Planeta Maiden -about the 28 mai gig in Bucharest

fiind al 12lea concert am vrut sa fac o virtuala Cina cea de taina' si s-au adunat 23 de Apostoli Iron Maidenisti.

 Am colecta, editat si scris pe Sunete Live aici:

LMA Clint @96 ! Retires...

 The Man with No Name has hung up his director’s chair. 

At 96, the legend has officially retired from directing.  Clint Eastwood’s son Kyle confirmed it: the man who defined the Western, owned the action genre, and delivered Oscar-winning dramas has stepped away after nearly 70 years behind the camera.

From A Fistful of Dollars to Unforgiven, Million Dollar Baby, and Gran Torino — Clint didn’t just act in movies. He built an era.

Thank you for the squint, the grit, and the unforgettable stories.

The credits may have rolled, but the legacy never will

Fjord -Palme d'or !!!

 all winers here

Palme d'or

FJORD  Cristian MUNGIU  Kudos !!!  next on I guess the Oscars !

Second Palme d')r for Mungiu after 19 years from 4 Months, 3 Weeks, 2 days, making him the Tenth director in the history of Cannes to win twice. Here's the other nine. 

Fjord also won in Cannes 4 other awards:

-the François Chalais Prize

-Prix de la Citoyenneté (Citizenship Award) 

-Ecumenical Jury Prize

 -FIPRESCI award (International Critics' Prize)

***At the official screening the film was received with a 12 mins. standing ovation, a huge timing for the festival and a good barometer of the success of the projection, much more than the reviews and the trades star ratings. 

The Plague (2025)

Remarkable debut by Charlie Polinger (w/d). It premiered in Cannes in the Un Certain Regard section. Worthy of the DGA Award. Amazingly it was shot in Romania (by Abis studios, art director Vlad Vieru just won a Gopo for the Yellow Tie) !!! Great widescreen compositions. in 2.39 : 1. Also shot on film,35mm by Steven Breckon, another name to follow. 

Joel Edgerton  (also a producer) is the only adult name in the film, the rest is a bunch of kids, real talent.  Everett Blunck as Ben is a stand-out. They won best actors in Sitges, also together with Kayo Martin.

Lord of the Flies in a summer waterpolo camp with shades of masculin Carrie. It's set in 2003, no clue why. It's gross sometimes like teenagers are, it's unpleasant and it feels real. Tough to direct all these kids, and as a first picture, kudos !

 Also great, I mean GREAT sound design and a great score by Johan Lenox, reminiscent also of Pino Donnagio's cues.

Corsa Notturna (see, it's in Italian;) will give you goosebumps. It looks like it's Lenox' first real score too. Bravo !

Also Moby's song Feeling So Real will never feel the same again ! 4 real ;)

7 out of 10 / 3 1/2 out of 5 ! Deserves even more but my empathy was with the filmmaking, not the characters.