Monthly Archives: January 2016

the borders of the country of law (Film: Sicario – Emily Blunt, Benicio Del Toro, 2015)

If you really need to put genre tags or labels on movies, ‘Sicario’ would belong to the ‘psychological thriller’, ‘violent drug action’, ‘Mexican border’ categories. While each of these naming would have its dose of justification, ‘Sicario’ succeeds to be … Continue reading

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smart and sad, apparently simple (Film: Anomalisa – Charlie Kaufman, 2015)

I expect something different, something smart, something deep, each time I am seeing a film written or (lately) directed by Charlie Kaufman. Many of his films are not one-time experiences, the second or later viewing brings new understanding and discovers … Continue reading

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Carte: Amos Oz si Fania-Oz Salzberger – Evreii si cuvintele

Cititorii de limba romana se bucura de cativa ani de posibilitatea citirii cartilor lui Amos Oz in traducerile aparute in seria de autor publicata de editura ‘Humanitas fiction’ in coordonarea Denisei Comanescu. Este o ocazie de a cunoaste opera unuia … Continue reading

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Jobs as father (film: Steve Jobs – Michael Fassbender, 2015)

The second film in the mini-festival of Steve Jobs movies that I enjoyed last Friday was also the better one. Danny Boyle, the director of Trainspotting, Sunshine, and Slumdog Millionaire may have hit gold again, as his Steve Jobs started … Continue reading

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what would have Jobs thought? (Film: ‘Jobs’ – Ashton Kutcher, 2013)

The entrepreneur is one of the incarnation of the new American Hero in movies, and it is not surprising that the people who made the Personal Computer and the Internet part of the basic fabric of our lives, and turned … Continue reading

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