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king of the road movies (Film: Kings of the Road – Wim Wenders, 1976)

Posted on February 1, 2019 by admin

The Wim Wenders retrospective at the local cinematheque provided us this week the opportunity to see the most famous film in the series of the ‘road movies’ made by the German director more than four decades ago. ‘Kings of the … Continue reading →

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between the Cold Wars (film: Our Kind of Traitor – John le Carré, 2016)

Posted on January 31, 2019 by admin

I’m a big fan of John le Carré. He is one of my favorite writers in one of my favorite literary genres – spy thrillers. His books are very “cinematic” in the structure, and it is no surprise that they … Continue reading →

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the story of a fake hero (Film: Un héros très discret – Jacques Audiard, 1996)

Posted on January 30, 2019 by admin

Successful revolutions and liberation movements that succeed often suffer from an interesting syndrome. Several weeks, months, years after the events, there are more and more “heroes” claiming deeds of bravery. In Romanian, the proverb that characterizes this syndrome is ‘Many … Continue reading →

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the road seems to go nowhere (Film: Wrong Move / Falsche Bewegung – Wim Wenders, 1975)

Posted on January 24, 2019 by admin

Time does not always work in favor of movies. The second film I saw in Wim Wenders‘ retrospective at the local cinematheque was’ Wrong Move‘ (the original title in German is’ Falsche Bewegung’), which belongs to the cycle of three … Continue reading →

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fatherhood pains (Film: Like Father, Like Son / Soshite chichi ni naru – Hirokazu Koreeda, 2013)

Posted on January 23, 2019 by admin

What happens to the two families in director Hirokazu Koreeda‘s film ‘Like Father, Like Son‘ (the original Japanese title is ‘Soshite chichi ni naru’) is one of the nightmares of any couple of parents. Six years after the birth of … Continue reading →

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love in times of cold war (Film: Cold War / Zimna wojna – Pawel Pawlikowski, 2018)

Posted on January 22, 2019 by admin

Pawel Pawlikowski continues a tradition of remarkable film directors that left their mark in the history of cinema in the second half of the 20th century and made of the Polish film school one of the best in Eastern Europe, … Continue reading →

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life as a thriller (Film: Burning – Chang-dong Lee, 2018)

Posted on January 19, 2019 by admin

The cinematographic style of Chang-dong Lee reminds me the works of the Japanese master Yasujirô Ozu. Their films have the same pace that reflects a mode of life in which time flows differently than in our ‘Western’ civilization. The setting … Continue reading →

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Nicole Kidman’s ‘Monster’ (Film: Destroyer – Nicole Kidman, 2018)

Posted on January 17, 2019 by admin

I like the way Nicole Kidman chooses her roles lately. Of course, after 35 years of career, 84 roles, and one Academy Award she has less need to prove anything to the world and she can just search for interesting … Continue reading →

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My Lady (Film: The Children Act – Emma Thompson, 2017)

Posted on January 16, 2019 by admin

When BBC appears as the producing house of a long feature film viewers may expect a few things – a good and articulated script of a story taking place in England now or then, professional acting performances but also some … Continue reading →

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a real happiness (Film: Le Bonheur – Agnès Varda, 1965)

Posted on January 11, 2019 by admin

The local cinematheque started a retrospective of the films of Agnès Varda and that was a great opportunity for me to discover ‘Le Bonheur‘ (‘Happiness’), the 1965 production that was rebuilt in a digitized version with brilliant colors. It’s a … Continue reading →

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