Category Archives: movies

Film: ‘Gainsbourg (Vie heroique)’ (Joann Sfar, 2010)

Posted on December 28, 2010 by admin

Where does this amazing film come from? Who is Joann Sfar, a director I never heard about before? The easiest answer at hand was the wikipedia entry which tells us that Sfar is a well known comics author in the … Continue reading →

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Film: Dirty Harry (Clint Eastwood, 1971)

Posted on December 24, 2010 by admin

Aceasta este a treia (si ultima) mea contributie la Saptamana Clint Eastwood pe site-ul http://filme-carti.ro/ ———————————————————————————————————————————— 1971 a fost unul dintre anii cei mai importanti in cariera lui Clint Eastwood. Trilogia de western-uri spaghetti regizata de Sergio Leone dupa ce … Continue reading →

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Film: The Good, the Bad and the Ugly (Clint Eastwood – 1966)

Posted on December 23, 2010 by admin

Textul a fost publicat in premiera pe http://filme-carti.ro/ in cadrul Saptamanii Clint Eastwood. —————— Revederea filmului care incheie trilogia westernurilor spaghetti ale lui Sergio Leone a reprezentat pentru mine o adevarata revelatie. Mi s-a mai intamplat sa revad filme clasice … Continue reading →

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Clint Eastwood

Posted on December 22, 2010 by admin

Articol aparut initial pe Web site-ul cultural www.filme-carti.ro in deschiderea Saptamanii Clint Eastwood. ————— Unul dintre multele episoade interesante din biografia lui Clint Eastwood este alegerea sa in functia de primar al oraselului Carmel-by-the-Sea, situat in California, langa Monterey si … Continue reading →

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Film: Inception (Christopher Nolan – 2010)

Posted on November 20, 2010 by admin

With Inception Christopher Nolan ends a decade in his carrier marked by a series of movies which brought together the best in the traditional Hollywood cinema with intelligent scripts that explore the space beyond reality. His latest film is closer … Continue reading →

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Film: Duminica la ora 6 (Lucian Pintilie, 1965)

Posted on October 23, 2010 by admin

In his book 4 Decades, 3 Years and 2 Months with the Romanian Cinema the Romanian film critic Alex Leo Serban considers Duminica la ora 6 (Sunday at 6 o’clock) as an extreme case of difference between content and form … Continue reading →

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The 2nd Season of “The Tudors”

Posted on October 15, 2010 by admin

I finished viewing the second season of The Tudors which ARTE is broadcasting with a delay of about two years. It’s a daring challenge for the makers of this series to enter a historical territory that was already explored in … Continue reading →

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Film: Marti, dupa Craciun (Radu Muntean – 2010)

Posted on October 9, 2010 by admin

I have previously seen only the first film of director Radu Muntean – Furia (The Anger) made in 2002 – and I remember it as a very different kind of film. The style was dynamic and dramatic, and the theme … Continue reading →

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2 x 20

Posted on October 4, 2010 by admin

Two of my favorite cultural institutions are celebrating this month their 20th anniversary. I discovered the Internet Movie Database (or IMDb) about a decade ago. It immediately became my principal resource of information about the art of making and watching … Continue reading →

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Film: Law Abiding Citizen (2009)

Posted on September 20, 2010 by admin

Here is the genre of action movie that catches you while you watch it, keeps you on the edge of the chair or sofa, but later, when lights are turned on again you start asking questions about credibility and authenticity … Continue reading →

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