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Theater in Time of War (Film: Le Dernier Metro – Truffaut, 1980)

Posted on May 30, 2012 by admin

‘Le Dernier Metro’ is one of the last films Truffaut made, and I believe was the last that premiered during his life time. His period of innovating and revolutionizing the French cinema, breaking conventions and pushing ahead a new way … Continue reading →

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Cartea de Film: Paolo Russo – Istoria cinematografului italian

Posted on May 29, 2012 by admin

‘Istoria cinematografului italian’ este a doua carte din in seria ‘Filmul pentru toti’ a editurii IBU Publishing pe care am citit-o cu placere si interes in ultimele cateva saptamani.  Tradusa in romaneste si publicata in 2011, cartea a aparut in … Continue reading →

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MIB are back … they actually never left us … so what?

Posted on May 27, 2012 by admin

Men In Black are back. 15 years after the first (and best) film in the series Hollywood tries to squeeze some more dollars from the same idea.Sequels are never easy to do. You need both to ensure continuity and bring … Continue reading →

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Cartea de Film: Michel Marie – Noul Val Francez

Posted on May 18, 2012 by admin

Cu trei-patru ani in urma cinematecile si festivalurile de film din intreaga lume au celebrat jumatate de secol de la aparitia pe scena cinematografiei franceze si internationale a fenomenului numit Noul Val Francez – o generatie de creatori in mare … Continue reading →

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The Impossible Escape (Film: The Next Three Days – Russell Crowe, 2010)

Posted on May 9, 2012 by admin

I had many reasons to be unhappy with this film, yet I ended by being reasonably satisfied with my action movie selection. So what makes The Next Three Days work? It starts as a happy_family_meets_hell film (when the beautiful wife … Continue reading →

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The Risks of Good Education (Film: Kynodontas – Greece, 2009)

Posted on May 8, 2012 by admin

Director Giorgio Lantimos‘ film Dogtooth (Kynodontas) is an anti-utopia. It imagines a world that does not exist, with rules and conventions so different from the ones of the society we live in that some of its aspects are shocking. A … Continue reading →

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Stretching to the Limit (Film: Limitless, 2011)

Posted on May 7, 2012 by admin

One of the latest films I saw before ‘Limitless’ was ‘The Sorcerer’s Apprentice’. The two share at least one line in which the supernatural capabilities of the hero are explained by his making used of 100% of his brain capabilities, … Continue reading →

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Mission Accomplished, the Oscar (Film: The Iron Lady – Meryl Streep, 2011)

Posted on May 6, 2012 by admin

If the goal of The Iron Lady was to get another statuette for Meryl Streep, the mission was accomplished. Streep receives a generous part which takes former British PM Margaret Thatcher from her early days in the Commons to the … Continue reading →

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Film: The Sorcerer’s Apprentice (Nicholas Cage, 2010)

Posted on April 28, 2012 by admin

‘The Sorcerer’s Apprentice’ is designed on a very clear and often used formula of the Disney family movie with special effects, and it holds no surprises – in any case neither too bad, nor too good ones. A murky magicians … Continue reading →

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‘Carnage’ does not leave the apartment (‘Carnage’ – Roman Polanski, 2011)

Posted on February 25, 2012 by admin

‘Carnage’ is a disappointment. Having seen the play staged in Bucharest last spring I knew what it was about, and I was expecting much more from a film directed by Roman Polanski and adapted to screen by the playwright  herself, … Continue reading →

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