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the last Melville (film: Un flic – Jean-Pierre Melville, 1972)

The ‘noir’ films made by Jean-Pierre Melville before ‘Un flic‘ have some visual elements that make them easily recognizable in the landscape of French cinema and many of them share a common theme – friendship. Many of his characters are … Continue reading

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power games (film: Tár – Todd Field, 2022)

‘Tár‘, one of the most talked about films of 2022 and a serious contender for the Academy Awards, with six nominations, is written and directed by Todd Field – a filmmaker who does not seem at all rushed or prone … Continue reading

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shattering movie about life, age and death (film: Plan 75 – Chie Hayakawa, 2022)

‘Plan 75‘, the feature debut of Japanese filmmaker Chie Hayakawa, which premiered at the 2022 Cannes Film Festival, is an imperfect and shattering movie, one of those films whose idea and theme will follow viewers long after they have finished … Continue reading

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two brothers on a boat (film: Cassandra’s Dream – Woody Allen, 2007)

Woody Allen‘s films are simple and accessible. Or at least they seem so. This is also the case with the 2007 ‘Cassandra’s Dream‘, which is part of an English series of three films by Allen, which in turn is part … Continue reading

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power game (film: La Vénus à la fourrure – Roman Polanski, 2013)

Roman Polanski‘s films are never simple. ‘La Vénus à la fourrure‘ (English title is ‘Venus in furs‘) is the adaptation of a Tony Award winning play by David Ives based on a novel by 19th century Austrian writer Leopold von … Continue reading

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catching up with life (film: Living – Oliver Hermanus, 2022)

Akira Kurosawa‘s career is marked by several notable adaptations and remakes. Throughout his career, the great Japanese film director has contributed to building bridges between cultures, texts by great writers and film schools. Several of his famous films are adaptations … Continue reading

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CHANGE.WORLD – Inteligență ART-ificială

Ne aflăm într-un punct de inflexiune în evoluția Inteligenței Artificiale (AI)? Suntem martorii unui salt calitativ al eficienței aplicațiilor AI, care poate avea un impact serios în domenii diverse cum ar fi căutarea și documentarea pe rețelele informatice, eseurile și … Continue reading

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Și asasinii iubesc (carte: Barry Eisler – Pactul asasinilor)

Barry Eisler se află deja, de ceva vreme, pe o listă de scriitori la ale căror cărți îmi propusesem să ajung, în genurile care m-au pasionat din totdeauna și continuă să mă pasioneze și astăzi, desi timpul pe care li-l … Continue reading

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a well-polished nun (film: La religieuse – Guillaume Nicloux, 2013)

Guillaume Nicloux, the director of this 2013 version of the film ‘La religieuse‘ was born in 1966, that is exactly the year that the film of the same name made by Jacques Rivette, starring Anna Karina, premiered at the Cannes … Continue reading

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life? or theatre? (animation film: Charlotte – Tahir Rana & Éric Warin, 2021)

The International Holocaust Remembrance Day events gave me the opportunity to see, at an event organized by the French Cultural Institute, a film I was planning to watch for a while but somehow missed last year when it was released … Continue reading

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