bazata pe ideea unei intelegeri corecte a cartilor, faptelor sau persoanelor, ar fi mai adecvata decat una intemeiata pe prezumtia ca aceeasi factori au fost inteles gresit. Poate ca o istorie bazata pe intelegeri … Continue reading →

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Carte: Ilf si Petrov – 1001 de zile sau Noua Seherazada

Posted on August 21, 2013 by admin

A trecut cred aproape jumatate de secol de cand am citit cele doua carti foarte cunoscute semnate de Ilia Ilf si Evgheni Petrov ’12 scaune’ si ‘Vitelul de aur’. Am aflat intre timp ca cei doi mari scriitori satirici sovietici … Continue reading →

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a thriller in the swamps (Film: In the Electric Mist – Tommy Lee Jones, 2009)

Posted on August 3, 2013 by admin

Some films deserve a better fate. This is in my opinion the case with ‘In the Electric Mist’ which is totally unknown to most of the cinema fans because it seems to not having been released in cinema theaters in … Continue reading →

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chaotic (Film: Contagion – Steven Soderbergh, 2011)

Posted on July 26, 2013 by admin

Having seen a few weeks ago Side Effects I was reflecting that maybe Steven Soderbergh would not necessarily do a bad thing taking a break from directing. Well, I had not seen ‘Contagion’ yet, one of his previous movies. To … Continue reading →

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the meaning of America (Film: ‘Killing Them Softly’ – Brad Pitt, 2012)

Posted on July 26, 2013 by admin

Here is one action movie that succeeds in a very original manner to say more about the America of today (or of a few years ago) than many other ‘serious’, ‘social’, ‘politically-engaged’ film. It does it so in a very … Continue reading →

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Carte: Don DeLillo – Punctul Omega

Posted on June 27, 2013 by admin

Romanul de mici dimensiuni al lui Don DeLillo (aparut in 2012 la Editura POLIROM, in colectia Biblioteca Polirom, in traducerea careia nu i-am gasit vreun cusur a Veronicai D.  Niculescu) ii va lasa descumpaniti la sfarsitul lecturii pe multi dintre … Continue reading →

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out of focus (Film: Side Effects – Steven Soderbergh, 2013)

Posted on June 24, 2013 by admin

For us, folks living out of the United States there seem to be two institutions that govern strongly the lives of our American friends: the courts of law and the shrinks. While tribunals are institutions that for most people out … Continue reading →

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blood and music (Film: The Red Violin – Francois Girard, 1998)

Posted on June 23, 2013 by admin

This ambitious project realized 15 years ago and directed by Francois Girard uses a not completely new pretext for its story line retracing 300 years of history of a superb violin manufactured at the end of the 17th century, a … Continue reading →

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