We all love the Cinderella story. We are all for the justice. The poor, innocent and good girl should be the one to marry the prince. She should be rewarded for her hours of daydreaming and wishing for a better future. Forget about your misery of separating seeds and cleaning chimneys! The castle can turn into a mansion, the horse into a limo, the prince into a businessman, the fairy godmother into an industrious father and the ball dress into designer clothes. And you're bound to set off on the journey to happiness. But sometimes it is another type of prince that you should be looking for. A modern fairy tale with a twist and a dream of many to finally find the right guy. Unforgettable classic: Sabrina.
Circumstances force you to perform actions which you would normally never have thought about plunging into. Sometimes, due to financial difficulties or personal situation, you join a venture, which is below your expectations or out of your comfort zone. You can be a woman trying to save a relationship, an actor short of roles, a writer trying to deal with past traumas. For some, it might be a chance, for others a comical flattery of their raw talent. Life is not always about happy endings, happy relationships, sweet kisses under the mistletoe. But it has some sort of plan for you, a perfect plan to squeeze the best out of you, teach you lessons and make you suffer just enough to allow you to survive the greatest pain. War was a great time for a group of talented individuals to console millions that after each conflict, mass executions and destruction there is light at the end of the tunnel and good will always win the battle with evil. Their Finest.
What a tragical thing is to be married without love. Just look at the rates of divorce. A nice house, financial security, the father for your children or the right guy accepted by your family and friends won't guarantee passion, love, and happiness. If you're kept in a cage, you will try to flee at all cost, not paying attention to people's opinion and reputation. Love can turn into hate and even the most polite and well brought up girl can turn into a monster able to do everything for the sake of her happiness. A story about a woman. Lady Macbeth.
Don't you wish you had a magical ability to turn back in time every time you fuck up? If you look at your life, you can definitely pinpoint moments that forced you to make decisions not particularly profitable to your life. It was that one exam that destroyed your grades, it was that one date that put an end to your relationship, it was this one night stand that you would have never jumped into otherwise. It was this one business that you didn't start, one yes to a bad proposal. Any regrets? Any wishes for a time machine? Or was it all for the better to bring you to a more suitable and happier place? A fun story about life, relationships, parents and letting go. Do you really need a time machine? About Time.
It's difficult enough to be a scientist. To devote endless hours for research, skip your favorite talk show, chose less profitable future. It's challenging to devote your life to books and experiments, while tangible results are uncertain. It's painful to put in extra hours for studying, while your friends are having fun or developing their love life. It's brave to offer your life for the higher good, while millions are way more into earthly pleasures. But to be a woman scientist is an entirely different matter. Men don't have to choose between family and career, they don't have to be equally good mothers and employees, manage households and convey scientific theories. Men don't have to explain their love affairs, younger lovers, negligence at home. Men are not criticized by the army of other men. They are admired. Women are patronized by men and ostracized by women. As if it wasn't difficult enough to be a scientist. Someone finally has to beat the system. There was one woman who outwitted many men, who was awarded not one but two Nobel Prizes for achievements in science. Marie Curie. An inspiration for many, maybe also for you. Enjoy.
What did you have for dinner? Honestly, was it a healthy low-fat home-cooked meal with adequate proportions of vegetables or was it a fast food treat consumed conveniently in the closest fast food restaurant? The latter is so popular and tasty that it's difficult sometimes to make a different choice. But, since you are what you eat, shouldn't you better analyze what will happen to your body if you consume only deep-fried meat, artificial preservatives, and fizzy drinks? How much is enough to make all of us make healthier food choices? Super Size Me. Still adequate and worth reminding. Enjoy.
What happens in the mind of a serial killer? Why people have the urge to deprive others of their precious everything, blaming unhappy childhood and personal problems for their hostile revenge? Why some murder for the sake of pleasure and have no empathy for suffering and pain? Why some forms of mental diseases trigger aggressive behaviors, and why those in the majority who are really sick and innocent suffer from discrimination and fear of humiliation of being labeled and exposed? A story about a serial killer. Maniac. And possibly a few tips how to avoid a genuine one lurking just around the corner.
Don't you wish, after a hard year of work, for some rest and relaxation? Don't you want to forget about exams, stressful days at the mercy of demanding bosses? Don't you crave free time, fun and suntan? Every holiday is different, as every person needs a different type of rest. For some, it's a luxury hotel and crazy sexual adventures, for others it's an opportunity to cheat and start an affair with a complete opposite of the current partner. For some, a backpack and a loving hand are enough. For others budget means budget and every penny is worth saving. What kind of tourist are you? Are you a fan of luxury paradise islands, leisurely all-inclusive treats, independent escapades without any plan and purpose or do you stay at home and watch TV? Catering for all tastes, slapstick in fun and timid in words: Holidays by the Sea.
There are connotations to every name. Sometimes your personal feelings allow you to hate or respect a particular name, taking into account your relationship with your family. At times it's something which makes you ashamed or, by a simple game of words, turns you into a laughing stock at school and later on at work. But one name definitely stands out. Hitler. There were people who inherited a name which forced them to explain their family history to everyone asking. An entertaining get together with people ashamed, proud, distanced and deeply moved by sharing the same name with one of the world's greatest evils. Is it only about a name? Meet the Hitlers.
Love and friendship are feelings which reach far beyond the lustful cravings of the body and misleading infatuation with fleeting appearance. Love is stronger than death, true love ignores poverty, disease, and disability. You can fall in love with a voice, a touch, a whisper. You can fall in love with the ones whom you don't see at all. Is being invisible an obstacle in the fulfillment of your dreams? Is it a barrier impossible to overcome? If you're in a mood of a modern fairy tale where nothing is what is seems, enjoy Mon ange. Vision is just one of the senses, which thanks to the power of cinema can make invisible visible again.
Civilization is an artificial concept which makes everything run clockwork. We sleep on a bed, having for centuries slept on the floor of sticks and grass. We eat portioned and available food, having been used to hunting and gathering for millennia. We switched caves for flats, fires for central heating, furs for nylon and synthetic materials. We turned work at the farm into work in a corporation in front of the computer. We replaced the sun with antidepressants, physical exercise with box diet and sex with porn. Are you happy, then, with the state of affairs? Don't you feel that there's something missing? There was one woman who turned her thoughts into action and broke the bonds with ordered and reasonable life. Wild.
Appearances lead us to wrong conclusions. Sometimes the stubbornness, meanness and rudeness are just a cover for a broken soul. Sometimes your stereotypical approach to a person can shade a real past and a true personality. It's important to uncover the prejudice of appearances before you come up to certain conclusions. It's nice to broaden your horizons a little bit more, cross your safety zone and learn that people who surround you are not really what they seem to be. A nice little story of This Beautiful Fantastic. Maybe you also have a neighbor, whom you'd like to get to know better.