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CHANGE.WORLD: Foamea de electricitate

Electrificarea pare a fi o lozincă a secolului trecut. Era unul dintre punctele principale atât ale programului partidului bolșevic din Rusia Sovietică de după revoluție (‘comunismul este puterea sovietelor plus electrificarea întregii țări’), dar și ale planurilor prezidențiale americane din … Continue reading →

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a japanese autumn sonata (film: Teki – Daihachi Yoshida, 2024)

‘Teki‘, the 2024 film by Japanese director Daihachi Yoshida, is a film about the old age. I don’t know to what extent contemporary Japanese cinema addresses this topic, but it seems natural to me that it would in a country … Continue reading →

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the cloud that kills (film: Cloud / Kuraudo – Kiyoshi Kurosawa, 2024)

Japanese director Kiyoshi Kurosawa‘s filmography already includes several films where the horror and techno-thriller genres meet, reflecting a world where technology overwhelms its heroes and terrifies the audience. ‘Cloud‘ (‘Kuraudo‘ in the original – 2024) can be included in this … Continue reading →

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three tales of one city (film: Tokyo! – Michel Gondry & Leos Carax & Bong Joon Ho, 2008)

I don’t know the history of this production, but the idea seems formidable to me. ‘Tokyo!‘ (2009) is a triptych of short films set in Tokyo and directed by three directors who are not Japanese, but who are talented and … Continue reading →

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duel of the giants (film: The Missouri Breaks – Arthur Penn, 1976)

‘The Missouri Breaks‘, the 1976 film by director Arthur Penn, is the stuff of which cinematic legends are made. Thomas McGuane wrote the screenplay for this revisionist western, a subgenre of cinema that flourished in American cinema after 1966, taking … Continue reading →

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Crimă și delir (carte: Ariana Harwicz – Degenerat)

‘Degenerat’ al Arianei Harwicz, apărut în 2021 în Editura Vellant în traducerea căreia nu i-am descoperit vreun cusur a Lilianei Pleșa Iacob, este o carte și o experiență de lectură unică din câteva puncte de vedere. O aventură dificilă și … Continue reading →

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Poirot on a Mediterranean Island (film: Evil Under the Sun – Guy Hamilton, 1982)

‘Evil Under the Sun‘ (1982) is my favorite film adaptation of Agatha Christie’s novels in which the role of Hercule Poirot is played by Peter Ustinov. The script is well written, the narrative is clear, the dialogues are humorous and … Continue reading →

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a detective vaudeville (film: Drôle de drame – Marcel Carné, 1937)

‘Drôle de drame‘ (1937 – alternative title ‘Bizarre, Bizarre‘), the second film by French director Marcel Carné, has over time acquired the status of a cult film. Criticized and ignored upon its premiere in the tense years before World War … Continue reading →

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CHANGE.WORLD: Regulile jocului se schimbă

Nici nu a început bine anul 2025, și vânturile schimbărilor se fac simțite. Prima săptămână de lucru a noului an a adus în atenția publicului larg câteva știri despre schimbări în modul în care funcționează serviciile de Internet și aplicațiile … Continue reading →

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a trip to the roots (film: A Real Pain – Jesse Eisenberg, 2024)

The genre of films to which ‘A Real Pain‘ (2024), the second film in which Jesse Eisenberg is (also) behind the camera as director, belongs is quite popular in Israel. Trips to Poland and other countries in Europe where episodes … Continue reading →

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