People have various relationships with sex. Some still believe that it is only for procreation and has no other purpose than producing children. Others think that its Carpe diem of the hedonistic world and surround themselves with RedTube videos, gadgets, dildos and fake vaginas. Addiction has varied forms. But what if a rigid, timid and conservative couple visited a place which followed more liberal rules of conduct? What if exposure to nudity destroyed one square mind? What if pleasure was worth breaking a few guidelines? Still beautiful. Sirens.
I love it when people loosen the strings of imagination and let themselves be carried by creativity. The outcome might be amazing. If you want to learn what is important in life, what makes us human, what our lives look like from a perspective of someone who lost contact with the reality of literally being alive. If you want to be taken to an exciting journey of two people exploring friendship, fear, love, sex and all basic emotions in life. If you want to see a fable which your mind's eye and your strangest dreams couldn't ever produce, you should take a chance with this film. There is the magic of imagination which takes us to the level of Swiss Army Man. And you really forget Harry Potter, as some actors can apparently escape the box. Enjoy.
You'd think that being born a girl makes you innocent. You'd think that women are the gentlest of them all, that they smell of freshly picked flowers, that they have no fantasies and dirty thoughts. There were once two girls, whose friendship led them to carry out a terrible deed. Surrounded by a blissful world of imagination, romance and rebellion. Coming from an utterly different background, lonely without each other and dangerous in each others company, two girls inspired one Peter Jackson to make a film. Based on true events and immersed in the bubble of childhood castles and knights: Heavenly Creatures. The story of a crime.
There are small local initiatives which highlight the pride and drive of its people. There are world record holders who out of pure sense of competition want to outdo others and win the chance of being better, whether it's the longest bike ride in Africa or the biggest sandwich. There are stories which had really taken place and they are still remembered for their impact. Every small town has its local hero. Every small town has pride which can challenge any big city.
What if a small town blessed with one particular mountain, had this mountain demoted into a hill? What if a local initiative decided that such a demotion cannot in fact occur? Everyone has its five minutes of fame. Some hills/mountains share the same privilege.
What if a small town blessed with one particular mountain, had this mountain demoted into a hill? What if a local initiative decided that such a demotion cannot in fact occur? Everyone has its five minutes of fame. Some hills/mountains share the same privilege.
What money can't buy? Youth, beauty, and love. Let's skip the love part for a while. When I was sixteen, I didn't notice the sixteen-year-old girls running around in their fashionable clothes, fancy haircuts, meandering in packs from Starbucks to Dunkin' Donuts. I really just didn't pay attention. But now, when I'm wearing a T-shirt remembering my early twenties (an item which should probably be thrown away by the fashion police) I realize that at a certain age you're just really not important. You're not Kendall Jenner and Gigi Hadid. And if you're over 25, God forbid, where is your husband and where are your children? The obsession with youth is like an obsession with time. You cannot stop the aging process. In your eighties, you're probably no longer sexy, fancy and glamorous. And reminiscing about the past is as hopeless as reminiscing about the time when you were 15 and you really lost those 20 kilograms. The Neon Demon. Nothing about education, experience, and personality. But a little scary neon parody of the overly important world of unattained, circulated around a young innocent beauty. I loved the ending.
Is a crime in the name of higher good an explainable crime? Is killing someone in an act of revenge for another criminal deed understandable and, thus, should be left without punishment? Is an act of activism the only way to bring the public eye to the problem? In the troubled times of terrorist attacks and mass migration, should we change our rules of conduct? Should we treat law differently? A film which will make you think. Is leaving the one who deserves punishment a crime in itself, and is helping those who hurt in the name of higher purpose an act of good will or a selfish token of love? Heaven.
If you're a woman tired of discrimination at work or if you're a girl longing for something more than marriage and children, you should go back to the world of fantasy which raised a generation. Among the brave knights, magical creatures, talking stones, white horses and dark villains, there was a girl who made slightly different life choices. Getting rid of the dress and the so-called beauty, she headed for adventure, passion, and journey for love. Still exciting, magical and beautiful. Italian tale about a girl who made eyes wide-open for many little and bigger girls. Fantaghiro.
