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aesthetic and violent (Film: John Wick – Keanu Reeves, 2014)

Posted on March 31, 2017 by admin

As John Wick: Chapter 2 is on screens and gets unexpected good reviews and not only from fans, I thought that it’s a good opportunity to see the first and original John Wick which also received some positive echos, much … Continue reading →

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Carte: Katja Petrowskaja – Poate Estera

Posted on July 7, 2016 by admin

Intr-una dintre etapele periplului ei odiseic in cautarea ramasitelor si umbrelor familiei pierite in fumurile Holocaustului, Katja Petrowskaja, autoarea cartii ‘Poate Estera’ aparuta in colectia ‘Raftul Denisei’ a editurii Humanitas-fiction in traducerea impecabila a lui Alexandru Al. Sahighian, ajunge intr-o … Continue reading →

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diluted Coen brothers (Film: Hail, Caesar! – Coen brothers, 2016)

Posted on March 4, 2016 by admin

A few weeks back I wrote about Bridge of Spies and I was mentioning the fact that I expected more than an OK+ story about the Cold War from a script written by the Joel and Ethan Coen brothers. This feeling … 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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‘Sof Tov’ by Anat Gov at the Cameri Theater

Posted on November 25, 2011 by admin

In her book On Death and Dying, Elisabeth Kubler-Ross, MD describes five stages of coping with the malady that she observed in the psychology of many people hit by cancer. The stages may last for different periods of time and … Continue reading →

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Monteverdi’s L’Orpheo at Theatre de la Monnaie

Posted on August 21, 2010 by admin

Monteverdi’s rendition of the story of Orpheus is a milestone in the evolution of opera, one of the first works that definitely crossed the barrier of the oratorio into a fully defined stage representation. It includes remarkable musical moments, arias … Continue reading →

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In the Heart of Europe / 1 – The City of Maastricht

Posted on August 6, 2010 by admin

The 78th meeting of the Internet Engineering Task Force was hold in the heart of Europe – in the city of Maastricht, the Netherlands. The venue of the meeting was The Maastricht Exhibition & Congress Center (MECC) not far from … Continue reading →

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The Maltese Week / 15 – The National Museum of Archeology in Valletta

Posted on July 1, 2010 by admin

If there is time for just one museum visit in Malta or Valletta I recommend it to be in the National Museum of Archeology. (video source heartofmalta) Located on the Republic Street, the 5th Avenue of Valletta which divides the … Continue reading →

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Film – ’12’ (Nikita Mikhalkov, 2007)

Posted on June 29, 2010 by admin

12 is a remake of the classical 12 Angry Men – Sidney Lumet’s ultimate jury drama. What makes Nikita Mikhalkov, a director who never lacked original ideas or Russian scripts take the court drama located in the US of the … Continue reading →

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The Maltese Week / 4 – Roads and Buses

Posted on May 6, 2010 by admin

Somebody should write once a history of the railroads in the British Empire. All were ambitious projects, designed as a replica of the network that was built as the infrastructure of the industrial revolution in the British islands. The stations … Continue reading →

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