Saul Fia (Son Of Saul)
Son Of Saul is the first Hungarian film since István Szabó’s Mephisto to win the Oscar award in the Best Foreign Language Film category. And that wasn’t by accident:
László Nemes’s directorial debut offers an unforgettable viewing experience as he takes us through the real horrors of the Holocaust, avoiding Spielbergian sentimentalism. According to the plot, a concentration camp inmate (Géza Röhrig) tasked with burning the dead discovers the body of his young son, and must choose between participating in the clandestine uprising being planned among the prisoners, or securing a proper Jewish burial for his child.
László Nemes offers a gripping new perspective on the historical events, leaving the traditional narrative behind – and what a good decision it is! Watching Son of Saul is a challenge, but a truly rewarding one.
Where to watch:Original (Hungarian) audio, English subtitles at Uránia on April 3, 8.30pm.Titanic International Film Festival
Titanic ’16, the 23nd edition of Hungary’s most popular international film festival, will take place during April 7-16, at five different venues:
Toldi Cinema, A38 Ship, Uránia, Sugar Cinema, and Puskin Art Cinema. Eagerly anticipated by the film industry each year, Titanic specializes in films from all around the world that are not distributed in Hungary, or will arrive to Hungary with a delay, balancing art with the mainstream. The 42 different films will be screened with original audio and no subtitles, but simultaneous Hungarian translation is usually available through headphones. The festival’s opening film will be Martin Butler’s Tanna, a story about a forbidden love affair set on a remote Pacific island, and the closing film will be Luca Guadagnino’s
A Bigger Splash, a strange drama about the vacation of a famous rock star and a filmmaker.
Full list of films and more details here.Chocolat
The fascinating and despairing true story of France’s first famous black performer is brought to the screen in Chocolat, a lively belle-époque biopic whose noteworthy — and extremely timely — subject matter helps overcome what otherwise feels like a familiar rise-and-fall costume drama, albeit one with significant historical baggage. After The Intouchables, Omar Sy delivers another great performance, but this time as Rafael Padilla, whose nickname also serves as the film’s title. And just like in his breakthrough film, the best parts are when he and his partner in laughter, James Thierre, are onscreen together, mocking each other, having fun. Although the very biopic-y sheen is a bit of a distraction, Chocolat is still a hidden gem.
Where to watch:Original (French) audio, Hungarian subtitles at the following cinemas: Művész, Puskin, Toldi and Allee. For screening times, go to Port or Cinema City.Isteni Műszak (Heavenly Shift)
The Hungarian-made Heavenly Shift uses dark humor to tell the story of a young paramedic who gets introduced to the night life and to the cruel, but eternal truth: death does not select, man does. Milán (András Ötvös) the half-Serbian, half-Hungarian guy deserts from the Croatian army in 1992, the second year of the Yugoslav war, and escapes to Hungary. As a former medical student he gets a job for himself with the Hungarian paramedics. But he soon finds out that his companions make a selection among the patients, saving some lives but also speeding up the death of others. In order to finance his fiancée’s rescue from the war, Milán gets caught up in the illegal events taking place in the back of their ambulance. Quentin Tarantino and the Coen Brothers are obvious inspirations, and the debut of Hungarian director-writer Mark Bodzsar is a remarkable and funny film.
Where to watch:Original (Hungarian) language, English subtitles at Átrium on April 20 and 27, 8pm.Batman Versus Superman: Dawn Of Justice
Some of America’s most iconic superheroes, fighting each other, directed by the creator of the jaw-dropping Sucker Punch? Yes! Zack Synder, the director of Man Of Steel — the so-so prequel to Batman Versus Superman:
Dawn Of Justice — delivers the spectacle and action you’d expect from a film like this, and Ben Affleck isn’t a disappointment as the newest Bruce Wayne. Nor does Jesse Eisenberg as Lex Luthor, and Jesse Irons is fleetingly fun as Alfred.
Not to mention that DC Comics are gearing up for the future Justice League film, setting up a universe, introducing characters like Wonder Woman to it, and dropping many-many references that will be important for understanding future films. Although the screenwriters (Chris Terrio and David S. Goyer) didn’t put much effort into the plot, and it seems that with great power comes even greater length, that isn’t always filled with thrilling happenings, it’s still Batman and Superman fighting against each other in the biggest blockbuster of the season...
Where to watch:Original (English) audio, Hungarian subtitles at the following cinemas: Allee, Aréna, WestEnd, MOM Park, Mammut and Campona. For screening times, go to Port or Cinema City.
Cloverfield Lane 10
In 2008, when Cloverfield was released, the found-footage approach to filmmaking was still in its prime. This, and the film’s unique take on giant monster movies, resulted in the film achieving cult status. So, it isn’t a surprise that when it was announced – absolutely out of the blue – that Cloverfield Lane 10 is coming to theaters this March, it became one of the most discussed topics amongst movie fanatics. Although little is known about it and its relation to the original Cloverfield, one thing is sure: monsters come in many forms. Directed by Dan Trachtenberg, it seems that the film will be centered around a young woman (Mary Elizabeth Winstead), who wakes up in a fallout shelter after a horrific car crash somewhere in the American countryside. A strange man (John Goodman) has taken her in – asserting that there’s something dangerous outside of the shelter and everyone is already dead. As her time in the bunker wears on, she starts to suspect that things may not be as the man says, and thus commences a war of wits and will as she attempts to fight her way to freedom at the surface.
Where to watch:The film will be screened with original (English) audio, Hungarian subtitles at all the Budapest cinemas.
For screening times, go to Port or Cinema City.Sparrows
Icelandic director Rúnar Rúnarsson established himself as a talent to watch with his debut Volcano, and that promise is more than fulfilled in his second feature. Shifting his focus from Volcano’s protagonist in the twilight of his life to one on the brink of adulthood, in Sparrows Rúnarsson traces the path of a teenage boy who is forced to depart Reykjavik for a remote rural region to live with his estranged, hard-drinking father. With consummate skill, Rúnarsson lays out the darker side of rural living, where economic hardship, boredom, and frustration encourage people to seek oblivion any way they can. A layered, complex, and vividly realized drama, Sparrows is even more accomplished than Rúnarsson’s celebrated debut.
Where to watch:The film will be screened with original (Icelandic) audio, English/Hungarian subtitles at all Budapest cinemas.
For screening times, go to Port or Cinema City.
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