
DISCOVER C’ETAIT UN RENDEZ VOUS
c’etait un rendez vous is a short film that claude lelouch shot in paris in 1976. it was used in 2007 by snow patrol, in an abridged version, as the video for their single open your eyes. since i am not a big fan, i have only seen the video once and completely forgot everything...

ROCKER IS MARIAN CRISAN’S NEW FILM
rocker is a tale of co-dependence. a non-intrusive, non-judgmental look at the life of a junkie and of his keeper. a father-son sick symbiosis further cemented by a shared love of rock music. the father has to be the do-it-all, responsible anchor to his son’s unstable man child. the father lives his failed dreams vicariously...

HASTA LA VISTA IS A DELICIOUSLY POLITICALLY INCORRECT FILM
i have recently seen hasta la vista/come as you are and i really liked it!

LE SKYLAB BY JULIE DELPY – JUST GO AND SEE IT
i have been loosely following julie delpy‘s career and i am glad to tell you that this film she directed is so good that you should make an evening of it with your friends and family.

OSLO, AUGUST 31ST – ON YOUR MUST SEE LIST
i felt there was no moral to this potentially preaching tale. just a sad story told in an immaculate, beautiful way.

FINAL DESTINATION 5 – ON THE DON’T LIST
i recently happened to crash a press screening. don’t ask how that happened, it’s still not clear for me yet. i was supposed to see the rabbit hole, a film about a couple dealing with the death of their child (no, it’s not antichrist) i was a bit worried about going to see a heavy...

LIFE IN A DAY – A HEART-WARMING FILM
kevin macdonald directed a documentary feature film/world-wide experiment produced by ridley scott using footage filmed by people around the world. this was the request:

YOU WANT TO READ THE MILLENNIUM SERIES
do you need a book that will grab you and keep you interested until you finish the whole lot? not too difficult and not too serious, with just the right amount of everything to make it the huge international best-seller that it is and large enough for that vacation coming up? i found it! it’s stieg larsson’s...

I CALL BULLSHIT ON EXIT THROUGH THE GIFT SHOP
was exit through the gift shop for real? i think it was total bullshit. i noticed none of banksy’s subtlety and genius in there. there was this guy with a distorted voice, in the shadow. that could’ve been me, right? also, how could he have possibly complained about the unlawful use of his “name”? file a complaint signed banksy…?...

GALLERY NIGHT 2011
this friday night, nag 5 gives us 83 events in 69 spaces with over 350 artists in bucharest and cluj! last year, i rode my bike between the galleries i chose: it was an eventful, laid back friday night…what else can one ask for? for all the details, go to the nag website. for cluj,...

10 YEAR OLD TIFF
today starts the 10th edition of tiff! most probably the biggest thing that has happened to the romanian film industry in a long time, tiff is a friendly snow-ball kind of event: it lures film people and audiences with a huge range of events and gets everybody talking, bonding and exchanging telephone numbers. a regular...

CHANEL CRUISE 2012 ON FILM
the cannes film festival takes place between 11th-22nd of may this year. chanel established, on the croisette, a pop up store in town starting with the 7th, just in case any of the stars is missing a gown, a clutch or jewelry. next, mr. lagerfeld organized a fashion show at cap d’antibes, 9 km away...