It started with a message sent from one computer to another. Text turned into pictures, images moved to movies, revolving around the melody of the sound. And now we are looking for a Pokémon around the world's streets. Three different films, from three different time periods, show us the intricacies of the world of computers. From the domination of the hackers underground youth scene, through one invention which was to revolutionize the social world and entertainment, up to the dangers of the money-making machine which exposes your personal life and makes you risk your life for popularity reasons. Without the internet, it would be difficult to fall in love, to expose cheating partners, to boast about summer vacations and newborn's first steps, to communicate with the world. That's obvious. But the phenomenon itself makes all of us interested in the impact of the internet. It's a powerful tool. The question arises how powerful it really can be. We just have to wait for new revolutionary technologies and another film.
College years seem to be filled with the most shaping events, which have an influence on how our lives are going to look like in the future. You're dumbstruck with being away from parents, feeling the independence, falling in love, following your instincts when there's no one to observe you and comment on your life. And then the years of your independence finish. You're grown up, you make your own choices or you follow the tradition of your family. Funny enough, one hundred years ago it was more or less the same. Times change, history presents us with different social and political events. Love and desire clash with family expectations. Happiness is a combination of our own choices. This time a school-years same-sex romance. Is there a chance for a happy ending for the adaptation of E.M. Forster's novel?
Women are strong, equally intelligent to men, capable of being the CEOs of huge corporations, presidents of countries, drivers, policemen, and soldiers.Women can also be mothers, as men can be fathers, and I doubt whether the division who is better in the role is just. Thus, women should be equally paid, as they seem to be far more sensible with money, but of course, there are exceptions to every rule, and the world has still to deal with the fact and digest it. Where there is money, there is ego. Where there is ego, there are men. But what if we got rid of the latter? What if the life of women's domination was the only possible scenario? How would the ordinary lives of citizens look like if the number of men diminished in terrifying speed? How would it influence childbirth, family life, relationship, and politics? A fun play on the matter, two films from two different continents. One: a Polish cult classic, creating a possible scenario for the future, another - a Canadian contemporary science-fiction documentary analyzing the same problem, that is the shortage of men. Equally enjoyable and thought-provoking. How would the man-less world work and is that really possible?
Every winter a flu epidemic hits the unsuspecting citizens, causing long queues at the doctors and a diminished attendance at schools and kindergartens. Occasionally Zika virus terrifies future mothers afraid of giving birth to children with deformed heads. From time to time there is an outbreak of a disease to which there's no cure and the possibility of spreading it over a bigger area is the greatest fear of the government of each and every country. There are still diseases to which we have no treatment, epidemics which wiped out millions from the surface of the Earth. Medical progress might be visible but we are still far from feeling completely secure. Scenarios of tragedies cross our minds from time to time. And what if one day you all of a sudden lost one of your most important senses? Blindness. An adaptation of a novel by José de Sousa Saramago. And a terrifyingly probable scenario.
The popularity of dating sites made us look for love not only in our nearest proximity. We can search further, cross oceans, conduct long-distance relationships online and fall in love with the unexpected. We use applications, swim in digital data, we post photos and videos, we share. Our lives seem more real in the fake reality of the Internet. Crimes online turn into real crimes. Instagram violations of privacy anger masses and higher forces decide what we can say, express and post. The world of the technology started to dominate the upbringing of children, professional and social life, whether you want it or not. And what if your partner turned out to be a figment of technological advances? What if the woman who understands you more than anyone else wasn't in fact real? Her.
Do you believe in magic? Well, of course, you're not a Muggle and Harry Potter probably rings a bell. But do you believe in the illusion of magic, are you aware that the combination of wit, science, and redirection of attention can produce the greatest of tricks? With the power to reveal the biggest lies of magic industry, talents of many cast a spell of two magical films. Entertainment at its best, adventure on a hypnotic level and mystery which exercises even the most doubtful minds. Now you see me. Or don't you? Enjoy.
In a desperate moment of being single, you ask yourself whether there is something wrong with you and you are simply unlovable. You analyze your past relationship and seek answers for you love failures. What does it mean to be single? What expectations do we have from people in relationships with us? Children? Fidelity? Equal intelligence and accomplishments? Mutual goals? Why is it so difficult to meet the right person and is the answer for healing a broken heart surprisingly simple? Do women really need men to make them complete or do they have to be complete first to be happy in any relationship? Enjoy.