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Călătoare pe urmele lui Xenofon (carte: Sabina Fati – Călătorie pe urmele conflictelor de lângă noi)

Posted on February 21, 2024 by admin

Lectura cărților Sabinei Fati este o experiență unică, cel puțin în literatura română. Reporter îndrăzneț și observator atent al celor văzute, auzite și simțite în decursul peregrinărilor sale, Sabina Fati este o excelentă autoare de cărți de călătorie. În același … Continue reading →

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at the edge of Europe (film: As bestas – Rodrigo Sorogoyen, 2022)

Posted on February 20, 2024 by admin

Rodrigo Sorogoyen is one of the Spanish film directors that I follow and particularly appreciate. Several of his successful films in the last decade have been political thrillers set in urban settings. ‘As bestas‘ (‘The Beasts’) is apparently a very … Continue reading →

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anatomy of an unhappy marriage (film: Anatomie d’une chute – Justine Trier, 2023)

Posted on February 19, 2024 by admin

‘Anatomy d’une chute‘ is the surprise winner of the Palme d’Or trophy at Cannes 2023 and the ‘underdog’ nomination in several key categories at this year’s edition of the Academy Awards. I confess that I have not seen any of … Continue reading →

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CHANGE.WORLD: Sfârșitul globalizării?

Posted on February 19, 2024 by admin

Titlurile din presă sau subtitlurile analizelor de sfârșit și de început de an sunt dramatice: ‘The Death of Globalization’ sau ‘Globalization – The End’. Desigur, termenul însuși – Globalizare – este vag, supralicitat sau demonizat. Presupunând însă că acceptăm definirea … Continue reading →

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the last great swashbuckler? (film: Le bossu – Philippe de Broca, 1997

Posted on February 17, 2024 by admin

French literature of the middle and second half of the 19th century offered its readers a treasure trove of mystery and adventure novels with themes inspired by the history of France from the Middle Ages to the period of the … Continue reading →

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a tale with spies and corruption (film: The Tailor of Panama – John Boorman, 2001)

Posted on February 15, 2024 by admin

I miss John le Carré so much. I had gotten used to his novels coming out once every 2 or 3 years and would look forward to the release of the first paperback edition which I could afford to buy … Continue reading →

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another Christmas movie (film: The Holdovers – Alexander Payne, 2023)

Posted on February 13, 2024 by admin

I confess that I was somewhat anxiously waiting to see Alexander Payne‘s ‘The Holdovers‘ (2023). 5 Oscar nominations should be a guarantee of watching a quality or at least interesting film. On the other hand, my experiences with Payne‘s previous … Continue reading →

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holy crimes (film: Holy Spider – Ali Abbasi, 2022)

Posted on February 12, 2024 by admin

Ali Abbasi, an Iranian director living in Scandinavia for over a decade chose a famous case that happened in Iran in 2000 and 2001 as an opportunity to make in ‘Holy Spider‘ a film that deals with one of the … Continue reading →

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CHANGE.WORLD: Neptuniști contra Plutoniști

Posted on February 12, 2024 by admin

Unele dispute din istoria cunoașterii nu se sfârșesc niciodată. De exemplu, cele legate de istoria Universului, a planetei pe care trăim și a speciei umane. Voi descrie în articolul de astăzi al rubricii CHANGE.WORLD un episod al acestor dispute, care … Continue reading →

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nous sommes partout (film: Ils sont partout – Yvan Attal, 2016)

Posted on February 11, 2024 by admin

I suspect that the French director, co-writer and actor Yvan Attal managed to magically steal one of our family’s favorite jokes for his film ‘Ils sont partout‘ (2016). This is exactly how, in French, my wife and I have reacted … Continue reading →

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