Author Archives: admin

Alban Berg’s ‘Wozzeck’ at the New Israeli Opera

Posted on December 10, 2012 by admin

The new season at the Israeli opera started with tremors before the first aria was sung. Financial pressures led to last minute changes in the program of the season, including the cancelling of the traditional end-of-season grand finale at Masada, … Continue reading →

Posted in opera | Tagged , , | Leave a comment

Joel Frahm (again) in Tel Aviv

Posted on December 9, 2012 by admin

The first evening in the Hot Jazz series at the Tel Aviv Museum of Art this year that I am attending (it was actually the second one, but I missed the first because of my professional trip in November) provided … Continue reading →

Posted in jazz | Tagged , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

The Maccabbees in Art

Posted on December 8, 2012 by admin

As we are lighting the first candle of Hanukkah tonight, as the tradition of The Catcher in the Sand requires on any Jewish holiday, let us have a slightly different perspective on the holiday. As the holiday is besides candles … Continue reading →

Posted in holidays | Tagged , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

Erica Hoffer – La New York, pe poteci mai putin batute

Posted on December 6, 2012 by admin

Erica Hoffer mi-a permis preluarea pe blog a notelor ei de calatorie din vizita facuta recent la New York. De aceasta data va fi vorba despre cateva expozitii si muzee mai mici, din acelea pe care placerea de a le … Continue reading →

Posted in art, Erica Hoffer, travel | Tagged , , , | Leave a comment

Blinded by Love (Film: Seisaku’s Wife – Yasuzô Masumura, 2005)

Posted on December 3, 2012 by admin

My discovery of the fascinating world of the Japanese cinema progresses slowly. The cinematheque in my city scheduled the projection of a few films belonging to another of the great Japanese directors of the post-war generation – Yasuzo Masumura. Unfortunately … Continue reading →

Posted in movies | Tagged , , , , | Leave a comment

Blood Border (Film: Machete – Robert De Niro, 2010)

Posted on December 2, 2012 by admin

Action movies are one of my not so secret guilty pleasures and I do not even feel so guilty since directors in the genre get recognition not only from audiences but also from critics, and the genre is celebrated at … Continue reading →

Posted in movies | Tagged , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

… and the rest is NOT silence (Film: The Artist – Michel Hazanavicius, 2011)

Posted on December 1, 2012 by admin

The Artist is a good and entertaining film, and it may deserve the handful of Oscar prizes that it received. I missed it in the theaters, then I bought the DVD when I was in Paris, and it’s only now … Continue reading →

Posted in movies | Tagged , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

Bad Neighborhoods (Film: Tropa de Elite – Brasil, 2007)

Posted on November 29, 2012 by admin

Brazilian cinema is for me another almost completely unexplored territory. Have I ever seen a Brazilian movie before? Probably not, maybe a couple of documentaries about Brazilian music. Director Jose Padilha‘s Elite Squad was for me as big a surprise … Continue reading →

Posted in movies | Tagged , , , , , , | Leave a comment

Carte: Joyce Carol Oates – Gradina placerilor lumesti

Posted on November 27, 2012 by admin

‘Cat de infricosatoare par profetiile unui tanar scriitor, privite retrospectiv! Daca vom scrie suficient de mult si vom trai suficient de mult, viata noastra va fi, in mare, un deja vu, iar noi insine, personajele-fantoma pe care credeam ca le-am … Continue reading →

Posted in books | Tagged , , , , | Leave a comment

3Dance (Film: Pina – Wim Wenders, 2011)

Posted on November 25, 2012 by admin

Reading some the interviews that Wim Wenders gave about Pina I learned that this film ended to be something quite different from what the director originally intended. While fascinated a long time by Pina Bausch’s creation and especially Cafe Muller, … Continue reading →

Posted in movies | Tagged , , , , | Leave a comment