Category Archives: documentary

a family documentary (film: O familie aproape perfecta – Tudor Platon, 2024)

Posted on August 27, 2025 by admin

Tudor Platon is part of the select club of filmmakers who seem to have spent their childhood with a camera in their hands, and who thus had the opportunity very early on to film the world and the people around … Continue reading →

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the ides of october (documentary: October 8 – Wendy Sachs, 2025)

Posted on August 7, 2025 by admin

Much will be written and many films will be made about the events triggered by the terrorist attacks of October 7, 2023, and the war in Gaza. The conflict continues and it is not clear how and when it will … Continue reading →

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another poignant family docu-drama by Radu Ciorniciuc (documentary: Tata – Radu Ciorniciuc & Lina Vdovii, 2024)

Posted on July 18, 2025 by admin

‘Tata‘ (2024) is the second film by director Radu Ciorniciuc after ‘Acasă, My Home’ in which he builds an entire cinematic universe starting from a special life story. Material that for many other filmmakers would result in a film exposed … Continue reading →

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the legend that changed tennis (film: Nasty – Tudor Giurgiu & Cristian Pascariu & Tudor D. Popescu, 2024)

Posted on May 20, 2025 by admin

Ilie Nastase was one of the idols of my youth. First of all, thanks to him, tennis found its place for a while in the dull programs of Romanian television during the communist era. Together with his partner and mentor … Continue reading →

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stairway to Olympus (film: Becoming Led Zeppelin – Bernard MacMahon, 2025)

Posted on March 11, 2025 by admin

‘Becoming Led Zeppelin‘, the film released in 2025 by Irish filmmaker Bernard MacMahon, an expert in documentary films about music and musicians, seems to have been made for people like me. I am an absolute fan of Led Zeppelin, which … Continue reading →

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the encounter of two great artists (documentary: Anselm – Wim Wenders, 2023)

Posted on December 28, 2024 by admin

Wim Wenders is one of the greatest German filmmakers alive, if not the greatest. Anselm Kiefer is one of the greatest German artists, if not the greatest. Both will turn 80 in 2025. The meeting between the two takes place … Continue reading →

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the painter and her times (documentary – Mary Cassatt: Painting the Modern Woman – Ali Ray, 2023)

Posted on March 6, 2024 by admin

I have already written on numerous occasions that the ‘Exhibition on Screen’ series of art documentaries initiated by Phil Grabsky (who also conceived and produced many of the episodes) is the most important cinematic event dedicated to the visual arts … Continue reading →

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the loneliness of the artist (documentary: Hopper – An American Love Story – Phil Grabsky, 2022)

Posted on December 20, 2023 by admin

I’m a big fan of the ‘Exhibition on Screen’ series of art films. Since 2012 it has given me the opportunity to visit many of the most important art exhibitions or collections of the great museums of the world without … Continue reading →

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every victim had a name and a face (documentary: Iesirea trenurilor din gara – Adrian Cioflâncã, Radu Jude, 2020)

Posted on January 24, 2022 by admin

‘The Exit of the Trains‘ is an important and necessary documentary film, which cannot be judged by the criteria by which we judge other films and even documentaries. I dare to compare the format of this film with that of … Continue reading →

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longing for Aznavour (film: Le regard de Charles – Marc di Domenico, Charles Aznavour, 2019)

Posted on March 17, 2021 by admin

‘Le regard de Charles‘ is a very special biographical documentary. In 2018, a few months before his death, Charles Aznavour shared a secret and a treasure with his friend, the filmmaker Marc di Domenico. It was a few dozen hours … Continue reading →

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