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the fascination of the camera (film: The Fabelmans – Steven Spielberg, 2022)

Posted on January 6, 2023 by admin

Hollywood likes to make movies about Hollywood. Several of the great directors (including Spielberg’s friends and collaborators Truffaut and George Lucas) have made autobiographical films inspired by their own childhood and adolescence. In ‘The Fabelmans‘ (2022), Steven Spielberg combines the … Continue reading →

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our society is the patient (film: R.M.N. – Cristian Mungiu, 2022)

Posted on January 5, 2023 by admin

Cristian Mungiu does not belong to the category of prolific filmmakers. ‘R.M.N.’ it is released six years after his previous film and ten years after the one before it. However, each of his films is an event, both from a … Continue reading →

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life on the run (film: Arvottomat – Mika Kaurismäki, 1982)

Posted on January 1, 2023 by admin

Talents are sometimes distributed to families. Today’s cinema is blessed with several pairs of film-makers brothers, who collaborate as directors and screenwriters, sometimes actors, in remarkable films. One such pair is that of the Finnish brothers Mika and Aki Kaurismäki. … Continue reading →

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Ceaușesciada (carte: Daniel Bănulescu – Te pup în fund, Conducător iubit!)

Posted on December 29, 2022 by admin

Într-un interviu acordat lui Cristian Teodorescu cu câțiva ani în urma, Daniel Bănulescu își exprima dorința de a revizui și publica în ediție definitivă ‘clanul de romane’ despre ultimii ani ai epocii poleite a lui Nicolae Ceaușescu care are ca … Continue reading →

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political and romantic escapism (film: Long Shot – John Irvine, 2019)

Posted on December 29, 2022 by admin

Romantic comedy and high politics have already met many times in American films. Americans (and not just Americans) are fascinated by the White House. The Oval Office is probably the most filmed and recreated room in the history of American … Continue reading →

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‘why do they hate us?’ (film: La haine – Mathieu Kassovitz, 1995)

Posted on December 26, 2022 by admin

‘La haine‘ – ‘Hate‘ is one of the most appropriate titles of movies I’ve seen lately. Many times, faced with violent social events, demonstrations and protests, we ask ourselves: ‘why do they hate us?’. The question is not new. Written … Continue reading →

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CHANGE.WORLD: 2022 – Anul care a fost

Posted on December 26, 2022 by admin

2022. Ce an a fost! În 2020, Timpul părea să fi încremenit în loc. În 2021, roțile sale începuseră să se miște încet, după amorțire. În 2022, ritmul evenimentelor a început să se accelereze și de multe ori am avut … Continue reading →

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back to the 40s (film: Farewell, My Lovely – Dick Richards, 1975)

Posted on December 24, 2022 by admin

The biography of Dick Richards, the director of ‘Farewell, My Lovely‘ (1975) is an enigma to me. This screen adaptation (the second, the first had been made in 1944) of one of Raymond Chandler‘s novels with private detective Phil Marlowe … Continue reading →

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the 4th question (film: Oldboy – Spike Lee, 2013)

Posted on December 22, 2022 by admin

In one of the key scenes of this 2013 version of ‘Oldboy‘, the Bad Guy asks the film’s hero two questions. Correct answers in a limited time are conditions of his survival. Furthermore, the villain points out to him that … Continue reading →

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CHANGE.WORLD: Revoluție pe roți

Posted on December 20, 2022 by admin

Articolul din această săptămână, al rubricii noastre, pleacă de la un panou publicitar pe care l-am văzut acum câteva săptămâni atârnat de un pod, pe autostrada de la marginea orașului în care locuiesc. Reclama anunța intrarea pe piața internă a … Continue reading →

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