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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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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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Film: L’Armee des Ombres (Jean-Pierre Melville, 1969)

Posted on August 22, 2010 by admin

I was writing a while ago that when Quentin Tarantino was making Inglorious Basterds he was not so much making a film about the Second World War and the Holocaust, but more a Tarantino film that happens during the Second … Continue reading →

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Film: ‘You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger’ (Woody Allen, 2010)

Posted on August 16, 2010 by admin

Something is happening to Woody Allen … or to me … not clear exactly what, but I started to like more his latest films. His 2010 production screened at Cannes seems to have been seen by very few people, and … Continue reading →

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Film: Le Cercle Rouge (Jean-Pierre Melville, 1970)

Posted on August 8, 2010 by admin

(video source nwatts88) Uri Klein, the film critic of Ha’Aretz chose to open yesterday his short presentation of Jean-Pierre Melville‘s Le Circle Rouge (The Red Circle) with a short appearance of the director in Godard‘s Au Bout de Souffle. Melville … Continue reading →

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Film: Le Concert (Radu Mihaileanu, 2009)

Posted on August 7, 2010 by admin

This is the first film of Radu Mihaileanu that really did it to me. It is moving, I resonated with the subject, I laughed when it was funny and I was close to tears when it meant to be emotional. … Continue reading →

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