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Film: De battre mon coeur s’est arrêté (Jacques Audiard – 2005)

Posted on May 10, 2010 by admin

I did not see yet the last film of Jacques Audiard Un Prophete which enjoyed great success in Europe and was brought to Israel a few weeks ago. I did however have the opportunity to see now (from the ARTE … Continue reading →

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Moscow’s Stanislavski Opera with Prokofiev’s ‘Betrothal in a Monastery’ in Tel Aviv

Posted on May 9, 2010 by admin

Last night’s performance at the New Israeli Opera was one of the first in the series of performances that brings here the Stanislavski Opera from Moscow. It was a fine performance in my opinion, although quite a different one than … Continue reading →

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Carla Cook in Tel Aviv

Posted on May 9, 2010 by admin

You may have not heard about Eddie Jefferson. He was a idol in the 60s and 70s, an exquisite vocalist, but is almost forgotten nowadays. A moving in-between songs story told by Carla Cook during her concert in Tel Aviv … Continue reading →

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A Walk Through the Real Ajami

Posted on May 7, 2010 by admin

A company cultural activity took us today through the district of Ajami, the Southern area of Jaffo made known recently by the movie that was a candidate to the Oscar prize for the Best Foreign Language Film.  Located one and … Continue reading →

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The Maltese Week / 5 – On the Streets of Valletta

Posted on May 6, 2010 by admin

The first thing that strikes the visitor after walking away from the central bus station towards the city are the walls. Valletta is located on a rocky peninsula and is protected by maybe the most impressive fortified walls that I … Continue reading →

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The Maltese Week / 4 – Roads and Buses

Posted on May 6, 2010 by admin

Somebody should write once a history of the railroads in the British Empire. All were ambitious projects, designed as a replica of the network that was built as the infrastructure of the industrial revolution in the British islands. The stations … Continue reading →

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Film: L’ete meurtrier (Isabelle Adjani – 1983)

Posted on May 4, 2010 by admin

The source of this film is a book of Sebastien Japrisot – a thriller author and script-writer who also directed a a few films by himself. After having seen the film directed by Jean Becker in 1983 I start to … Continue reading →

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Avigdor Arikha (1929 – 2010)

Posted on May 3, 2010 by admin

A murit pictorul Avigdor Arikha. Nascut in Bucovina (unele surse spun Radauti, altele Cernauti), avea 12 ani cand a fost deportat impreuna cu familia sa in Transnistria. Tatal sau a murit in ghetto, el a supravietuit deoarece desenele sale descriind … Continue reading →

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The Maltese Week /3 – History and Religion

Posted on April 28, 2010 by admin

The future episodes will talk a lot about history and about religion, and in many cases about both. The minuscule island at the crossroads of the Mediterranean offers on a very limited surface one of the richer collections of historical … Continue reading →

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Documentary: Das Ende des Politburos

Posted on April 26, 2010 by admin

This will certainly not be the last and ultimate documentary made about the events that precluded and picked that night of November in 1989 when the infamous Wall of Berlin fell, signaling that the process of ending the Communist rule … Continue reading →

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