My Weekly Books and Films Update
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HAPPY THINGS:
1. Completed 2021 taxes - whew! what a chore
2. Emmentaler cheese fondue at the Matterhorn restaurant
3. Beads and Sequins art by Devi Vallabhaneni (details)
Library: audiobook
by Karin Slaughter
Thriller, Mystery | Published: 2018 | Goodreads
Library:
A Collection of Chinese Science Fiction and Fantasy
in Translation from a Visionary Team of Female and Nonbinary Creators
edited by Yu Chen
Short Stories, SciFi, LGBTQ, China | Published: 2022 | Goodreads
Freebies: from Free Little Library
by Yury Olesha
illustrated by Natan Altman
translated by Marian Schwartz
Classics, Russian | Published: 2004 (first 1927) | Goodreads
by Gena Showalter
YA, Zombies | Published: 2015 | Goodreads
AND watched: theatre
Director/Writer: Dan Kwan, Daniel Scheinert
Stars: Michelle Yeoh, Stephanie Hsu, Ke Huy Quan
Action, Adventure, Comedy | imdb | my rating: 5
mish mosh of all things fun and serious
An aging Chinese immigrant is swept up in an insane adventure, where she alone can save the world by exploring other universes connecting with the lives she could have led.
Director/Writer: Matt Reeves
Writer: Peter Craig
Based on creations by: Bill Finger, Bob Kane
Stars: Robert Pattinson, Zoë Kravitz, Jeffrey Wright
Action, Crime, Drama, Hero | imdb | my rating: 5
enjoyable origin story to add to the Batman film collection
When the Riddler, a sadistic serial killer, begins murdering key political figures in Gotham, Batman is forced to investigate the city's hidden corruption and question his family's involvement.
AND watched: Kanopy
Director/Screenplay: Rodrigo García
Screenplay: Eli Saslow
Based on Washington Post article by: Eli Saslow
Inspired by: Amanda Wendler, Libby Alexander
Stars: Mila Kunis, Glenn Close
Drama | imdb | my rating: 5
heartfelt and hopeful
A mother helps her daughter work through four crucial days of recovery from substance abuse.
AND watched: AMC on demand
Original title: Flugt
Director/Writer: Jonas Poher Rasmussen
Writer: Amin Nawabi
Based on book:
Stars: Daniel Karimyar, Fardin Mijdzadeh
Documentary, Biography, Animation, Afghanistan, Russia, Denmark | imdb | my rating: 5
amazing
FLEE tells the extraordinary true story of a man, Amin, on the verge of marriage which compels him to reveal his hidden past for the first time.
AND watched: Apple+
Director/Screenplay: Sian Heder
Based on film: La Famille Belier
Stars: Emilia Jones, Troy Kotsur, Daniel Durant, Marlee Matlin
Comedy, Drama, Music | imdb | my rating: 5
coming of age, feel good end
As a CODA (Child of Deaf Adults) Ruby is the only hearing person in her deaf family. When the family's fishing business is threatened, Ruby finds herself torn between pursuing her love of music by wanting to go to Berklee College of Music and her fear of abandoning her parents.
AND watched: VUDU
Original title: Madres paralelas Director/Writer: Pedro Almodóvar
Stars: Penélope Cruz, Milena Smit
Drama, Spain | imdb | my rating: 5
oh, mothers
Happy Mother's Day in the UK today!
Two women, Janis and Ana, coincide in a hospital room where they are going to give birth. Both are single and became pregnant by accident. Janis, middle-aged, doesn't regret it and she is exultant. The other, Ana, an adolescent, is scared, repentant and traumatized. Janis tries to encourage her while they move like sleepwalkers along the hospital corridors. The few words they exchange in these hours will create a very close link between the two, which by chance develops and complicates, and changes their lives in a decisive way.
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