If you believe in fairy tales, you know that for everybody there is a second-half reserved in the storage of soulmates. Our task is only to find it, dive into the heap of hay and try to find the needle. But falling in love can surprise you. Your ultimate partner might not be the one you have expected. But stop complaining, just let yourself be carried by fate. You have some skills to complete your beloved and you have some deficits to be by this beloved completed. This is how happiness works and, for some, it can last a lifetime. Unforgettable storytelling, memorable characters, beautiful scenes and interiors, and a love story between a mute princess and a spectacular frog. Some films make you believe in fairy tales, The Shape of Water.
We usually associate heroes with white Americans or Europeans hit by personal tragedy, which made them plot vendetta against their enemies and opponents. The world is far wider than the cities we are used to. It comprises tribes, following different customs and traditions, landscapes unsurpassed in their beauty, wild animals living freely in wide open spaces of valleys and hills, and people struck with global problems far different than mortgage and student's loans. A tribute to Africa with its all distinguished highlights, a story of Wakanda, revenge, technological progress, and a proof that the world is in need of another kind of hero. Black Panther.
It's not enough to love a human being, to accept flaws of character, annoying habits, immoral tendencies or, simply, sins. To love a human being is to accept also the profession that one has to perform, is devoted to, or which occupies the man's mind also during the sleep. This is known to wives of firefighters, fearing every siren, to partners of policemen, scared of every sound of shooting, to first ladies of politicians, playing second fiddle during elections, or lovers of doctors, who spoil home atmosphere with another deceased patient. But being married to a dress-maker? A challenging relationship and a lesson for less patient. For everyone, there's a match. Phantom Thread. Enjoy.
You cannot really control your emotions when you've been struck by the worst possible tragedy. You don't think sensibly and you are unwilling to forget those who wronged you. But how can you cope when everyone seems to forget what tragedy happened to you, and you start to lose hope? One creative idea can cause the whole town to be engaged in your little revenge against the inefficiency of the police and world of injustice. What can three billboards with one message do to a small-town mentality and how wide can rage spread inflicted by pain and suffering? One mother against the world, unforgettable, Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri.
Do you recall friendships you had when you were at school? Remember how strong they were, how infatuated you were with one another, how strong was the fort you built against parents, teachers, and school bullies? Even though young, you were able to experience the whole spectrum of emotions reserved usually for adults. Some friendships turned into romances, some romances were betrayed by the appearance of someone else. Some felt heartbroken, others found their true selves and built foundations for future relationships. A boarding school, and a bond connecting two girls, young but terrifyingly serious, Lost and Delirious.
When you're young, you make mistakes. Middle age teaches you some life lessons, but you have to deal with the flawed individuals around you. Those usually screw up your perfect life scenario like unattended children with their muddy fingers destroy the clean white wall. When you are accepted to the world of elderly, you reap the harvest of your entire life, supporting those who need this support and paying for your past mistakes. A crazy ride of one extraordinary grandma and her granddaughter. The former more messed-up than the latter, proving that every time is a good time for new loves, family reconciliations, and new beginnings. Women's support for every generation. Grandma.
Prince charming of the ordinary world of bankers, businessmen, and blue-collar workers seems to appear from the world of muses: art, literature, music, film, and dance. All that glitters is not gold, and it's difficult to live with an artist, especially when his views clash with the so-called normal and universally accepted. It's challenging enough to be married to one who puts revolution on top of his life priorities. But being married to a renowned director, who seems to oppose the whole world, when you're in the prime of your youth? Jean-Luc Goddard and an interesting relationship with the French intellectual revolution in the background in the eyes of his young wife. Enjoy.
When you are young you rarely take into account that you will be struck by some serious disease, that you will be paralyzed, disabled and dependent on others for the rest of your life. You rarely await accident and misfortunes. But they happen, teaching you bigger lessons than all fairy tales that your mother read you to sleep, all movies that you have watched and all stories that somehow got to you through the grapevine of family and friends connections. Some things happen for a reason, some misfortunes are there to improve the lives of many others, to pick them up in the lost battle with health. Some stories are there to make us appreciate life and learn humility in our excessive demands and expectations. Some stories also teach us about love. Based on true story of a determined polio patient, beautiful Breathe.
Why is it so that there is a significantly smaller percentage of women who are CEOs of big corporations, managers of their own companies, directors of big film productions and heads of their own households? What happened along the way in the process of career development of female population when it is women who are usually better educated, solve tests quicker and are more ambitious at school? Why do we accept the male domination and resign from opportunities given to us thanks to the access to education? There's time to stop the way of things and take matters into our own hands. There were three women who had enough and they decided to fight against an unfair, bigot and domineering boss. Inspirational. Nine to Five.