Monika’s Pensieve

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Closet Land (USA, 1991)
Seen: Monday, 2nd February 2009 (DVD, have seen it before)
Runtime: 94′
Director: Radha Bharadwaj
Cast: Alan Rickman, Madeleine Stowe
Production House: Imagine Entertainment
Plot: (from imdb)
A young writer is interrogated by a sadistic secret policeman. She is accused of embedding political messages in her children’s stories…
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So throughout last week (which was very heavy on the tests and projects and stuff) I found that watching Harry Potter films was a very pleasurable form of escapism :] And so in the evenings if I had time (and sometimes also when I didn’t have it) I would put a Harry Potter film [...]

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Doubt (USA, 2008)
Polish Distributor: Forum Film Poland (20th February 2009)
Release Date (worldwide): 12th December 2008
Runtime: 104′
Director: John Patrick Shanley
Cast: Meryl Streep, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Amy Adams, Viola Davis
Production House: Scott Rudin Productions
Plot: (from imdb)
Set in 1964, Doubt centers on a nun who confronts a priest after suspecting him abusing a black student. He denies [...]

As expected, my Robert Pattinson obsession was short-lived (though exams and projects and stuff are still in full throb *sigh*). I think he’s been side-tracked partly by the European Figure Skating Championships (not that I had time to properly watch them or anything, but I have seen a bit :) I’m really happy for Przemek [...]

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On Thursday, I did something I hadn’t since I was in high school (that would be about 8 yrs ago :]). High school was a very tough time for me. It made me feel trapped and miserable, totally stressed out and a lot of other things like that. It’s not the only time in [...]

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I hadn’t actually intended to “spot” this film (or I would have included it in my January film spotting “in cinemas this month” summary), but I’ve changed my mind ;) I think maybe I’ll enjoy it even if it’s horrible ;-P
Twilight (USA/UK, 2008)
Polish Distributor: Monolith Films (9th January 2009)
Release Date (worldwide): 21st November 2008
Runtime: [...]

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33 sceny z życia (Poland/Germany, 2008)
Seen: Saturday, 3rd January 2009 (cinema)
Runtime: 100′
Polish Distributor: Kino Świat (7th November 2008)
Director: Małgorzata Szumowska
Cast: Julia Jentsch, Peter Gantzler, Maciej Stuhr, Małgorzata Hajewska, Andrzej Hudziak, Izabela Kuna
Production House: Shot - Szumowski, Pandora Filmproduktion, STI Studio Filmowe
Plot: A slightly autobiographical film. It’s mostly about what death does to a family, [...]

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Dev D (India, 2009)
Polish Distributor: I doubt one exists or that one will exist in the near future :]
Release Date (worldwide): 9th January 2009
Director: Anurag Kashyap
Cast: Abhay Deol, Mahie Gill
Production House: UTV Motion Pictures (UTV Spot Boy)
Plot: This is a modern interpretation of Devdas, one of India’s most famous novels (it’s been adapted for [...]

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The Duchess (UK/Italy/France/USA, 2008)
Seen: Monday, 29th December 2008 (cinema, pre-release screening)
Runtime: 110′
Polish Distributor: Best Film (9th January 2008)
Director: Saul Dibb
Cast: Keira Knightley, Ralph Fiennes, Charlotte Rampling, Hayley Atwell, Dominic Cooper
Production House: Paramount Vantage, Pathé, BBC Films, BIM Distribuzione, Qwerty Films
Plot: The true (or, er… sort of true - it’s been meddled with a bit [...]

I’m rather unexcited about the Frost/Nixon film (I hate the trailer and all the clips from the film that I’ve seen), but I found the discussion below very interesting:

I’m too young to remember the Watergate scandal and too historically ignorant to know much about it. I’ve seen David Frost interviewing people (he now works for [...]