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Abraham Lincoln deserved a better film (Film: ‘Lincoln’ – Steven Spielberg, 2012)

Posted on February 3, 2013 by admin

‘Lincoln’ is one of the bigger favorites for Oscar Awards this year and will certainly be one of the heroes of the evening in Hollywood a few weeks from now. It is made by one of the greatest directors of … Continue reading →

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under the spell of The Master (film: The Master – Paul Thomas Anderson, 2012)

Posted on February 1, 2013 by admin

Paul Thomas Anderson‘s The Master is one of the best acted and the most impressively filmed movie of 2012. And yet, I am concerned that as with another amazing film a few years ago which also enjoyed the acting of … Continue reading →

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Companhia de Dança Deborah Colker in Tel Aviv

Posted on January 27, 2013 by admin

The Tel Aviv Performing Arts Center (or the Opera House as it is popularly known) has a very solid dance program each season which brings every year to Tel Aviv most of the best ballet and modern dance companies world-wide. … Continue reading →

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intelligent sci-fi thriller (Film: Looper – Bruce Willis, 2012)

Posted on January 26, 2013 by admin

Once the future was projected in movies as a colorful and peaceful environment, where most of the human challenges will come from encounters with other civilizations and the confrontation with humanity’s own thirst in discovering the Universe and breaking all … Continue reading →

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‘It is not for you to decide …’ (Film: Green Zone – Matt Dimon, 2010)

Posted on January 19, 2013 by admin

It is seldom that Hollywood gets it right when it comes to describing the realities of the world we live in, and especially when the relation between the American policies and the rest of the world are concerned. Director Paul … Continue reading →

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In umbra principelui (Carte: Florian Filip – Zilele regelui)

Posted on January 16, 2013 by admin

In Zilele Regelui (Editura Poliron, colectia fiction ltd, 2008) Filip Florian abordeaza o perioada din istoria Romaniei care este aproape Terra incognita. Este vorba despre perioada venirii in tara a principelui strain Karl Ludwig de Hohenzollern, si despre anii in … Continue reading →

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war is no party (Film: The Hunting Party – Richard Gere, 2007)

Posted on January 15, 2013 by admin

War is no party. Not even a hunting one. Neither are consequences of war, or trying to make justice and catch war criminals. The Hunting Party written and directed by Richard Shephard whose Matador I have seen a few weeks … Continue reading →

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‘The Labor of Life’ by Hanoch Levin at the Beit Lessin Theater

Posted on January 14, 2013 by admin

The Web site in Hebrew of the Beit Lessin Theatre has under the name of the theater an addition which translates like ‘the most Israeli possible’. This is probably kind of a slogan meant to attract audiences and it certainly … Continue reading →

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Evan Christopher in Tel Aviv

Posted on January 13, 2013 by admin

Evan Christopher was back last week in Tel Aviv, three years after his tour here, and it was a great opportunity to see and listen to him again in the 3rd concert of the Hot Jazz season at the Tel … Continue reading →

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Onoarea sergentului Ion (Film: Medalia de onoare – Peter Călin Netzer, 2009)

Posted on January 10, 2013 by admin

Daca filmul acesta ar fi fost facut acum vrei zece ani ar fi fost considerat un eveniment cinematografic. In 2000 sau 2002, inainte de ‘Moartea Domnului Lazarescu’ si de ‘4 luni, 3 saptamani si 2 zile’ un film care sa … Continue reading →

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