Category Archives: movies

Hungarian lust and money drama (Film: A hentes, a kurva és a félszemü – János Szász, 2017)

Posted on October 21, 2017 by admin

We may have been among the first viewers of ‘The butcher, the whore and the one-eyed man‘ (‘A hentes, a kurva és a félszemü’ is the original title) at its projection in the first half of October at the Haifa … Continue reading →

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uneasy beauty (Film: Tiere – Greg Zglinski, 2017)

Posted on October 20, 2017 by admin

I am a passionate of Switzerland, one of my preferred countries for vacation, a place that won its name for the beauty of its nature, but also for the calm and order that seem to reign in its cities and … Continue reading →

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the great puppeteer (Film: La double vie de Véronique – Krzysztof Kieslowski, 1991)

Posted on October 7, 2017 by admin

Seeing the films of Krzysztof Kieslowski is a special experience, now, more than two decades since he stopped making films, and died soon after. The Polish director’s relative short life (he died at the age of 54) and career (less … Continue reading →

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like a foxtrot (Film: Foxtrot – Samuel Maoz, 2017)

Posted on October 2, 2017 by admin

Not only that there is no such thing as bad advertising, but bad advertising can help a lot. The success (public, critics, festivals) of Samuel Maoz‘s second film ‘Foxtrot‘ may become at some point an example in the text books … Continue reading →

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predictable end of watch despite interesting film making (Film: End of Watch – Jake Gyllenhaal, 2012)

Posted on September 30, 2017 by admin

The fact that David Ayer is both the sole author of the script and the director of ‘End of Watch’ is quite interesting. If two different individuals would have written the script and directed the movie, respectively, I could have … Continue reading →

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an impossible love story (Film: Victoria and Abdul – Judi Dench, 2017)

Posted on September 25, 2017 by admin

The history of England was blessed with several famous queens – starting with head-losers Anne Boleyn and Mary Stuart, continuing the two Elisabeth’s and of course Queen Victoria, the record holder of longevity until recently, the queen who gave her … Continue reading →

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Greeks and strangers (Film: Enas Allos Kosmos / Worlds Apart – Christopher Papakaliatis, 2015)

Posted on September 16, 2017 by admin

Although located at the Southern extremity of the European Union, or maybe just because of this, Greece found itself in the last few years at the crossroads of Europe. The economic crisis that hit Europe and the whole world a … Continue reading →

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the concept is not enough (Film: This Giant Papier-Mâché Boulder Is Actually Really Heavy – Christian Nicolson, 2016)

Posted on September 15, 2017 by admin

About half of the viewers in the hall of our local cinematheque who came to watch this film were hardcore fans who came to watch the first screening of this film prior to the opening of a science fiction event … Continue reading →

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CHANGE.WORLD: Filme de vară

Posted on September 11, 2017 by admin

Cinematografia are şi ea anotimpurile sale. Există un anotimp al Oscarurilor în timpul căruia sunt proiectate filmele ‘serioase’ şi mai ales cele cu şanse de a place membrilor Academiei care decernează aceste premii pe gustul Hollywood-ului. Există un anotimp al … Continue reading →

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the winter of the film director (Film: Kira Kiralina – Dan Pita, 2014)

Posted on August 28, 2017 by admin

The success of the Romanian cinema in the last decade or so did not spring up from nothing. Although the cinema in Romania was more strictly censored and controlled by propaganda during the Communist period, a handful of talented directors … Continue reading →

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