Monthly Archives: June 2017

a chilling killer (film: The Iceman – Michael Shannon, 2012)

Posted on June 17, 2017 by admin

I am not a great fan of ‘true crime’ stories, books, or films. And then, there are exceptions. The Iceman directed by Ariel Vromen is one of them, and I will try to shortly explain why it succeeds in my … Continue reading →

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starea teatrului

Posted on June 16, 2017 by admin

Mă consider norocos pentru faptul că maturizarea mea intelectuală s-a petrecut în a doua parte a anilor ’60 şi începutul anilor ’70 într-o perioada (vai, scurtă!) de relativă liberalizare ideologică şi culturală în România, şi într-un oraş – Bucureşti – … Continue reading →

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enjoyable (Film: Wonder Woman – Gal Gadot, 2017)

Posted on June 14, 2017 by admin

So we bought our tickets and our medium sized popcorn box (usually lasts about 15 minutes in the movie), grabbed the 3D spectacles and sat in the theater to watch Wonder Woman. That’s the way to do it. Each genre … Continue reading →

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an early different approach to ww2 stories (Film: La vingt-cinquième heure – Anthony Quinn, 1967)

Posted on June 8, 2017 by admin

It’s only now that I had the occasion to see ‘La vingt-cinquième heure’ (The 25th Hour, or ‘Ora 25’ in Romanian) a film made exactly 50 years ago. In 1967, Anthony Quinn was at the peak of his acting career … Continue reading →

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a woman dies (Film: The Descendants – George Clooney, 2011)

Posted on June 7, 2017 by admin

The opening sequences of director Alexander Payne‘s The Descendants include a short (maybe less than one second) image of a powerful and beautiful woman surfing on the waves around Hawaii. For most of the rest of the film the woman … Continue reading →

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CHANGE WORLD: Extratereştrii, prietenii noştri

Posted on June 1, 2017 by admin

Folosind o exprimare care sună mai bine în limba engleză sau mai bine zis nu i-am găsit eu un echivalent potrivit în limba română ‘Alien 6 hit the screens’. Este vorba desigur despre ‘Alien: Covenant’ (‘Legământul’), al şaselea film din … Continue reading →

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