All these hazy memories, desires and until-the-sun-rises conversations that felt lost are found in the streets of Warsaw. Thank you for this MASTERPIECE, Michał! ❤️
“Ten thousand cigarettes. So many breaths so sharply drawn in ten thousand cigarettes, three hundred days up in smoke. A thousand unfiltered moments, your voice among a hundred others, one mistake for every hundred breaths… Every ten thousand cigarettes.”
Two kilometers is an almost imperceptible distance in times of peace. But in a tough battle for a strategically important village in eastern Ukraine, every centimeter counts, and suddenly everything is contained within two kilometers – cracked trees, destroyed nature, hostile worlds, despair, an uncertain future, and a fierce fight for life and death. After 20 days in Mariupol, Oscar-winning director Mstyslav Chernov rewrites the boundaries of war documentary again. Without any compromises and from the front line, he captures…
If you were to die now, would you be happy with your life?
What does that mean to be a character? Eternal ghost, living the same story over and over again, or somebody who might find enough power to rebel against the author and overcome the prime destiny? Fruitful postmodern landscapes are full of Shakespearian stories blurred with existential absurdism, and Patiño’s unique sense for dreamlike visuals offers together a funny yet wise tribute to the characters we bring to…
Does everyone have to be a hero, or do we have a right to antiheroism in times when we feel the weariness of hope? Nuri Bilge Ceylan has lost not an ounce of his intellect. A sustaining novel manifested in cinematic form, About Dry Grasses draws on the legacy of the Russian literary classics, while tearing down the traditional dichotomies of fictional worlds and showing the terrifying beauty of the human mind.
