Tag Archives: Cinema

What to do with a History Degree?

Posted on 2020-11-07 by Andreas Moser

Ever since I have been studying history, people who think that every means needs to have an end have been asking: “What do you want to do with that?” My honest answer: I want to know more and to understand … Continue reading →

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Film Review “Capital in the 21st Century”

Posted on 2020-10-19 by Andreas Moser

I am usually an advocate of reading the book before the movie – or indeed of only reading the book and not spoiling it. But I haven’t yet been in the mood to delve into Thomas Piketty’s 570-page book analyzing … Continue reading →

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Film Review: “Cast Away”

Posted on 2020-05-04 by Andreas Moser

As I am currently stranded on a far-away island myself, people have been making references to “Cast Away”, Chuck Noland and Wilson. The references seemed to increase as my Robinsonade persisted and my beard grew. Finally, I felt like I … Continue reading →

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Film review: “Parasite”

Posted on 2020-02-24 by Andreas Moser

Usually, I am a few decades late with my film reviews, but this time, I manage to recommend a movie that is still playing in cinemas: Parasite. A cleverly constructed thriller, fast-paced, humorous, but also a social critique. Too much … Continue reading →

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Kyiv – Day 7/21 – Yoda

Posted on 2019-12-22 by Andreas Moser

I really enjoyed the Botanical Garden in Kyiv, but that little dude freaked me out. Links: More about Ukraine. The National Botanical Garden of Ukraine.

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First Trailer for James Bond “No Time to Die”

Posted on 2019-12-06 by Andreas Moser

We still have to wait until 3 April 2020 for the new James Bond film No Time to Die to be released, but here is the first trailer: My worst fears have materialized. The writers still have absolutely no novel … Continue reading →

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Film review: “Donbass”

Posted on 2019-12-04 by Andreas Moser

Truth is the first victim of war, one could sum up the film Donbass, which confused me more than it educated me. But it did so in a memorable, partly unsettling, partly amusing way. In 13 episodes, Sergei Loznitsa portrays … Continue reading →

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Film review: “Blue Mountains”

Posted on 2019-11-11 by Andreas Moser

Maybe you have to be as old and wise as me to realize it, but movies made in the last century are really better than today’s animation/superhero/sequel/prequel crap. Actually, the difference is so stark that even Soviet films from the … Continue reading →

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“Wild”, not a hiking movie

Posted on 2019-01-28 by Andreas Moser

It’s winter and I am in a big city, so I felt like watching a movie about the outdoors and about hiking in anticipation of the coming summer. Wild, the story of Cheryl Strayed’s hike of the Pacific Crest Trail, … Continue reading →

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At the Cigar Shop – 50 Years later

Posted on 2018-10-12 by Andreas Moser

I had gone to Huéscar for market day, thinking I might as well look for my favorite Spanish newspaper, El Pais. It would find it at the tobacco shop, I was told. As I entered the store, just around the … Continue reading →

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