Author: Biencutza
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[Film] Nymphomaniac Vol. I
Here it is, another Nymphomaniac movie review from a big fan of Lars Von Trier, who’s seen most of his movies.
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[Film] 12 years a slave
12 Years a Slave, based on the 1853 autobiography of Solomon Northup, tells the violently tragic, but ultimately redemptive, tale of a free black man kidnapped and forced to be a slave in the pre-Civil War Era in America.
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[Books] The Ultimate Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy – Douglas Adams
Five novels in one OUTRAGEOUS volume. The best description for this absolutely incredible set of novels. Douglas Adams has just become my favorite writer and The Ultimate Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy my number one favorite book for this year, at least.
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[Film] Sister (L’enfant d’en haut)
Ursula Meier won the Silver Bear in the 2012 Berlin International Film Festival with the movie Sister, L’enfant d’en Haut, being it’s Swiss original name.
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[Documentary] GasLand
Gasland is a 2010 American documentary written and directed by Josh Fox. Nominated for an Academy Award for Best Documentary in 2011, the film focuses on communities in the United States impacted by natural gas drilling and, specifically, a method of horizontal drilling into shale formations known as slickwater fracking.
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[Romania] Medieval Transylvania
Here is a short video on some of the medieval churches and palaces Transylvania has to offer. Filmed in Prejmer, Viscri, Sighișoara, Biertan, Câlnic and Carta. The Chocolates of Life also visited Calnic and Carta and planning to visit the others this summer. Enjoy!
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[Books] The invisible man – Ralph Ellison
‘The invisible man’ was Ralph Ellison’s only book published while alive, a book that addresses many of the intellectual and social issues that African-Americans faced in the twentieth century. It’s a fictional book, but it has also a historical importance .
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[Poland] Wieliczka Salt Mine
When visiting Krakow, we took a day to go to Wieliczka (a village close to Krakow), where is one of the oldest and biggest salt mines in Europe. With a length of about 300 km, the mine was built in the 13th century and has actively extracted salt until 2007, being one of the oldest…
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[Romania] The Valea Cetății Cave
We visited the Valea Cetatii Cave when we went to the Rasnov Citadel and the Rasnov Fortified Church. It’s a cave that was only opened for visitors in 2011, but that was discovered about 60 years ago.
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Sibiu’s Small Square
As I moved to Sibiu in September 2013, I was planning to write more about the places I like in this lovely city from the heart of Romania. It did take me some time to get me moving, but here it it, my first article from the Sibiu Series – The Small Square (Piata Mica).
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