Tag Archives: Holocaust

Curtea interioară (carte: Ben Parket, Alexa Morris – The Courtyard)

Posted on June 9, 2025 by admin

Viața este plină de coincidențe interesante. Ben Parket, eroul și autorul cărții de memorii ‘The Courtyard’ scrisă în colaborare cu Alexa Morris, s-a născut și a trăit până la vârsta de 16 ani într-un imobil de patru etaje plus mansardă, … Continue reading →

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The Inner Courtyard (book: ‘The Courtyard’ by Ben Parket and Alexa Morris)

Posted on June 6, 2025 by admin

Life is full of interesting coincidences. Ben Parket, the hero and author of the memoir book ‘The Courtyard’ written in collaboration with Alexa Morris, was born and lived until the age of 16 in a four-story plus an attic building, … Continue reading →

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tales from the jungle of the auctions (film: Le tableau volé – Pascal Bonitzer, 2024)

Posted on April 10, 2025 by admin

Art-related movies fascinate me. Biographies of artists, the fate of famous paintings, spectacular heists of art objects or dramas from the world of artists or collectors have generated successful and good quality films. ‘Le tabeau volé‘ (English distribution title is … Continue reading →

Posted in art, movies | Tagged Alex Lutz, art, art auctions, Auction, French cinema, Holocaust, inspired by true events, Le tableau volé, Léa Drucker, Louise Chevillotte, Pascal Bonitzer | Leave a comment

O poveste de supraviețuire (carte: Adiva Geffen – În liniștea pădurii)

Posted on April 10, 2025 by admin

Urmăresc de peste un deceniu cu recenzii și semnalări editoriale traducerile din literatura israeliană în spațiul lingvistic și cultural românesc. Fiecare carte adăugată unei colecții incomplete dar destul de semnificative și de diverse se cuvine desigur a fi salutată. Nu … Continue reading →

Posted in books | Tagged Adiva Geffen, Holocaust, În liniștea pădurii, Israeli literature, Surviving the Forest, translations to Romanian | Leave a comment

architecture and cinema (film: The Brutalist – Brady Corbet, 2024)

Posted on February 7, 2025 by admin

‘The Brutalist‘ (2024) is a very ambitious film. Brady Corbet is at his third feature film and, although he is relatively little known as a director, he has managed to co-write an original and complex script, attract a very well-made … Continue reading →

Posted in movies | Tagged Adrien Brody, American saga, architecture, Brady Corbet, Felicity Jones, Guy Pearce, Holocaust, international movies production, movies about architecture, original script, The Brutalist | Leave a comment

the trivialization of evil (film: The Zone of Interest – Jonathan Glazer, 2023)

Posted on February 26, 2024 by admin

Jonathan Glazer‘s Holocaust film The Zone of Interest (2023) is one of the most anticipated and talked about films of the season. The film is interesting and this is not a surprise. Glazer is a director and screenwriter who proposes … Continue reading →

Posted in movies | Tagged Christian Friedel, film based on a novel, Holocaust, Holocaust movies, Jonathan Glazer, Martin Amis, Mica Levi, Sandra Hüller, The Zone of Interest | Leave a comment

Și ei au avut un nume (carte: Zece Povestiri. Pogromul de la Iași)

Posted on January 4, 2024 by admin

„Amintește-ți doar că eram nevinovat și, la fel ca tine, muritor în ziua aceea, și eu am avut o față marcată de furie, de milă și de bucurie, pur și simplu, un chip uman!” Cuvintele acestea aparțin lui Benjamin Fondane … Continue reading →

Posted in books, Holocaust | Tagged Adrian Cioroianu, Alina Nelega, anthology, Bogdan Cosa, Catalin Mihuleac, Cristian Teodorescu, Florin Irimia, Holocaust, Holocaust books, Marin Malaicu-Hondrari, Miruna Vlada, Radu Pavel Gheo, Romanian literature, Tatiana Tibuleac | Leave a comment

a very special tale of survival (film: Persian Lessons – Vadim Perelman, 2020)

Posted on September 17, 2022 by admin

‘Persian Lessons‘ is one of the most surprising films I’ve seen lately. It is an international co-production made by studios in Russia, Germany and Belarus. Director Vadim Perelman was born in Ukraine and lives and works in Canada and the … Continue reading →

Posted in movies | Tagged coproductions, Holocaust, Holocaust movies, Ilja Zofin, international movies production, Jonas Nay, Lars Eidinger, Nahuel Pérez Biscayart, Persian Lessons, Vadim Perelman | Leave a comment

every victim had a name and a face (documentary: Iesirea trenurilor din gara – Adrian Cioflâncã, Radu Jude, 2020)

Posted on January 24, 2022 by admin

‘The Exit of the Trains‘ is an important and necessary documentary film, which cannot be judged by the criteria by which we judge other films and even documentaries. I dare to compare the format of this film with that of … Continue reading →

Posted in documentary, Holocaust | Tagged Adrian Cioflâncã, documentary, Holocaust, Holocaust documentary, Holocaust movies, Iesirea trenurilor din gara, Radu Jude, The Exit of the Trains | Leave a comment

O carte zguduitoare și controversată (Jerzy Kosinski – Pasărea vopsită)

Posted on October 21, 2021 by admin

Se întâmplă mai rar să văd întâi un film și apoi să citesc cartea care l-a inspirat, dar exact asta s-a petrecut cu ‘Pasărea vopsită’. Am văzut cu un an în urmă filmul din 2019 al regizorului ceh Vaclav Marhoul … Continue reading →

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