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when memories change us (Film: The Sense of an Ending – Ristesh Batra, 2017)

‘The Sense of an Ending‘ is quite a demanding film. Its target audience is the mature + age, those who have in their minds and souls enough memories that have had the time to be forgotten or intentionally buried. It … Continue reading

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‘Bad Planet’ (Film: War for the Planet of Apes – Matt Reeves, 2017)

‘Planet of the Apes’ generated by now enough big screen and TV series film to be considered a genre or at least a sub-genre by itself. While the original series was playing more in the post-apocalyptic stories space with the … Continue reading

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feminist spy thriller (Film: Atomic Blonde – Charlize Theron, 2017)

The name of the film was not enough deterrent to go and watch Atomic Blonde which was brought for an early screening at the cinematheque in my village one day after its world premiere in London. I have no regrets … Continue reading

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the lion at sunset (Documentary: Ben-Gurion, Epilogue – 2016)

At a time when peace or at least co-existence near our neighbors seems as remote as ever and when the level of confidence in the political class seems to be at a historical low, it’s quite comforting for us, Israelis, … Continue reading

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the thrill lasts as long as the call lasts (Film: The Call – Halle Berry, 2013)

The action thriller The Call which takes place in the Los Angeles area brings to the center of the action a category of people who seldom appear on screens in most of the movies dealing with police work – the … Continue reading

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CHANGE.WORLD: Viaţa în Cerc

Îmi amintesc o discuţie la care am asistat, purtată acum vreo două decenii, poate puţin mai mult, în birourile companiei de hi-tech în care lucram. Compania trecea printr-una din acele schimbări de identitate rezultate din procesele de ‘Merge and Acquisitions’ … Continue reading

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bloody silver (Film: Profondo Rosso – Dario Argento, 1975)

Dario Argento‘s career spreads now over half a century of writing and directing horror movies. He is considered the master of the Italian cinema of the genre, which also bears the name of ‘giallo’ (yellow – the color of cheap … Continue reading

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Casanova as Opera Hero (Film: Casanova Variations – John Malkovich, 2014)

Giacomo Casanova, the great lover of the 18th century and maybe of all centuries does not stop to inspire creators. The first of them was of course himself, with the life he led and with the memoirs that he had … Continue reading

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a chilling killer (film: The Iceman – Michael Shannon, 2012)

I am not a great fan of ‘true crime’ stories, books, or films. And then, there are exceptions. The Iceman directed by Ariel Vromen is one of them, and I will try to shortly explain why it succeeds in my … Continue reading

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enjoyable (Film: Wonder Woman – Gal Gadot, 2017)

So we bought our tickets and our medium sized popcorn box (usually lasts about 15 minutes in the movie), grabbed the 3D spectacles and sat in the theater to watch Wonder Woman. That’s the way to do it. Each genre … Continue reading

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