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MaryAnn’s quick take… A quiet horror movie about grief and regret as spiritual possession, about rationalization and denial as immorality. We don’t tell ourselves stories that whisper, as this one does, The Nazis had help. We need to. I’m “biast” (pro): nothing

I’m “biast” (con): nothing

I have not read the source material

(what is this about? see my critic’s minifesto) women’s participation in this film

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A small town in Soviet-occupied Hungary, August 1945. The war is finally over and life is getting back to normal. Or perhaps things will be even better: “a new world” is coming, the townspeople hope. This day is a happy one: Árpád (Bence Tasnádi) and Kisrózsi (Dóra Sztarenki) are getting married, and the groom’s father, István (Péter Rudolf), the town clerk and the most powerful man locally, is expansively generous: the whole town is invited,...

1945 will screen at Plaza Frontenac Cinema (Lindbergh Blvd. and Clayton Rd, Frontenac, Mo 63131) as part of this year’s St. Louis International Film Festival. Showings are Sunday, Nov. 5 at 5pm (purchase tickets Here) and Tuesday, Nov. 7 at 4:30pm (purchase tickets Here).

1945 is a haunting Hungarian drama from director Ferenc Torok that takes place in a small Hungarian village shortly after the end of World War II. It is a tale of guilt and greed, revealing what was done to the Jewish population by ordinary citizens during the war.

The arrival of two men dressed in black, who appear to be Jewish, grips this small rural town with fear and guilt. The Town Clerk, Istvan Szentes (Peter Rudolf), a prosperous politician who seems more like the town’s mayor, is preparing for his son Arpad’s (Bence Tasnadi) wedding that afternoon. But this festive occasion is disrupted when he gets...

1945 Menemsha Films Director: Ference Török Written by: Ference Török. Gábor T. Szántó adapted from Szántó’s short story “Homecoming” Cast: Péter Rudolf, Bence Tasnádi, Tamás Szabó Kimmel, Dóra Sztarenki, Ági Szirtes, József Szarvas, Eszter Nagy-Kálózy, Iván Angelus, Marcell Nagy, Miklós B. Szekely, Gyorgy Somhegyi Screened at: Critics’ link, NYC, 10/10/17 Opens: November 1, 2017 When […]

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Berlin’s Panorama lineup also includes new films from Us, China and Brazil.

Berlin’s Panorama strand is now complete following the addition of 24 additional titles.

A total of 51 works from 43 countries have been chosen for screening in the section, including 21 in Panorama Dokumente and 29 feature films in the main programme and Panorama Special. 36 of these films will be getting their world premieres at the Berlinale.

The German production Tiger Girl by Jakob Lass will open this year’s edition of Panorama Special at Berlin’s Zoo Palast cinema, along with the previously announced Brazilian production Vazante.

Among newly confirmed films are UK Sundance title God’s Own Country, Luca Guadagnino’s Call Me By Your Name, Cate Shortland’s Berlin Syndrome, feminist fairy tale The Misandrists by Berlinale regular Bruce Labruce, Erik Poppe’s The King’s Choice and Belgian-French-Lebanese co-production Insyriated which stars Hiam Abbass as a woman trapped in an apartment during war.[p...