What better way to feel like things are getting back to normal than to go and watch an English-friendly film in an actual cinema?
Budapest’s funky indie cinemas are set to reopen, some with including English-language films in their schedules. There are still some ground rules, of course – all those entering must provide an Immunity Certificate plus ID, and anyone under 18 may only enter with an adult. Masks are not obligatory.
Information and tickets can be found on the Hungarian-only ArtMozi site but to name a few English-friendly highlights: Ryan White’s outstanding documentary Assassins screens at the Művész, the Puskin and the Toldi. Shown in original English with Hungarian subtitles, it tells the incredible story of two young girls duped into murdering the would-be president of North Korea at an airport terminal in broad daylight.
At the same cinemas, plus the Tabán, Michael Murphy’s Up from the Streets: New Orleans: City of Music is a journey led by Oscar-nominated Terence Blanchard through jazz, soul and social history, dotted with virtuoso performances.
Peggy Guggenheim: Art Addict tells the story of one of the most
remarkable women of the 20th century. Friends in Paris with the Surrealist
legends whose work she bought up and exhibited, this liberated socialite is the tirelessly entertaining subject for Lisa Immordino Vreeland’s
fast-moving documentary. It shows at the Kino, Tabán and Toldi.
Screening at
the Puskin and Kino, At Eternity’s Gate is a focuses on the last days of Vincent
van Gogh, played by Willem Dafoe.
For something lighter, Dev Patel and Hugh Laurie star in Armando Iannucci’s The Personal History of David Copperfield, at the Corvin, Művész, Puskin and Tabán. The unmissable Peter Capaldi is the latest in a long line of memorable filmic Mr Micawbers.
