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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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no hope to cling (Film: I, Olga Olga Hepnarová – 2016)

Posted on August 27, 2017 by admin

For the second consecutive year the cinematheque in my city hosts a Czech Film Festival, and the most interesting film I have seen by now is this work co-directed by Petr Kazda and Tomás Weinreb describing an event that took … Continue reading →

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solid war drama (Film: The Man with the Iron Heart – Cédric Jimenez, 2017)

Posted on August 26, 2017 by admin

The assassination in Prague in 1942 of Reinhardt Heydrich – ‘protector’ of Bohemia and Moravia and one of the planners of the ‘final solution’ – was one of the most spectacular events of WWII. Although it did not change dramatically … Continue reading →

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mirror games (film: L’amant double – Francois Ozon, 2017)

Posted on August 17, 2017 by admin

After having seen last week the 2016 “Frantz” I continued yesterday my (François) Ozon cure with “The Double Lover” (or “L’amant double” in original) the latest film of the French director, a film that was present also in the 2017 … Continue reading →

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