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Alexander Hausvater este o personalitate artistică și o persoană șarmantă. Disclaimer: am privilegiul de a-l cunoaște personal și am avut plăcerea să particip la lansarea, într-o frumoasă seară de sfârșit de mai, în grădina Muzeului National al Literaturii Române, a … Continue reading → The post Paternitate și revoluție (carte: Alexander Hausvater – Donatorul) first appeared on The Catcher In The…
The 2017 ‘Sage femme‘ (the title of the English distribution was ‘The Midwife’) by Martin Provost was a pleasant surprise and it is not clear to me why the film was underappreciated at the time by part of the public … Continue reading → The post the great Catherines (film: Sage femme – Martin Provost, 2017) first appeared on The Catcher In The Sand .
The mistake that many film critics and viewers who follow their opinions about Ridley Scott‘s films with real or imaginary historical figures make, in my opinion, is their rigid and inaccurate categorization. The veteran director, who is approaching 90 years … Continue reading → The post prequel to a legend (film: Robin Hood – Ridley Scott, 2010) first appeared on The Catcher In The Sand .
Cititorii cărții ‘Hotarul moștenirii’, apărută în 2026 la editura Oscar Print, vor întâlni o operă literară mai puțin obișnuită, o carte care instruiește, surprinde și emoționează. Ioana Stana a abordat dintr-o perspectivă originală un episod din istoria nordului Transilvaniei din … Continue reading → The post A fost odată … în Transilvania (carte: Ioana Stana – Hotarul moștenirii) first appeared…
‘Good Luck to You, Leo Grande‘ (2022), director Sophie Hyde‘s first film made outside of Australia, is a product of the pandemic. The disease caused by the Covid-19 virus has had few positive effects, but among them were the productions … Continue reading → The post late education (film: Good Luck to You, Leo Grande – Sophie Hyde, 2022) first appeared on The Catcher In The Sand .
I had several good reasons for choosing to watch Maurice Pialat‘s 1980 film ‘Lolou‘. Maurice Pialat came late to film directing. He was 43 in 1968 when he made his first feature film. The peak of the French Nouvelle Vague … Continue reading → The post liaison dangereuse (film: Loulou – Maurice Pialat, 1980) first appeared on The Catcher In The Sand .
Brigitte Bardot was such a complex personality that several completely different biographical films could be made about her: about Brigitte Bardot the sex symbol who rivaled only with Marilyn Monroe in her time (OK, maybe also a few Italian actresses); … Continue reading → The post from Brigitte to BB (TV series: Bardot – Christopher Thompson & Danièle Thompson, 2023) first appeared on The Catcher…
Editura Vremea publică extrem de puțină beletristică. Aproape deloc. O excepție pare a fi romanul ‘Clanul Netanyahu’ al lui Joshua Cohen, apărut în 2025, în traducerea și cu note semnate de Dragoș Ciocăzan. Interesantă aceasta excepție, ca să folosesc un … Continue reading → The post Satira ca formă ultimativă a revizionismului evreiesc (carte: Joshua Cohen – Clanul Netanyahu) first appeared on…
‘Franz‘ (2025), the Franz Kafka biopic that Agnieszka Holland directed and wrote (together with Marek Epstein), will disappoint many of you biographical film lovers. Those who expect a chronologically ordered narrative of Kafka’s life, experiences, loves and creations will have … Continue reading → The post Kafka on the shore of Vltava (film: Franz – Agnieszka Holland, 2025) first appeared on The…
‘The Invite‘ is one of the unexpected successes of this summer. It has recovered the production costs and made about four times more after a few weeks of its release. The reviews are mostly positive. The audience fills the halls … Continue reading → The post beware of the neighbors (film: The Invite – Olivia Wilde, 2026) first appeared on The Catcher In The Sand .