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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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Midnight in Tel Aviv (2 Night – Israel, 2010)

Posted on September 17, 2012 by admin

Israeli film makers like playing with confined spaces. A couple of years ago first-time director Samuel Maoz was skillfully confining in Lebanon the drama of young men caught up in the cruelness and absurdity of the war as they participate … Continue reading →

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Allergies in Times of War (Film: Gruber’s Journey – Radu Gabrea, 2008)

Posted on September 15, 2012 by admin

In director Radu Gabrea‘s Gruber’s Journey the Romanian cinema gets it’s first film seriously approaching the painful theme of the episodes of the Holocaust that took place in Romania between 1940 when the dictator Ion Antonescu took power (in collaboration … Continue reading →

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Mayan Horror (The Ruins – Carter Smith, 2008)

Posted on September 10, 2012 by admin

I wonder if director Carter Smith and other folks involved in the making of The Ruins have seen Tarkovsky‘s Solaris. I like to believe that it’s mandatory stuff in any school of cinema but I cannot know. I am asking … Continue reading →

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Friday Night Live (Film: Date Night – Tina Fey, 2010)

Posted on September 7, 2012 by admin

Shawn Levy directed a remake of the Pink Panter as well as a couple of Nights at the Museum, so having a good laugh is something that we should almost take for granted when going to a movie made by … Continue reading →

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Despite What Critics Say (Film: Unknown – Liam Neeson, 2011)

Posted on September 3, 2012 by admin

I usually rely on the opinions of exquisite movie critics like Robert Ebert or James Berardinelli and it seldom or almost never happens to be in disagreement with one, not to speak both of them. Luckily I usually read critics … Continue reading →

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