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Mayan Horror (The Ruins – Carter Smith, 2008)

Posted on September 10, 2012 by admin

I wonder if director Carter Smith and other folks involved in the making of The Ruins have seen Tarkovsky‘s Solaris. I like to believe that it’s mandatory stuff in any school of cinema but I cannot know. I am asking … Continue reading →

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Theater – ‘Ministers of War’ at Habima

Posted on September 9, 2012 by admin

Playwrights do not have an easy task writing about the Israeli contemporary realities. How strong and impressive you can be writing a tragedy about the Israel of today when thousands of people in the land called Holy have lost their … Continue reading →

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On the Transalpina Road

Posted on September 8, 2012 by admin

    I am bringing in this episode of my travel notes a few pictures taken on the spectacular alpine highway Transalpina which we crossed in the last day of our motor trip. The road crosses the  Parang mountains and … Continue reading →

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Friday Night Live (Film: Date Night – Tina Fey, 2010)

Posted on September 7, 2012 by admin

Shawn Levy directed a remake of the Pink Panter as well as a couple of Nights at the Museum, so having a good laugh is something that we should almost take for granted when going to a movie made by … Continue reading →

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The Synagogue That Was

Posted on September 6, 2012 by admin

Here is an odd and sad story – the story of a place of worship, the story of a place that witnessed the history of a Jewish community and was the symbol, the place of gathering and the center of … Continue reading →

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Despite What Critics Say (Film: Unknown – Liam Neeson, 2011)

Posted on September 3, 2012 by admin

I usually rely on the opinions of exquisite movie critics like Robert Ebert or James Berardinelli and it seldom or almost never happens to be in disagreement with one, not to speak both of them. Luckily I usually read critics … Continue reading →

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Film: HaMashgihim (a.k.a. God’s Neighbors) – Israel, 2012

Posted on September 2, 2012 by admin

The producers or the distributors decided to translate HaMashgihim with God’s Neighbors for the English distribution of this film. I have a hard time to understand their intention, but I agree that the translation is not easy, as The Supervisors … Continue reading →

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The Old Church in the Hills

Posted on September 1, 2012 by admin

  One of the discoveries in the recent vacation spent in Romania was an architectonic and historical jewel in the hills below the Carpathians, near Hunedoara. The road that descends South to the village of Densus (read Den-soosh) is picturesque … Continue reading →

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A Story of Two Lighthouses and One Monastery That Refuses to Die

Posted on August 30, 2012 by admin

As I am a passionate of lighthouses, one of my questions to the local folks during my vacation on the Danube was obviously ‘Are there any lighthouses on the Danube’. The answer was ‘no, not any longer, as today navigation … Continue reading →

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Carte: Mircea Cartarescu – ochiul caprui al dragostei noastre

Posted on August 29, 2012 by admin

Am sentimente impartite in legatura cu multitudinea de jurnale, pseudo-jurnale si culegeri de articole publicate in ultimii ani de mai toti scriitorii si criticii literari ai momentului. Proliferarea genului imi pare a avea o combinatie de cauze obiective si personale. … Continue reading →

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