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forgetting and forgiving (film: Coming Home – Yimou Zhang, 2014)

Posted on January 8, 2022 by admin

Yimou Zhang is one of the most famous and prolific Chinese directors. Some of his films, historical blockbusters based on traditional legends and stories, sprinkled with spectacular martial arts scenes, have gained international fame and circulation. It is possible that … Continue reading →

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Netflix Looks Up (film: Don’t Look Up – Adam McKay, 2021)

Posted on January 7, 2022 by admin

It’s rare for a film to radically divide opinions like ‘Don’t Look Up‘, the political-apocalyptic satire written and directed by Adam McKay that ended the year 2021, succeeded to do. Fame preceded it in my mailbox and in the news … Continue reading →

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multi-layered history (film: The Assassin – Hsiao-Hsien Hou, 2015)

Posted on January 6, 2022 by admin

‘The Assassin‘ is a cinematic event. The film made in 2015 by Taiwanese director Hsiao-Hsien Hou came after eight years of silence, in which he had not directed any feature film. Another seven years have passed without a new feature … Continue reading →

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‘Dacă dragoste nu e …’ (carte: Petru Clej – Șapte povesti de dragoste în vremea Holocaustului, comunismului și azi)

Posted on January 5, 2022 by admin

Petru Clej este o personalitate specială în peisajul jurnalismului românesc de astăzi. Vocea sa clară și distinctă s-a făcut remarcată pe mediile diverse în care profesiunea de jurnalist este astăzi exercitată. A fost redactor și corespondent al posturilor de radio … Continue reading →

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CHANGE.WORLD – Restaurantele – trecut, prezent și viitor

Posted on January 3, 2022 by admin

Astăzi ne vom ocupa de una dintre temele dragi mie – restaurantele! Când guvernele impun restricții pentru a încerca să oprească sau să domolească al nu-știu-câtelea val al pandemiei, printre primele instituții care sunt luate în discuție sunt restaurantele. Această … Continue reading →

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the terror of silence (film: A Quiet Place – John Krasinski, 2018)

Posted on January 1, 2022 by admin

John Krasinski, the director of the horror films in the ‘A Quite Place‘ series, learned an important lesson from the classics of the genre, and especially, I believe, from Alfred Hitchcock. If you have a good idea in hand, focus … Continue reading →

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Craii de Belle Epoque (carte: Julian Barnes – Bărbatul cu haină roșie)

Posted on December 31, 2021 by admin

Născut în 1946, Julian Barnes este unul dintre cei mai cunoscuți scriitori englezi contemporani. Prozator, eseist, critic literar, este laureat al premiului Man Booker câștigat în 2011 pentru romanul ‘Sentimentul unui sfârșit’, iar în 2021 i-a fost decernat Premiul Ierusalim … Continue reading →

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galant revenge (film: Mademoiselle de Joncquières – Emmanuel Mouret, 2018)

Posted on December 30, 2021 by admin

‘Mademoiselle de Joncquières‘ (or ‘Lady J.‘ as sounds the title under which it was distributed in English, avoiding the difficulties of French spelling), the film made in 2018 by Emmanuel Mouret was a pleasant surprise. I confess that I had … Continue reading →

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love triangle (film: Chère inconnue – Moshé Mizrahi, 1980)

Posted on December 29, 2021 by admin

I’m not much of a fan of melodramas. Most movies in that genre leave me indifferent at best, and unwillingly amuse me in the worst cases. However, there are exceptions, and in those cases the effect may be the opposite. … Continue reading →

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space dystopia and Glasnost (film: Kin-dza-dza! – Georgiy Daneliya, 1986)

Posted on December 28, 2021 by admin

‘Kin-dza-dza!‘ is a 1986 science fiction production of the Soviet film studios Mosfilm, directed by Georgian director Georgiy Daneliya. If we didn’t know anything about this movie and if it was spoken in English we could classify it in the … Continue reading →

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