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Roast Duck (Inpired by 'Rare Birds' and Tim Mälzer)

Solya 27 December

'Rare Birds' really got me. For those, who just came here - about this film I wrote here . So I decided to roast a duck. Not a really rare one, without any special occasion, but with a bunch of curiosity. So, those who wanna try really good roast duck, have a sit and listen: We Need: 1 duck (~2 kg), better take one like for Peking Duck di…

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Weekend Film: 'Rare Birds' (2001)

Solya 14 December

And here's another one perfect film for the Winter season. I watched ' Rare Birds ' one cold evening. It was outside the city, in suburbs and it was one of those Autumn days with warm afternoons and very cold evenings. ' Rare Birds ' was made for times like these, when you're alone, it's an Autumn/Winter time and it's not…

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Calvary (2014)

Solya 09 December

This film is like a bottle of good wine: strong, thought-provoking and leaves an aftertaste. I truly wanted to watch it half a year before, but now I know that winter and ending of the year is the best time to finally watch the film. ' Calvary ' is a story about an Irish priest, who lives in a small town with it's all little tragedies…

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Warsaw Days

Solya 30 November

I can't say that Warsaw is my favorite place in the world, but somehow from year to year, I collect more and warmer memories, which are linked to this city and somehow Warsaw's getting for me less unfamiliar, less strange and less cold. This time I learn one very important thing for traveling: always discover the city by walking if you're th…

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Orange Is The New Black: Red's No-Bake Correctional Cheesecake

Solya 26 November

Red is one of my favorite characters in 'Orange Is The New Black'. For those who missed out this TV series somehow, 'OITNB' tells us a story about female prison and destinies of characters, who got there for some reason. Red is a chef there (mmm, actually that's not her only job, but still:) and no one dares to say something bad…

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Getting Tattooed

Solya 16 November

It's been a long time of total silence here. I decided to post about very private stuff as my coming back to Films & Pies. Oh yes, I got tattooed:) Two years ago I made a small tattoo. It was a typical girlish tattoo, which looked like an infinity symbol and thousands of people for sure own one. Little tip: never ever make something like ta…

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Short Weekend: In the Name of Beautiful Observation

Solya 04 October

Very unusual Short Weekend - gorgeous video art instead of usual short films. I love them all! And guess who's going to watch something from Hitchcock right now;) Videos are made by Vimeo user with a mysterious name 'kogonada'. More beauty here .