"Predator birds. The Stunning Story of Harley Quinn ”(Birds of Prey: and the Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn)
“Birds of Prey” is the production project of actress Margot Robbie, which she dealt with from the very concept to the release of the picture for rent. Harley Quinn emancipation tape (as the English version of the name of the film says) was in development for about four years.
The main idea of Robbie implied that her heroine will have a company of friends with whom they will both hooligan and help each other. In the story, Harley Quinn and the Joker break up - Quinn is experiencing this extremely hard. It seems that a new pet (hyena) and a team of newly-made superheroine girlfriends in the person of Black Canary, Rene Montoya and the Huntress will help her to believe in herself. Together, the "Birds of Prey" will save Cassandra Kane, who crossed the road to the black mask bandit.
Despite the fact that “Birds of Prey” is a project about women made by women (director, producer, script writer - the fairer sex), the obvious “for women” seems inappropriate here. At least because Warner Bros. did not seek to work on a film with a highly raised feminist flag.
The Truth (La vérité)
An elderly French actress Fabienne publishes a memoir under the captivating title "Truth." However, her daughter Lumir does not quite agree that the book can be considered true. Lumir flies with his family from the United States to his mother, but the reunion turns into a confrontation when hidden grievances emerge. Meanwhile, Fabienne is accidentally involved in a project that mirrors her life situation - she plays the elderly daughter of an eternally young mother in a new science fiction film.
Pravda is the debut film of Japanese director Hirokazu Koreeda, shot outside of Japan and in a foreign language. The painting opened the Venice Film Festival in 2019, where it claimed the main award.
Mother and daughter in the picture of the author of Shoplifters are played by Catherine Deneuve and Juliette Binoche, respectively. The supporting role was entrusted to Ethan Hawke.
"Russian boy"
The village boy Alyosha volunteered to go to the front during the First World War. Literally in the very first battle after a gas attack, the hero loses sight, but is in no hurry to return home. Having stuck to the anti-aircraft battery, Alyosha becomes a "hearing aid".
Shots from the front are interrupted by a parallel storyline dedicated to rehearsals of the Tauride Orchestra in St. Petersburg today. Musicians are preparing to perform the works of Rachmaninov.
Alexander Zolotukhin - the son of a military pilot, one of the graduates of the workshop of Alexander Sokurov assembled in Kabardino-Balkaria. “Russian Boy” is the first full-length work of Zolotukhin, which he completed back in 2018. In February 2019, the picture was presented at the Berlinale.
Dark Waters
In 2016, The New York Times Magazine published an article entitled The Lawyer Who Became DuPont's Worst Nightmare, written by essayist Nathaniel Rich.
It talked about a long-standing lawsuit, which on behalf of more than 3.5 thousand plaintiffs against a chemical holding DuPont led an American lawyer Robert Billotte. The reason for filing a lawsuit was the company's many years of systematic poisoning of drinking water.
In 2018, they decided to film the material, including fragments from the studies of other journalists, as well as memoirs of Billotte himself. The production of the tape was carried out by Todd Haines, and the main role was played by Mark Ruffalo.
Officer and Spy (J'accuse)
The original title of the film by Roman Polanski translated from French means "I blame." Under such a heading in the newspaper L'Aurore in 1898 a letter was published by the writer Emile Zola addressed to French President Felix Forum. Zola accused the authorities of illegally imprisoning a French officer of Jewish origin, Alfred Dreyfus.
A few years before the publication of the letter in the newspaper - in 1894 - a closed hearing was held in Paris on the Dreyfus case, which was accused of espionage in favor of Germany and treason. Part of the evidence was fabricated. In 1906, with the active participation of Colonel Georges Picard Dreyfus, they were nevertheless acquitted.
Polanski's painting is based on the book "Officer and Spy" by British journalist Robert Harris. The film with the participation of Jean Dujardin and Louis Garrel received four prizes at the Venice Film Festival in 2019.
Lucky Number 5 (5 è il numero perfetto)
The scene is the criminal capital of Italy, Naples, time - the 1970s. During these years, the successful cameraman Peppino retires, and the hero’s son Nino decides to follow in his father's footsteps and become a mercenary. Peppino is proud of his offspring and gives him a revolver for his birthday, but Nino will not have time to use his weapons - they kill him. Peppino along with friends decides to take revenge on the murderers of his son.
Lucky Number 5 is the debut directorial work of Italian illustrator and artist Igor Tuveri. He is the author of the noir graphic novel, on the basis of which the film was shot. The painting was also presented at the Venice festival last year.
Once Upon a Time ... Tarantino (21 Years: Quentin Tarantino)
In 2019, Quentin Tarantino presented his ninth feature film “Once Upon a Time ... in Hollywood”, which became one of the favorites of the current award season (the tape was nominated for the Oscar in ten nominations). Despite the assurances of the director, he seems to be not going to retire - at least because he plans to write a book.
The development of eight Tarantino films (that is, all but the last) is described in the documentary Once Upon a Time ... Tarantino. Friends and colleagues of the director, among other things, talk about the methods of his work, share memories from the shootings and reflect on a phenomenon called Quentin Tarantino.