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Film: Knight and Day (Tom Cruise, Cameron Diaz – 2010)

Posted on October 1, 2011 by admin

Knight and Day was one of the 2010 summer blockbusters. With a plot line that is one of the less credible action stories ever seen on screens there was not much alternative left for director James Mangold but to play … Continue reading →

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Film: Do You Remember Dolly Bell? (Emir Kusturica, 1981)

Posted on September 17, 2011 by admin

The first scene of ‘Sjecas li se Dolly Bell’ (‘Do You Remember Dolly Bell’) happens in a tern meeting room, where old people debate the dire state of the morals of the youth and decide that what they need to … Continue reading →

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Film: Eu sunt Adam! (Dan Pita, 1996)

Posted on September 12, 2011 by admin

‘Eu sunt Adam!’ (‘I am Adam!’) is a 1001 nights story that takes place in the inferno. The role of Seherazada is played by a professor of music in the 1950s, the years of the worst repression under the Communist … Continue reading →

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Documentary: Waste Land (2010)

Posted on September 11, 2011 by admin

In one of the several memorable sequences in ‘Waste Land’ world famous artist Vik Muniz teaches his audiences about looking at art in a museum. People tend, he tells them, to get closer to the painting, then farther, then closer, … Continue reading →

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Film: A Matter of Size (Israel, 2009)

Posted on August 30, 2011 by admin

Only now I got to see ‘A Matter of Size’ or ‘Big Story’ (Sipur Gadol) as the original title in Hebrew goes, a film that surprised both the international and Israeli audiences a couple of years ago. International audiences were … Continue reading →

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Film: Rise of the Planet of the Apes (2011)

Posted on August 27, 2011 by admin

Amazing how many times can Hollywood try to squeeze the idea that triggered in 1968 the ‘Planet of the Apes’ series. The original film starred Charlton Heston and led to four sequels in the few years after its original release. … Continue reading →

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Film: Un long dimanche de fiançailles (Audrey Tautou, 2004)

Posted on August 22, 2011 by admin

‘Amelie’ is one of my preferred movies of all times. It brought to my attention the fabulous actress who is Audrey Tautou and also director Jean-Pierre Jeunet. To a large extent ‘Un long dimanche de fiancailles’ plays on the same … Continue reading →

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Film: Animal Kingdom (David Michôd, 2010)

Posted on August 20, 2011 by admin

The opening scene of ‘Animal Kingdom‘ is awesome. A young man just on the eve of maturity and an older woman watch a brainless TV competition show. She seems to have fallen asleep on the sofa. Next paramedics from the … Continue reading →

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Film: Boker Tov, Adon Fidelman (a.k.a. Restoration)

Posted on August 13, 2011 by admin

The story written by Erez Kav-El for ‘Good Morning Mr. Fidelman’ (translated in English by ‘Restoration’ at the request of the organizers of the Sundance festival) smarty gathers together in the micro-cosmos of the movie many pieces of the puzzle … Continue reading →

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Polishuk, Polishuk, Polishuk! …

Posted on August 6, 2011 by admin

If elections were hold today in Israel a political party that never existed and a politician who was born only in the imagination of TV script writers and comical series directors would have good chances to exceed the minimal percentage … Continue reading →

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