The Birds, 1963 You could, of course, recall another Hitchcock hit, “Psycho,” but with “The Birds” I have my own story. I don’t like birds. I’m even afraid of them. And who’s going to love them when they keep trying to bump into your head? To my horror, for some feathered friends, this mission was …
Van Gogh. Loving Vincent United Kingdom, Poland About 100 artists created each of the 65,000 frames of this film, all in the same technique. At which did Van Gogh himself work? However, the result was a unique example of cinema art. The world’s first animated feature film was painted in oil on canvas. Despite the …
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Dunkirk UK, USA, France, Netherlands Hardly anyone would deny that they haven’t waited for Christopher Nolan’s new work since Inception and Interstellar. Three years after his last film, he is back in the director’s chair with Dunkirk, and very successfully. Although, A drama about the Dunkirk operation and the evacuation by sea. However, the British, …
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The Glass Castle USA “The Glass Castle” introduces the viewer. A young and ambitious Janet girl parallels the real events. “The Glass Castle” is building her career in New York and preparing for her wedding. The film shows memories from Janet’s childhood and adolescence, which turn out to be not so rosy. She grew up …
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Square/The Square Sweden, Germany, France, Denmark. The Palme d’Or winner. The Square is a social satire. It was also well received. There were a lot of positive comments after its Cannes premiere, although few expected it to win the Grand Prize. The main character, Christian, the curator of a contemporary art museum in Stockholm, has …
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Old New Year / New Year’s Eve USA, 2011, directed by Garry Marshall A wonderful New Year’s Eve movie from 2011. The events take place on New Year’s Eve in New York City, with the characters’ fates miraculously intertwined as a result. Here is a terminally ill elderly man, a secretary who is trying to …
My Friend Santa Claus/Le pere Noel France, Belgium, 2014, directed by Alexandre Coffret A hilarious and kind movie. A story like this can only happen during the New Year holidays. The main character is Santa Claus. But not a simple one, he is a cunning thief: wearing a costume, he breaks into houses and takes …
The Adventures of Paddington 2 UK, 2018, directed by Paul King A cute, charming, well-behaved bear cub who constantly finds himself in interesting adventures. He has been taught since childhood that good always triumphs over evil. He sees only good in everyone, always helping everyone and treats with sweets. But even such a good bear …
Black Book, 2006 Netherlands, Germany, UK, Belgium The plot of the film revolves around Rachel Stein, a German of Jewish origin. Fleeing the Nazi genocide, she finds refuge in the Netherlands, where she joins the resistance movement. Her goal is to find the traitor who murdered her entire family and seek revenge. By any means …
Being Astrid Lindgren/Unga Astrid Denmark, Sweden We all know Astrid Lindgren as the mother of Carlson and Pippi, two fun and wacky characters. But what was life like for the writer herself. At the beginning of the film. She appears as a teenage girl living in a conservative family in rural Sweden and wants to …
