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a political thriller at the Vatican (film: Conclave – Edward Berger, 2024)

Posted on February 5, 2025 by admin

Cinema has already dealt with the popes, their lives and deaths, including the process of electing the new sovereign pontiffs by convening the Conclave. There have been feature films and television series, dramas and comedies, historical or current affairs films … Continue reading →

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Istorie comparată în Orientul Mijlociu (carte: Ovidiu Raețchi – Frăția musulmană, 1928 – 2023)

Posted on February 4, 2025 by admin

Pentru noi, cei care trăim în Orientul Mijlociu, în mijlocul conflictelor care se succed și se suprapun fără întrerupere, a citi o analiză istorică și de actualitate curentă venită din afară este un exercițiu pe care ar trebui să-l facem … Continue reading →

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Day Zero of TV entertainment news (film: September 5 – Tim Fehlbaum, 2024)

Posted on February 3, 2025 by admin

September 5, 1972, has gone down in history as an infamous date in the history of the Olympic Games. Several documentaries and fiction films have already been made about this event and its aftermath, including a film directed by Spielberg. … Continue reading →

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CHANGE.WORLD: Foamea de electricitate

Posted on February 3, 2025 by admin

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)

Posted on February 1, 2025 by admin

‘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)

Posted on January 31, 2025 by admin

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)

Posted on January 29, 2025 by admin

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)

Posted on January 28, 2025 by admin

‘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)

Posted on January 27, 2025 by admin

‘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)

Posted on January 22, 2025 by admin

‘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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