Spend the night at the movies in Kyiv.
Women without men
Germany 2011
Language: English with Ukrainian subtitles
Directed by Shirin Neshat
Starring Shabli Toloui, Arita Shahrzad
Neshat is a famous photographer from Iran but in this film, she tried herself as a director.
It tells a story of four women living in Tehran in 1953 when the CIA-backed revolution brings the monarchy back to the country.
As their lives change, ordinary women start to understand that they can’t stand aside from politics even though in this Muslim country this role has always been reserved for men.
The Game of the Hanged Person
Spain, Ireland 2011
Language: English with Ukrainian subtitles
Directed by Manuel Gomez Pereira
Starring Clara Largo, Alvaro Cervantez
One of the most talented comedy directors in modern Spanish cinema, Pereira tries to break out of his comedy box.
This movie is a well-crafted thriller, which begins as a love story in the 1970s in Spain.
A girl and a boy commit a crime during an innocent game. They live their lives trying to keep their secret.
But no mystery can survive when it comes to solving problems between a grown up woman and a man.
Essential Killing
Poland 2010
Language: English with Ukrainian subtitles
Directed by Jerzy Skolimowski
Starring Vincent Gallo and Emmanuel Seigner
A Taliban terrorist is captured in Afghanistan after killing three American soldiers.
Americans transfer him to a European prison for interrogation but he manages to escape.
He is lost somewhere in Poland in the middle of winter.
American troops are hunting for him and it seems he has no chances to survive.
But then a strange Polish woman gives him shelter…
A Polish director cast American and French actors to tell the story about NATO forces hunting for an Afghan terrorist in Eastern Europe.
A truly international movie that got a Special Jury Prize in Venice last year. Definitely worth seeing.
The Searchers
USA 1956
Language: English with English subtitles
Directed by John Ford
Starring John Wayne, Jeffrey Hunter
A Civil War veteran returns home hoping to find love and peace with his family.
But then a Comanche tribe attacks his home and he has to go after them to rescue his niece.
He spends years in the relentless pursuit until he becomes so obsessed that his motivation becomes questionable.
A true masterpiece.
One of the movies you should definitely see before you die.
MASTERCLASS CINEMA CLUB
34 Mazepy St., 594-1063.
The Searchers
June 2 at 7 p.m.
KYIV CINEMA
19, Chervonoarmiyska (Velyka Vasylkivska) St., 234-7381.
Essential Killing
May 28 7:00 p.m.
The Game of the Hanged Person
June 1 at 5:00 p.m.
Women without men
June 2 at 7:00 p.m.
