The Square (2017)
'Christian: The Square is a sanctuary of trust and caring. Within it, we all share equal rights and obligations.' Warning: this post contains strong subjective opinion about the best movie of the passing year. In 1981 French philosopher Jean Baudrillard published treatise 'Simulacra and Simulation', and this work is actually …
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Halloween Movie Night: "It Follows" (2015)
During the next 7 days, I'm going to post about dark and disturbing scary movies, that I highly recommend watching in the upcoming Halloween night. All films are carefully chosen, beautifully made, fresh and interesting. I really hope you will enjoy each and one of them! Yesterday I wrote about ''The Babadook'' ( read here ). Today I …
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Halloween Movie Night: "The Babadook" (2014)
Last month I got a little bit obsessed with horror movies. Somehow, I've never been a big fan of horror, because of it's meaningless and ridiculous scripts, poor play, cliches, and patterns etc. But thanks to by some mysterious power, I became addicted and watched around 15-20 films just in September. As a result, during the next 7 days, I'm go…
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The Best Seasonal Pumpkin Soup
Ahhh, Autumn. I love that light, smell, colors, fresh air (and even rainy days, sometimes). Cozy sweaters, stylish coats, tea the whole day, time for movies, books and tons of good food. One word: hygge. I know, that it might sound totally bromidic, but I cant do anything with that. Fall gives me mood swings, gentle inner vibrations, bad sleep and cold …
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That One Blueberry Meringue Pie
Autumn is a pie season. There's nothing better hot cup of tea or coffee with a big piece of your favourite pastry. I remember my very first pie I made. It was lemon meringue pie for 'The Toast' movie. Since then my cooking and baking skills improved, I became more confident, but also more demanding towards myself. Last year I had no…
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Raw (2016)
'Raw', directed by Julia Ducournau, is definitely one of the must-watch movies this year, especially if you like horror/drama at the same time on your plate (giggles). Usually, it's hard to write about horror movies. Because they're often filmed according to the known pattern (mysterious place, mysterious creature/human/doll, murder)…
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A Thread In Need Is A Thread Indeed
Winter 2017 was a time when I finally found my borderline and started to change step by step. When I think about that period of time now, I can't believe that so many things have changed since January. I'll come back and tell, what exactly changed during the last 8 months, but now I want to throw back to the late winter/early spring period. Exa…
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Welcome to Films & Pies :) My name is Solya and this blog is a place where I write mostly about films, food and all things I really enjoy.
