Category Archives: movies

The Old Rocker and the Holocaust (Film: This Must Be the Place – Sean Penn, 2011)

Posted on November 14, 2012 by admin

This Must Be the Place is one of the weirdest Holocaust movies ever made. So weird and so different that I doubt that it will find place in the usual re-programing of the TV stations on such commemorative moments as … Continue reading →

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The Killer’s Apprentice (Film: From Paris with Love – John Travolta and Jonathan Rhys Meyers, 2010)

Posted on November 13, 2012 by admin

There certainly is a love story going on between Hollywood and Paris. I can hardly think about a genre that is not represented in the American cinema and has its setting in Paris – from historical films to romantic comedies, … Continue reading →

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Family Ties (Film: Tetro – Francis Ford Coppola, 2009)

Posted on October 26, 2012 by admin

The name of Francis Ford Coppola is always sufficient to make me want to see the movie. Having directed back in the 70s what are considered to be some of the best films in the history of cinema, Coppola seems … Continue reading →

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fantasizing around Klimt (Film: Klimt – John Malkovich, 2006)

Posted on October 14, 2012 by admin

Gustav Klimt was a fascinating character. At a time when all modern art was going through one of the greatest transformations in history Klimt was slightly dislocated, or better said located at the wrong place. The elegant city of Vienna … Continue reading →

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Chairman is another of His names (Film: The Adjustment Bureau – Matt Damon, 2011)

Posted on October 7, 2012 by admin

The Adjustment Bureau starts like an election year movie. As we are in 2012 this may be the right time for such films, but it quickly quits that path to go into a direction that I personally find even more … Continue reading →

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Rehearsal for The Artist (Film – OSS 117: Rio ne répond plus – Michel Hazanavicius, 2009)

Posted on October 5, 2012 by admin

I am yet to see The Artist, the film that conquered the Academy preferences and received the Oscar for the Best Film, as well as the Best Actor award for Jean Dujardin. I had recorded however about one year ago … Continue reading →

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The Magic Ends (Film: Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, parts 1 and 2)

Posted on October 4, 2012 by admin

I am no big fan of Harry Potter. J.K. Rowling’s novels are a combination of two literary genres that I am not fond off – the teenager adventures which I somehow left behind after reading Jules Verne when I was … Continue reading →

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In miez de Romanie (Film: Dupa dealuri – Cristian Mungiu, 2012)

Posted on October 1, 2012 by admin

This film review is about the most recent film of Cristian Mungiu Beyond the Hills (Dupa dealuri), presented at the Cannes Festival this year, which I saw last night at the Haifa International Film Festival. I apologize to my non-Romanian … Continue reading →

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Stolen Childhood (Film: Le gamin au velo – Dardenne brothers, 2011)

Posted on September 23, 2012 by admin

Cyril, ‘le gamin’ in Le gamin au velo (The Kid with a Bike) has all the reasons to be angry. His father left him, after sending him to a public dormitory school he just disappeared trying to rebuild his life. … Continue reading →

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A World in Slow Motion (Film: Once Upon a Time in Anatolia – Nuri Bilge Ceylan, 2011)

Posted on September 22, 2012 by admin

This is my first encounter with work from Turkish director Nuri Bige Ceylan, and one of my first with the Turkish cinema, most of my previous experiences were with films made by Turkish directors living in Europe (Germany especially) and … Continue reading →

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