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2 x Belmondo, 1 (and only) Raquel Welch (film: L’animal – Claude Zidi, 1977)

Posted on June 9, 2023 by admin

‘L’animal‘, made in 1977, is a film shrouded in stardust. The director is Claude Zidi, one of the most famous French authors of popular comedies, who is also the co-author of the screenplay whose dialogues are written by the legendary … Continue reading →

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a fading world (film: Return to Dust – Ruijun Li, 2022)

Posted on June 8, 2023 by admin

A review of the translations of the title of the beautiful film by the Chinese director Ruijun Li can already be an indication of how the film was distributed and received in the various cinema markets. Using Google Translate I … Continue reading →

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a remake with surprises (film: Secret in Their Eyes – Billy Ray, 2015)

Posted on June 7, 2023 by admin

‘Secret in Their Eyes‘, the 2015 film by Billy Ray, could represent another episode in the eternal discussion about American remakes of non-American film productions. Ray, who is also an excellent screenwriter, took the general outlines of the conflict of … Continue reading →

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there shall not be two pharaohs (film: Cairo Conspiracy – Tarik Saleh, 2022)

Posted on June 3, 2023 by admin

Tarik Saleh is an Egyptian-born filmmaker living in Sweden. His career is divided between Sweden, Hollywood and productions about Egypt. The latter are made outside the country, including ‘Cairo Conspiracy‘ in which the story takes place in a Cairo whose … Continue reading →

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Eseu despre istoria timpurie a intelectualilor și a universităților (carte: Jacques Le Goff – Intelectualii în Evul Mediu)

Posted on June 1, 2023 by admin

Jacques Le Goff (1924 – 2014) a fost unul dintre cei mai renumiți istorici francezi și un autor prolific, specializat în Evul Mediu, în special în secolele 12 și 13. Specialitatea sa era antropologia istorică a Europei de Vest în … Continue reading →

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Planet Earth survives another disaster (film: Greenland – Ric Roman Waugh, 2020)

Posted on May 28, 2023 by admin

The global catastrophe that was the COVID-19 pandemic influenced the path to viewers of hundreds or thousands of cinematographic productions. One of them was ‘Greenland‘, the 2020 film by American director Ric Roman Waugh, known mostly for action thrillers. ‘Greenland‘ … Continue reading →

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in the shadow of Spielberg (film: Armageddon Time – JamesGray, 2022)

Posted on May 27, 2023 by admin

Director James Gray has a diverse filmography, in which films from very different genres are represented. I confess that I have not been excited by any of his films so far. Among his previous films, the ones that I found … Continue reading →

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Biografia unei stele nevăzute a ecranului (carte: Annie Muscă – Irina-Margareta Nistor, Zâmbet de cinema)

Posted on April 27, 2023 by admin

‘Irina-Margareta Nistor, Zâmbet de cinema’, cartea apărută la sfârșitul anului 2022 la Editura ‘Paralela 45’ este ceea ce se numește o biografie autorizată și oficială. Autoarea cărții, Annie Muscă, născută în 1970, se prezintă pe rețeaua socială profesională LinkedIn ca … Continue reading →

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CHANGE.WORLD: Israel – 75

Posted on April 25, 2023 by admin

Israelul împlinește în această săptămână 75 de ani. Ziua Națională marchează aniversarea Declarației de Independență a Israelului, semnată pe 14 mai 1948 sau 5 ale lunii ebraice Iyar. Cum toate sărbătorile evreiești sunt celebrate după calendarul ebraic, data diferă în … Continue reading →

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between sacred and sin (film: Il peccato – Andrey Konchalovskiy, 2019)

Posted on April 22, 2023 by admin

More than half a century before he wrote (in collaboration) and directed ‘Il peccato‘, Andrey Konchalovskiy co-wrote another memorable film about another great Renaissance artist – Tarkovsky’s ‘Andrei Rubliov’ (1966). A year before ‘The Agony and the Ecstasy’, the adaptation … Continue reading →

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