Monthly Archives: August 2014

holiday melodrama (Film: Labor Day – Kate Winslet, 2013)

Screening ‘Labor Day’  (which was not brought to commercial theaters in Israel) released on Labor Day 2013 on the eve of Labor Day 2014 was a smart move for the distributors, that brought me to the cinematheque in my hometown. … Continue reading

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Unconvincing (Film: The Debt – Helen Mirren, 2010)

‘The Truth’ or ‘The Truth That Needs To Be Said’? this is one of the dilemmas facing the heroes of ‘The Debt’, which is quite an exotic entry in the list of films made by John Madden, the exoticism being … Continue reading

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Film: Chef (Jon Favreau – 2014)

One just needs to search how many movies include the word ‘chef’ in their name in order to understand how daring an enterprise director-writer-actor Jon Favreau took upon himself in making yet another comedy about master cooks. No need to … Continue reading

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Carte: Vasili Grossman – Panta rhei

‘Stalin murise neplanificat, fara directive emanand de la organele de conducere. Stalin murise fara indicatia personala a insusi tovarasului Stalin. Aceasta libertate a mortii, acest capriciu al ei dinamitau, veneau in contradictie cu insasi esenta sacra a statului. Si deruta … Continue reading

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Film: Casse-tete chinois (Romain Duris, Audrey Tautou – 2013)

Writing the review of a movie two weeks later is an exercise that I should try more often. ‘Casee-tete Chinois’ is one of the two movies I have seen before I went to a vacation where other priorities pushed aside … Continue reading

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Carte: Miruna Lepus – Nae Ionescu sau implinirea prin tineri

Marturisesc ca lectura volumului semnat de Miruna Lepus ‘Nae Ionescu sau implinirea prin tineri’, aparut in 2010 la Editura Vremea m-a descumpanit. Nae Ionescu este in felul lui o personalitate fascinanta a culturii si istoriei romanesti interbelice, una care cauzeaza … Continue reading

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Carte: Malgorzata Rejmer – Bucuresti, Praf si sange

‘‘Bucuresti, Praf si sange’ cartea scriitoarei si ziaristei poloneze Malgorzata Rejmer aparuta in 2014 in colectia EGOgrafii a Editurii Polirom in traducerea Luizei Savescu ofera cititorului roman o ocazie de a-si vedea contemporaneitatea si istoria apropiata, ca si orasul capitala … Continue reading

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