Category Archives: documentary

the painter and her times (documentary – Mary Cassatt: Painting the Modern Woman – Ali Ray, 2023)

I have already written on numerous occasions that the ‘Exhibition on Screen’ series of art documentaries initiated by Phil Grabsky (who also conceived and produced many of the episodes) is the most important cinematic event dedicated to the visual arts … Continue reading

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the loneliness of the artist (documentary: Hopper – An American Love Story – Phil Grabsky, 2022)

I’m a big fan of the ‘Exhibition on Screen’ series of art films. Since 2012 it has given me the opportunity to visit many of the most important art exhibitions or collections of the great museums of the world without … Continue reading

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every victim had a name and a face (documentary: Iesirea trenurilor din gara – Adrian Cioflâncã, Radu Jude, 2020)

‘The Exit of the Trains‘ is an important and necessary documentary film, which cannot be judged by the criteria by which we judge other films and even documentaries. I dare to compare the format of this film with that of … Continue reading

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longing for Aznavour (film: Le regard de Charles – Marc di Domenico, Charles Aznavour, 2019)

‘Le regard de Charles‘ is a very special biographical documentary. In 2018, a few months before his death, Charles Aznavour shared a secret and a treasure with his friend, the filmmaker Marc di Domenico. It was a few dozen hours … Continue reading

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the Hollywood Dream (film: Hollywoodism – Simcha Jacobovici, 1998)

Among the few positive effects of the pandemic I can list the cultural events and virtual festivals that we can access on the Internet and that I would otherwise have hardly or maybe never attended. One of them, the Jewish … Continue reading

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Bruno Ganz’s adieu with a strong docu-drama about remembrance and the Holocaust (film: Winter Journey – Anders Østergaard, Erzsébet Rácz, 2019)

‘Winter Journey‘, a film directed by Anders Østergaard and Erzsébet Rácz, brings to the screen the book by Martin Goldsmith, who is also co-author of the screenplay together with the Danish director. Goldsmith is a renowned musicologist, the son of … Continue reading

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the Delta of Bucharest (documentary: Acasa, My Home – Radu Ciorniciuc, 2020)

“Acasă” or “My Home” as translated in the title of Radu Ciorniciuc‘s documentary is a very special film that accompanies for four years a social program related to an unusual family. Gelu Enache and his wife had settled with their … Continue reading

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the fire that shook Romania (film: colectiv – Alexander Nanau, 2019)

“collective“, the 2019 documentary film signed by Alexander Nanau addresses a serious topic. In the fire in the Bucharest nightclub ‘Colectiv’ which took place on October 30, 2015, 27 young people died. In the months that followed, another 37 of … Continue reading

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the testimony of Mr. Laszlo Nussbaum (documentary : Nussbaum 95732 – Laszlo Csibi, 2017)

The opening sequence of the documentary – testimony that director László Csibi dedicated to Laszlo Nussbaum, one of the last Holocaust survivors living in the city of Cluj in Romania today, reminded me of my first encounter at Buchenwald with … Continue reading

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Mărturia Domnului Nussbaum (documentar: Nussbaum 95736 – Laszlo Csibi, 2017)

Secvența care deschide documentarul – mărturie pe care regizorul László Csibi l-a dedicat lui Laszlo Nussbaum, unul dintre ultimii martori supraviețuitori ai Holocaustului care trăiesc astăzi în Cluj, mi-a amintit prima mea întâlnire la Buchenwald cu unul dintre locurile cumplite … Continue reading

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