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The Thrill is Gone (Film: The Muppets, 2011)

Posted on November 19, 2012 by admin

One of the songs in the first part of this comeback tentative of The Muppets is called ‘Can We Do It Again?’.  To some extent it resumes the story and the history of this film. The story because the film … Continue reading →

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Back to the 80s (Film: We Own the Night – Joaquin Phoenix, Mark Wahlberg, 2007)

Posted on November 18, 2012 by admin

There is a strong feeling of deja vu planning on the viewers of We Own the Night (the slogan of the NYPD in the 80s, while fighting for the control of the streets of the Big Apple at night). The … Continue reading →

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‘Double Vision’ – Contemporary Art from Japan at the Tikotin Museum

Posted on November 17, 2012 by admin

The Tikotin Museum of Japanese Art and the Haifa Museum of Art organized in Haifa what is probably the most important exhibition of contemporary art from Japan ever hold in Israel with the occasion of the 60 years since Japan … Continue reading →

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Richard III under Rocket Attacks

Posted on November 16, 2012 by admin

This is maybe one of the most unusual texts about a theater performance that I have ever written. It is not only about Shakespeare’s masterpiece, not only about the staging (and I have great references to compare with, starting with … Continue reading →

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The Old Rocker and the Holocaust (Film: This Must Be the Place – Sean Penn, 2011)

Posted on November 14, 2012 by admin

This Must Be the Place is one of the weirdest Holocaust movies ever made. So weird and so different that I doubt that it will find place in the usual re-programing of the TV stations on such commemorative moments as … Continue reading →

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The Killer’s Apprentice (Film: From Paris with Love – John Travolta and Jonathan Rhys Meyers, 2010)

Posted on November 13, 2012 by admin

There certainly is a love story going on between Hollywood and Paris. I can hardly think about a genre that is not represented in the American cinema and has its setting in Paris – from historical films to romantic comedies, … Continue reading →

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Madeleine Peyroux in Tel Aviv

Posted on November 12, 2012 by admin

I first saw and listened to Madeleine Peyroux’s music in the mid-90s. The performance was filmed at one of the major jazz festivals, maybe the one in Montreal, but I am no longer sure. She was in her mid 20s, … Continue reading →

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Family Ties (Film: Tetro – Francis Ford Coppola, 2009)

Posted on October 26, 2012 by admin

The name of Francis Ford Coppola is always sufficient to make me want to see the movie. Having directed back in the 70s what are considered to be some of the best films in the history of cinema, Coppola seems … Continue reading →

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Snapshots in Tel Aviv and Yaffo

Posted on October 19, 2012 by admin

Below are a few pictures taken this morning during a short tour in Tel Aviv and Yaffo.     Beit Tamar is the name of the building that stands at the intersection of the streets Chelouche and Shabazi in the … Continue reading →

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Carte: Jorge Luis Borges – Istoria universala a infamiei

Posted on October 18, 2012 by admin

Volumasul ‘Istoria universala a infamiei’ are vreo 130 de pagini a caror lectura nu ia mult mai mult decat o ora – dar fiecare minut din acest prea scurt interval este un minut de delectare, care reprezinta si o introducere … Continue reading →

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