Monthly Archives: August 2010

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

(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)

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

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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Film: Zohi Sdom (Israel – 2010)

‘Zohi Sdom’ which is translation means ‘That’s Sodom’ deliberately places itself at the intersection between the very popular Israeli TV show ‘Eretz Neederet’ (Wonderful Country) and the big screen British Monty Python movies of historical and Biblical inspiration. The Israeli … Continue reading

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Geneva fara minarete

Am avut ieri cateva ore libere pentru cutreierat prin Geneva. Am inclus o vizita la libraria Payot (prima intr-o librarie de carte in limba franceza in ultimii doi sau trei ani) si o scurta trecere prin muzeul de arta si … Continue reading

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