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too dark to be true? (film: Civil War – Alex Garland, 2024)

Posted on August 20, 2024 by admin

Dystopias on screens seem to impress less lately, and this is probably also due to the fact that our lives and the events around us contain more and more elements of dystopia. ‘Civil War‘, the film written and directed by … Continue reading →

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‘The Master’ of our times (film: Master i Margarita / The Master and Margarita – Michael Lockshin, 2023)

Posted on August 19, 2024 by admin

Mikhail Bulgakov’s novel ‘The Master and Margarita’ was written between 1928 and 1940, but the writer never saw it published. The first – censored – version of the book appeared in the USSR in 1966. I guess this is the … Continue reading →

Posted in movies | Tagged August Diehl, Denis Lischenko, Evgeniy Tsyganov, film based on a novel, historical fantasy, international movies production, Master i Margarita, Maxim Zhukov, Michael Lockshin, Russian cinema, The Master and Margarita, Yulia Snigir | Leave a comment

justice under terror (film: Nachts wenn der Teufel kam / The Devil Strikes at Night – Robert Siodmak, 1957)

Posted on August 17, 2024 by admin

The life path and the career of Robert Siodmak has been winding, full of ups and downs, worthy of the script of a biopic waiting to be written and brought to screens sometime in the future. The German director of … Continue reading →

Posted in movies | Tagged Based on a True Story, film noir, German cinema, historical drama, Mario Adorf, Robert Siodmak, ww2 movies | Leave a comment

history as a farce (film: The Death of Stalin – Armando Iannucci, 2017)

Posted on August 16, 2024 by admin

One of the most famous quotes attributed to Karl Marx (who in turn was commenting on Hegel) is the one that claims that history and its personalities repeat themselves twice: the first time as tragedy, the second time as farce. … Continue reading →

Posted in movies | Tagged Armando Iannucci, docu-comedy, farce, inspired by comics, international movies production, Jeffrey Tambor, Michael Palin, Olga Kurylenko, Simon Russell Beale, Steve Buscemi, The Death of Stalin | Leave a comment

CHANGE.WORLD: AI și joburile noastre

Posted on August 12, 2024 by admin

Nu mai este vorba nici despre literatură științifico-fantastică și nici despre previziuni teoretice. Inteligența Artificială (AI) este aici, implementată pe scară largă în domeniile cele mai diferite ale economiei și vieții sociale. În unele cazuri, prezența sistemelor AI este vizibilă, … Continue reading →

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old is cool (film: Thelma – Josh Margolin, 2024)

Posted on August 10, 2024 by admin

Movies with people at advanced ages as characters are all the rage. At the rate they are being produced and released, the Academy may soon create a new category of Academy Awards – for Best Actor/Actress over 85. If such … Continue reading →

Posted in movies | Tagged author cinema, comedy, films about old age, Hollywood movies, Josh Margolin, June Squibb, original script, Richard Roundtree, Thelma | Leave a comment

dreams with deers (film: On Body and Soul / Teströl és lélekröl – Ildikó Enyedi, 2017)

Posted on August 9, 2024 by admin

‘Teströl és lélékröl‘ (‘On Body and Soul‘ in the English distribution), the film that won the Golden Bear at the Berlin Film Festival in 2017 and was nominated for Best Foreign Language Film at the Academy Awards, is one of … Continue reading →

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at the theatre with Deneuve, Luchini, Depardieu (film: Potiche – François Ozon, 2010)

Posted on August 7, 2024 by admin

‘Potiche‘, François Ozon‘s 2010 film brings together Catherine Deneuve, Fabrice Luchini and Gérard Depardieu, which is reason enough to want to see it without delay. The film brings to the screen a plot inspired by a play that was successfully … Continue reading →

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cool psychological thriller on the shores of the Lac Léman (film: Merci pour le chocolat – Claude Chabrol, 2000)

Posted on August 6, 2024 by admin

In 2000, Claude Chabrol, having turned 70 years old, was entering his last decade of life and cinematic career. ‘Merci pour le chocolat‘ (distributed in the English-language market under the rather funny title ‘Nightcap‘) was the sixth film in which … Continue reading →

Posted in movies | Tagged Anna Mouglalis, Charlotte Armstrong, Claude Chabrol, film based on a novel, films taking place in Switzerland, French cinema, Isabelle Huppert, Jacques Dutronc | Leave a comment

CHANGE.WORLD: Celelalte Jocuri Olimpice de la Paris

Posted on August 5, 2024 by admin

Jocurile Olimpice la Paris sunt ca în nicio altă parte a lumii. Afirmația este valabilă pentru ediția actuală, dar și pentru edițiile precedente, căci 2024 este a treia ediție a Jocurilor care se desfășoară în capitala Franței. Au trecut 100 … Continue reading →

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