妈妈的离去,给雷(艾力克斯•豪斯 Alex House 饰)留下了一个因精神问题家里蹲了4年的哥哥莫里(大卫•兰道尔 David Rendall 饰),傲慢的妹妹莉莎(塔提阿娜•玛斯拉尼 Tatiana Maslany 饰),不怎么大的房子和一只名为“先生”的猫。无奈之下,雷从公寓搬回了家中,开始了和兄妹们的同居生活。爱好高达模型性格孤僻的雷各种不适应,其中最棘手的莫过于被妈妈从日本接过来的外婆(罇真佐子 饰)。外婆不会说英语,整日坐在窗前发呆,每天早晨要花很长时间在厕所,出来后会叹一大口气,喜欢看空气吉他表演。
住在同一屋檐下的四人一猫,在磨合中渐渐有了交集。雷的电话开始多了,莫里对妈妈留下的缝纫机产生兴趣,莉莎注意上了诗歌课上的个性男。不会说英语的外婆能够神奇的感知他们的内心,会做好吃的煎饺。雷也把原来准备买模型的钱用来购置日式马桶。一家人因为外婆微妙的联系在一起。
《粉雄救兵》五人组之一的谭·法郎士将与艾里珊·钟共同主持Netflix时尚竞赛类节目《时尚的未来》(Next in Fashion,暂译)。Netflix已预订该节目首季,共10集。造型师兼时装编剧伊丽莎白·斯图尔特、Instagram时尚合作伙伴主管伊娃·陈等担任嘉宾。18位时装设计师将为一流的名人装扮。他们将争夺25万美元的奖金,并有机会与零售商Net-A-Porter合作推出系列服装。
The 2-part feature-length documentary "25 ze šedesátých aneb Československá nová vlna" ("25 from the Sixties, or Czechoslovak New Wave") presents a complex view of the phenomenon of Czech and Slovak New Wave in the cultural and social context of the 60's. 25 fundamental films commented on by their makers and film historians offer the viewer a dramatic insight into the golden era of Czechoslovak cinema.
The documentary is a follow-up on the biographical TV series "Zlatá šedesátá" (Czech Television, 2009), based on the filmmakers' personal remembrances. As opposed to the series, the documentary presents the Czech and Slovak cinema of the 60's in the national, international and also inter-generational context. It describes the ways the New Wave crossed the existing artistic boundaries, how it variegated the world cinema and where it left an ineffaceable impression. It analyses the work of filmmakers in a state-funded cinema, under the pressure of ideological demands on one hand and commerce on the other. It presents the dilemma of a man - an artist - on the edge between contradictory social systems and incongruous aesthetic requirements. The existential drama of a man acting freely and at the same time mercilessly crushed by the wheels of the system.
The 60's are, from this point of view, mostly an era of fortunate historical constellation, not only in - at that time - Czechoslovakia, but on a world-wide scale. An era of expectations and upswing, but also an era of exemplary human decisions and artistic pursuit. Those are some of the things "25 ze šedesátých aneb Československá nová vlna" wants to commemorate.
Part 1 comments on:
■"Slnko v sieti" ("The Sun in a Net," 1962) by Štefan Uher
■"Konkurs" ("Audition," 1963) by Miloš Forman
■"Křik" ("The Cry," 1963) by Jaromil Jireš
■"Postava k podpírání" ("Joseph Kilian," 1963) by Pavel Juráček & Jan Schmidt
■"Každý den odvahu" ("Courage for Every Day," 1964) by Evald Schorm
■"Démanty noci" ("Diamonds of the Night," 1964) by Jan Němec
■"Intimní osvětlení" ("Intimate Lighting," 1966) by Ivan Passer
■"Ať žije republika" ("Long Live the Republic," 1965) by Karel Kachyňa
■"Obchod na korze" ("The Shop on Main Street," 1965) by Ján Kadár & Elmar Klos
■"Romance pro křídlovku" ("Romance for Bugle," 1966) by Otakar Vávra
■"Sedmikrásky" ("Daisies," 1966) by Věra Chytilová
■"Ostře sledované vlaky" ("Closely Watched Trains," 1966) by Jiří Menzel
Part 2 comments on:
■"Kristove roky" ("The Prime of Life," 1967) by Juraj Jakubisko
■"Stud" ("Shame," 1967) by Ladislav Helge
■"Svatba jako řemen" ("A Hard and Fast Marriage," 1967) by Jiří Krejčík
■"Drak sa vracia" ("Dragon's Return," 1967) by Eduard Grečner
■"Marketa Lazarová" ("Marketa Lazarová," 1967) by František Vláčil
■"Spřízněni volbou" ("Elective Affinities," 1968) by Karel Vachek
■"Spalovač mrtvol" ("The Cremator," 1968) by Juraj Herz
■"Zabitá neděle" ("Squandered Sunday," 1969) by Drahomíra Vihanová
■"Pasťák" ("The Decoy," 1968) by Hynek Bočan
■"Případ pro začínajícího kata" ("Case for a Rookie Hangman," 1969) by Pavel Juráček
■"322" ("322," 1969) by Dušan Hanák
■"Slávnosť v botanickej záhrade" ("Celebration in the Botanical Garden," 1969) by Elo Havetta
■"Všichni dobří rodáci" ("All My Good Countrymen," 1968) by Vojtěch Jasný
The Balkan Peninsula is notorious for being one of the great battlegrounds of history. And yet, it possesses another side unknown to many, where ancient forests and vast wetlands harbor pristine wilderness, and sheer cliff walls and desolate plateaus preserve a seemingly unchanged past. Surveying these striking and stark landscapes, one might think they’ve ventured into the Middle-earth of J.R.R. Tolkien’s Lord of the Rings.
Indeed the Balkan Peninsula is home to a variety of regions that border on mythical. In Croatia’s Kopacki Rit Wetlands, land mines keep people away, but enable native wildlife to thrive. Further south, Montenegro’s Tara River carves through Europe’s longest and deepest canyon, and neighboring forests provide refuge to rare animals such as the Balkan Lynx. To the east, millions of birds flock to the Danube Delta to feast on swarms of mosquitoes. And at the west of the Balkans is Skadar Lake, a remarkable landscape of peaks and water.
This is a journey to a world seemingly forgotten by time. This is the wild Balkans.