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An Evening at the Renewed HaBima

Posted on May 20, 2012 by admin

The Israeli national theater Habima is back home in its renovated location in central Tel Aviv. The many years of wandering in temporary spaces, the problems with the building and funding seriously impacted the conditions of viewing and the level … Continue reading →

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Cartea de Film: Michel Marie – Noul Val Francez

Posted on May 18, 2012 by admin

Cu trei-patru ani in urma cinematecile si festivalurile de film din intreaga lume au celebrat jumatate de secol de la aparitia pe scena cinematografiei franceze si internationale a fenomenului numit Noul Val Francez – o generatie de creatori in mare … Continue reading →

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Amos Oz la ICR – Tel Aviv

Posted on May 17, 2012 by admin

Amos Oz este astazi poate scriitorul strain cel mai tradus in Romania. I-au aparut in traducere 12 carti (din cele 27 pe care le-a scris pana acum) si inca trei sunt planificate sa apara pana in toamna lui 2013, inclusiv … Continue reading →

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Cote d’Azur Snapshots

Posted on May 16, 2012 by admin

This was my first time on the Cote d’Azur. Unfortunately it also was one of these frustrating standards meetings with a schedule that did not allow me any sightseeing, and no time spent out of the hotel and meeting rooms … Continue reading →

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The Impossible Escape (Film: The Next Three Days – Russell Crowe, 2010)

Posted on May 9, 2012 by admin

I had many reasons to be unhappy with this film, yet I ended by being reasonably satisfied with my action movie selection. So what makes The Next Three Days work? It starts as a happy_family_meets_hell film (when the beautiful wife … Continue reading →

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The Risks of Good Education (Film: Kynodontas – Greece, 2009)

Posted on May 8, 2012 by admin

Director Giorgio Lantimos‘ film Dogtooth (Kynodontas) is an anti-utopia. It imagines a world that does not exist, with rules and conventions so different from the ones of the society we live in that some of its aspects are shocking. A … Continue reading →

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Stretching to the Limit (Film: Limitless, 2011)

Posted on May 7, 2012 by admin

One of the latest films I saw before ‘Limitless’ was ‘The Sorcerer’s Apprentice’. The two share at least one line in which the supernatural capabilities of the hero are explained by his making used of 100% of his brain capabilities, … Continue reading →

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Mission Accomplished, the Oscar (Film: The Iron Lady – Meryl Streep, 2011)

Posted on May 6, 2012 by admin

If the goal of The Iron Lady was to get another statuette for Meryl Streep, the mission was accomplished. Streep receives a generous part which takes former British PM Margaret Thatcher from her early days in the Commons to the … Continue reading →

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An Accomplished Musician – Emil Aybinder

Posted on May 4, 2012 by admin

I had the privilege to hear last night a musician that I knew nothing before. I actually came to listen to Israeli percussionist Chen Zimbalista in a program of Gypsy Music, part of a series of World Music which runs … Continue reading →

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TV series – Rubicon (2010)

Posted on April 29, 2012 by admin

I like detective or spy stories, but only those with soul and brains, and unfortunately there are not too many. I do not like conspiracy theories but I recognize that they make great thriller and action movies stuff – X-Files … Continue reading →

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