Nymphomaniac Vol.I (2013)
Honestly? I didn't expect much from Lars von Trier's 'Nymphomaniac'. First of all, because of massive advertising. Every single website, that has even a tiny column about art/culture/movies/music was encouraged to write about the film. In my hometown, we have only a few good cinema halls, but you even cannot imagine how many films are no…
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Dallas Buyers Club (2013)
Please meet Ron Woodroof, a cowboy, barfly, roisterer and total homophobic bastard. And one day Ronny founds out, that he's HIV positive and has only 30 days left to live. Outside we have 80's, so actually it's not hard to guess how many myths exist around HIV positive people, or around people, who have AIDS. For Ron Woodroof's life take…
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The Hunt (Jagten, 2013)
Every Sunday I write about films that are good to watch in the evening, with a glass of milk (tomorrow's Monday, remember?:). Mostly those films are simple, good-old and easy to watch. Today I will tell you (and show some captured moments) about the thought-provoking film, which I recommend to watch no matter what day it is... I found ' The Hu…
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Nebraska (2013)
I have never been to the US, but if I could choose where to travel there, it would be definitely not only NYC or SF. Films have always been my little windows on the beautiful fields and infinite roads of the US. Old-school road cafes, cars exactly from the middle of 60's or 70's and so many different people, colorful places, myriads of stories.…
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Weekend Film: Quartet (2013)
On Sunday I like to watch something 'easy' and light, good-old dramas or classy comedies etc. Today I decided to ignore this good habit and for some reason, I watched Trier's 'Antichrist' (about this film a bit later of course). After I understood, that maybe my 'easy-classy-good-old' tradition wasn't so bad or boring?! Th…
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Frances Ha (2012)
If you like the film, you better ignore this post. And if you haven't seen it yet, this post can show you a bit different point of view and perhaps it will help to look on the film more objectively. As long as I remember myself, the age categories in films were very limited. There were heroes in their teenage, characters after 30 and definitely…
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Weekend Film: 'The Kings of Summer' (2013)
This weekend we have summer on Films & Pies:) Yesterday I posted about cute short film ' The River ' and today I'll tell you about ' The Kings of Summer ' - indie film about friendship, freedom, and youth. So..let's go!;)
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Filth (2013)
'Choose Life. Choose a job. Choose a career. Choose a family. Choose a fucking big television, choose washing machines, cars, compact disc players and electrical tin openers...' Wait. I'm sorry, that's from 'Trainspotting', which I really adore from the first till the last second of the film. To be true I've never read a…
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The Great Beauty (La Grande Bellezza, 2013)
I have no idea how should I write good and in the right way about this film. This is the case, when emotions, your personal feelings prevail over a cold view. 'La Grande Bellezza' is about a 65 years old man, writer and a very charismatic person, representative of bohemia, who suddenly understood, that he's on a wrong places, doing things th…
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Peaky Blinders (2013, TV Series)
The 'Peaky Blinders' (available on iTunes ) is a British drama series, about the gangster gang in Birmingham. It's 1920's on the streets, Thomas Shelby, the leader of the criminal organisation named 'Peaky Blinders', controls the whole Birmingham... Men would love (and I'm sure they do:) this series. Every episode smel…
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'Masters of Sex' Review (TV Series, 2013)
Hmmm... I was really intrigued, when I saw the poster/description of the 'Masters of Sex' for the first time. Few words about the scenario: the story based on the book 'Masters of Sex', written by Thomas Meier. The book is based on a true story of William Masters and Virginia Johnson, two scientists and their huge research about huma…
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