Tag Archives: movies

Easily Confused (43) Drama

Posted on 2014-10-14 by Andreas Moser

Watching a comedy: Watching a tragedy:

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Video Blog: Bank Robbery in Tirana

Posted on 2014-07-22 by Andreas Moser

Walking around Tirana one beautiful afternoon, minding my own business and not suspecting anything evil, I spotted these armed men in front of a bank. Quite obviously, a bank robbery was in progress. In broad daylight. On the main boulevard of Tirana. … Continue reading →

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The most important moment in the history of cinema

Posted on 2014-05-23 by Andreas Moser
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Film Review: “Argo”

Posted on 2014-04-18 by Andreas Moser

When I was in prison in Iran in 2009, I was hoping for someone like Tony Mendez to burst open the door to my cell and to whisk me to a waiting helicopter. Except that I hadn’t heard of him at the … Continue reading →

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Easily Confused (32) Manuel Valls

Posted on 2014-04-09 by Andreas Moser

Whenever I see Manuel Valls, the new French Prime Minister, I am reminded of Jamie McDonald (actor Paul Higgins), the “crossest man in Scotland” from the film In the Loop:

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Sometimes, I can’t blame people for thinking that I am a spy.

Posted on 2014-01-10 by Andreas Moser

But I swear, the reason why I was standing under that lamppost in the middle of the night and smoking a cigar, was that I was watching a cat playing with some fruits on a tree. (The photo was taken … Continue reading →

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Video Blog: Civil War in Palermo

Posted on 2014-01-03 by Andreas Moser

I spent New Year’s Eve and the first couple of days of January 2014 in Palermo, the capital city of Sicily. I only made one New Year’s resolution (although I had previously dismissed those kind of resolutions as bunk) and … Continue reading →

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Video Blog: Vulcano

Posted on 2013-11-25 by Andreas Moser

Travelling is fun. Hiking around islands in the Mediterranean is especially fun. Putting these adventures on the record for my esteemed readership sometimes feels like work. Work is no fun at all. That’s why, during the ascent of the highest … Continue reading →

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The Road to Skyfall

Posted on 2013-07-13 by Andreas Moser

When you get to a place and you think “I have been here before” but you know that you haven’t, then either the place looks eerily similar to one to which you have been (like most of the seaside towns … Continue reading →

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Nelson Mandela, 1918-2013

Posted on 2013-06-25 by Andreas Moser

Does it really matter if Nelson Mandela dies, as long as Morgan Freeman is still alive? And what does this say about the line between reality and film? Before you criticize me for publishing this now, keep in mind that … Continue reading →

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