My friend Gilbert, an Englishman by birth, but a citizen of the world by vocation, says that he has ready “starters” for all occasions and for all nationalities that he might meet, for example, on the plane or in the…
Meteorological conditions in the coming days in Ukraine will not undergo any significant changes. During the 26th, 27th and 28th July in most areas there will be local short-term rains, sometimes thunderstorms. The nature of the precipitation will be short-lived,…
In other words, the next two books are A) intrusively scary, B) exploiting the immortal generation gap, hence C) an ideal page-turner for summer holidays. Helter Skelter from the title of Oleksandr Zavara’s new novel is a quote from The…
For example, a young Ukrainian actress Ivanna Sakhno. Her face might not yet be known to every Ukrainian, but she has already managed to star in two blockbusters in Hollywood. And at the OIFF, Ivanna was a member of the…
At a meeting with the public the celebrity was lapidary, restrained, and patient (the latter fact is important because of the level of some issues). She confessed her love to growing tomatoes in general and to the Ukrainian tomatoes in…
This directly applies to our domestic cinema. First, it didn’t exist as such. Then it began to be funded so with quantity everything got better – 25-30 feature films per year. But that’s was all. There was some luck, but…
This is what can be said: the movie is about a poor unemployed family that lives in a basement and lives on casual earnings. Their luck begins when the eldest son – not without fraud – gets a well-paid part-time job…
For example, on Wednesday, July 17, the events here developed precisely in accordance with dialectical spiral: thesis-antithesis-synthesis. In the morning, the directors participating in the International Competition tried to make the audience laugh. In The Man Who Bought the Moon…
Already on July 19 and during the election weekend noticeable warming is expected in Ukraine. The heat will take over the Southern part, the East of Ukraine and most of the Central regions again. The air temperature during the day…
The Orphanage (Parwareshghah, directed by Shahrbanu Sadat, Afghanistan-Denmark-Germany-France-Luxembourg-Qatar) starts as a typical social drama. Afghanistan, Kabul, the last year of Soviet occupation. 15-years-old Qodrat lives on the streets and earns money by reselling key trinkets and cinema tickets. He is…