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Exerciții de singurătate (carte: Letiția Vladislav – Masada)

A descoperi un scriitor sau o scriitoare (ca în acest caz) pe care nu-i cunoșteai înainte și care reușește să te capteze prin tematică, stil și abordare este întotdeauna o plăcere. Este cazul Letiției Vladislav, al cărei consistent volum de … Continue reading

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Paris, like any other city (film: Les Olympiades – Jacques Audiard, 2021)

‘Les Olympiades‘ is the name of one of the most non-Parisian districts of Paris, a kind of dormitory district with tall buildings and standardized architecture built in the 1970s. It is also the French name for Jacques Audiard’s latest (2021) … Continue reading

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CHANGE.WORLD: Citius, Altius, Fortius

Vom discuta în articolul de astăzi despre noua generație de rachete și despre roboții care nasc roboți, care poate vor călători cu aceste rachete. Întâi însă, ceva despre Facebook și celelalte rețelele sociale, în lumina evenimentelor care în aceste zile … Continue reading

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love and books (film: The Guernsay Literary and Potato Pie Society – Mike Newell, 2018)

One of my dreams is to visit Guersnay and the other islands that the Brits call the Channel Islands. I am fascinated by the history, landscapes and stories of those who visited them. Now another reason has been added – … Continue reading

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this is not a game (film: Mikado – Emanuel Parvu, 2021)

I confess that had to use Google after watching the Romanian film ‘Mikado‘ (2021) directed by Emanuel Parvu to decipher its title. I found out that mikado is a game that I knew as a child under the name ‘Marocco‘ … Continue reading

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the most beautiful film title (film: Mourir d’aimer – André Cayatte, 1971)

More than 50 years have passed since the film ‘Mourir d’aimer‘ was made and released on screen, one of the blockbusters of French cinema in 1971. Watching or rewatching it today is a good opportunity to appreciate how approaches have … Continue reading

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Singularitatea se întâmplă deja

Parcursul săptămânal al știrilor din lumea tehnologiilor avansate începe de la un incitant articol pe care l-am citit recent, apărut în ultimul număr din 2021 al revistei ‘The Atlantic’. Tema articolului este singularitatea, adică momentul din istoria evoluției omenirii în … Continue reading

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the godfather of heist movies and of many other (film: Du rififi chez les hommes – Jules Dassin, 1955)

Francois Truffaut called ‘Du rififi chez les hommes‘ (or simply ‘Rififi‘) the best French film noir, hastening to add that it is based on the worst French noir novel (written by August Le Breton). The film is adapted and directed … Continue reading

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a movie about the war that started the war (film: Dombass – Sergey Loznitsa, 2018)

The political events of recent weeks have brought to the attention of the whole world a geographical area whose existence most of us ignored or had very vague notions about – eastern Ukraine with the separatist regions that have proclaimed … Continue reading

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late loves (film: Au plus près du paradis – Tonie Marshall, 2002)

‘Au plus pres du paradis‘ is the 2002 film by Tonie Marshall that is, in my opinion, a classic case of underrating. I will give an example. In the second scene of the film, the main heroine played by Catherine … Continue reading

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