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Beanpole Movie Review
Director: Kantemir Balagov
Cast: Viktoria Miroshnichenko, Vasilisa Perelygina, Andrey Bykov, Igor Shirokov, Konstantin Balakirev
Screened at: Critics’ link, NYC, 11/27/20
Opens: January 29, 2020 in theaters. May 5, 2020 streaming
War is hell and Kantemir Balagov has a unique way of making that point. Balagov, whose “Closeness” (Tesnota) hones in a small, squalid town in which a Jewish couple are kidnapped with ransom demanded, paints on a larger canvas with “Beanpole.” Artem Emilianov’s lenses bring us up close to a hospital that is treating war injuries, where notably Stepan (Konstantin Balakirev) has apparently been paralyzed and begs for death, but he is most interested in the ways that two women are adapting to a war that killed some twenty million Soviet citizens, or one out of every ten residents.
The 10 Best International Movies of 2020
By Paste Movies | December 28, 2020 | 1:27pm
The Golden Globes’ racist disqualification of filmmaker Lee Isaac Chung’s American-made
Minari from its Best Picture categories will not be the last debacle from the embarrassing awards body one that shouldn’t be given the time of day by anyone that enjoys movies nor screen time on a major network but it does at least provide a jumping-off point to highlight the best movies of the year that were
actually produced outside the United States.
Though, of course, all genres were well-represented this year in the global film industry, documentaries from around the world should be given special consideration. After all, in a year when virtual cinemas, streamers and online festivals overran traditional theatrical moviegoing, docs saw increases in audience and distribution possibilities. You might note that our larger Best Documentaries list features more non-U.S. entries than any other
The Go-Go s were a popular 80s girl group.
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Known for their songs like We Got The Beat, Our Lips Are Sealed, and Head Over Heels, the Go-Go s defined the 80s music scene. But before they were new wave darlings, the women got their start in LA s punk scene, eventually breaking into the mainstream. The Go-Go s chronicles the band s rise to fame, as well as all of the struggles that came along with it.
50. The Go-Go s traces the 80s girl band s rise to fame.
Known for their songs like We Got The Beat, Our Lips Are Sealed, and Head Over Heels, the Go-Go s defined the 80s music scene. But before they were new wave darlings, the women got their start in LA s punk scene, eventually breaking into the mainstream.