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a good computer-screen thriller (film: Searching – Aneesh Chaganthy, 2018)

Posted on November 9, 2022 by admin

Movies that take place mostly or even exclusively on computer screens are not exactly a novelty anymore. In the last 20 years I have seen such productions in different genres – from romantic comedies to science fiction epics. The compression … Continue reading →

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a work of art (film: 24 Frames – Abbas Kiarostami, 2017)

Posted on November 8, 2022 by admin

‘24 Frames‘ is one of those films that, in retrospect, is said to be a testament of a great director. There are enough arguments in favor of this categorization, including the final frame or scene in which we have on … Continue reading →

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CHANGE.WORLD: Premianții – promoția ’22

Posted on November 7, 2022 by admin

Ritualul este deja cunoscut. În săptămânile premergătoare anunțurilor, lumea științei, a economiei, a literaturii și a politicii începe să facă pronosticuri. Urmează o săptămână în care o mână de oameni importanți, norocoși și cu merite, primesc telefonul mai mult sau … Continue reading →

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dark German thriller (film: Die Vierhändige – Oliver Kienle, 2017)

Posted on November 7, 2022 by admin

‘Die Vierhändige‘ (‘Four Hands‘ in English) is an author movie written and directed by German filmmaker Oliver Kienle. It is a film that surprised me (for the better) by the quality and expressiveness of the image and by the intensity … Continue reading →

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a lonely father (film: Everybody’s Fine – Kirk Jones, 2009)

Posted on November 2, 2022 by admin

‘Everybody’s Fine‘, the 2009 American family drama by director Kirk Jones, offers the opportunity for a series of interesting reflections on the passing of cinematic time. Why do some older films seem contemporary, while other films, made a decade or … Continue reading →

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films for all the family need not be childish (film: The Adam Project – Shawn Levy, 2022)

Posted on November 1, 2022 by admin

‘The Adam Project‘, Shawn Levy‘s 2022 film, is one of those film projects that strives to prove that Netflix has become a production house that can rival any of the major studios. The film belongs to a hugely popular film … Continue reading →

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Clooney and Roberts are not enough to save the film (film: ‘Ticket to Paradise’ – Ol Parker, 2022)

Posted on October 29, 2022 by admin

George Clooney and Julia Roberts are two excellent actors and the Academy Awards they each won were well deserved. They are also two very suitable actors for romantic comedies, and if we accept the idea that good romantic comedies can … Continue reading →

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Imperiul de 47 de ani (carte: Katja Hoyer – Fier și sânge)

Posted on October 3, 2022 by admin

Subtitlul cărții ‘Fier și sânge’ scrisă de istorica și ziarista Katja Hoyer este ‘Creșterea și decăderea Imperiului German 1871 – 1918’. Sursa de inspirație o reprezintă desigur titlurile monumentalelor tratate istorice care descriu ascensiunea și mai ales decăderea marilor imperii … Continue reading →

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CHANGE.WORLD: Savanții nebuni

Posted on October 2, 2022 by admin

Știința și oamenii de știință nu au o reprezentare prea bună în imaginația populară. Aceasta ar fi concluzia dacă ar fi să ne ghidam după statistici legate de a șaptea artă, probabil cea mai de succes dintre arte, în ultimul … Continue reading →

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capitalist apocalypse (film: Hell or High Water – David Mackenzie, 2016)

Posted on October 1, 2022 by admin

Many of the scenes in director David Mackenzie‘s 2016 film ‘Hell or High Water‘ appear to take place in a post-apocalyptic world. Sun-scorched fields that seem to produce nothing but clouds of dust. The deserted roads where from time to … Continue reading →

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