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The Platform David Desola and Pedro Rivero’s screenplay focuses on a brutal experiment in social conditioning and blunt Darwinism. In a vast, vertical prison, each floor consists of a single, small room, inhabited by two cellmates. In the middle of each room, down the center of the building, is a giant hole where a descending meal platform — a kind of mass dumbwaiter — stops once a day, for the briefest interval. It is loaded with food and drink at the beginning of its descent, and “if everyone ate only what they needed,” an administrator explains, “the food would reach the lowest levels.” But this is a 200-story prison, so if those on the higher floors stuff their faces (and they all do), things can get more than a little desperate down below. Into this sky-high hellscape comes Goreng (Ivan Massagué), not a prisoner but a volunteer, who has signed on for six months as a guinea pig in exchange for an accredited diploma. But he’s horrified by the notion of the platform...

Director:Gavin O'Connor Writer:Bill Dubuque Stars:Ben Affleck,Anna Kendrick,J.K Simmons,John Bernthal As a child, Christian Wolff is diagnosed with a  high-functioning form of autism  at Harbor Neuroscience, where he meets the doctor's daughter, Justine. Wolff is a math savant with more affinity for numbers than people. Behind the cover of a small-town CPA office, he works as a freelance accountant for some of the world's most dangerous criminal organizations. With the Treasury Department's Crime Enforcement Division, run by Ray King, starting to close in, Christian takes on a legitimate client: a state-of-the-art robotics company where an accounting clerk has discovered a discrepancy involving millions of dollars. But as Christian uncooks the books and gets closer to the truth, it is the body count that starts to rise.                                      ...

Director:    Nuri Bilge Ceylan Writer:  Nuri Bilge Ceylan, Ercan Kesal, Ebru Ceylan Stars:  Muhammet Uzuner ,  Yılmaz Erdoğan ,  Taner Birsel , Fırat Tanış, Ahmet Mümtaz Taylan, Ercan Kesal A metaphysical road movie about life, death and the limits of knowledge,  “Once Upon a Time in Anatolia”  has arrived just in time to cure the adult filmgoer blues. It was directed by the Turkish filmmaker  Nuri Bilge Ceylan , whose earlier movies include “Distant” and “Three Monkeys” and who in recent years has emerged as one of the consistently most exciting directors on the international scene. His latest, which shared the grand prize at the 2011 Cannes Film Festival, takes the unassuming form of a police investigation that, as miles and words mount, evolves into a plangent, visually stunning meditation on what it is to be human.  The story is direct, if the journey less so. A man has been murdered, and a small battalion — a doctor...

Author:    Samed Behrengi Books Name :  The Little Black Fish The Little Black Fish was written by Samed Behrengi, an influential Iranian author and teacher. It is translated from Persian by Azita Rassi. It is a story about a brave little fish who goes against the advice of his mother and the other "moany old fishes" and decides to find out whether there is a wider world beyond his stream. He encounters other creatures along the way, who give him good advice about the dangers he will encounter.  His story is told by an old fish to her 12,000 grandchildren, to warn them of the dangers and sadnesses of life without risking it themselves - but not entirely successfully. The Little Black Fish is a great character who enjoys his adventures and meets danger resourcefully and inventively (although some younger children might find it slightly scary in parts). The illustrations by Farshid Mesghali are very original - they resemble linocuts and are bold ...

  Director: Steven Spielberg  Writer:   Roald Dahl  Stars: Rebecca Hall, Bill Hader, Mark Rylance, Ruby Barnhill, Marilyn Norry The BFG (Mark Rylance), while a giant himself, is a Big Friendly Giant and nothing like the other inhabitants of Giant Country. Standing 24-feet tall with enormous ears and a keen sense of smell, he is endearingly dim-witted and keeps to himself for the most part. Giants like Bloodbottler (Bill Hader) and Fleshlumpeater (Jemaine Clement) on the other hand, are twice as big and at least twice as scary and have been known to eat humans, while the BFG prefers Snozzcumber and Frobscottle. Upon her arrival in Giant Country, Sophie, a precocious 10-year-old girl from London, is initially frightened of the mysterious giant who has brought her to his cave, but soon comes to realize that the BFG is actually quite gentle and charming, and, having never met a giant before, has many questions. The BFG brings Sophie to Dream Count...

Director:Rian Johnson Writer:Rian Johnson Stars:Daniel Craig,Chris Evans,Ana de Armas,Jamie Lee Curtis   Wealthy crime novelist Harlan Thrombey invites his family to his  Massachusetts  mansion for his 85th birthday party. The next morning, Harlan's housekeeper Fran finds him dead, with his throat slit. The police are convinced that Harlan's death is a suicide, but an anonymous party pays private detective Benoit Blanc to investigate.      In  Knives Out , this means that Johnson, as a devoted fan of Agatha Christie-style murder mysteries, finds a lot of joy in creating his own. But he also anticipates what other fans like himself might presume will happen next, so he can take even more delight in subverting that presumption.     Resource Resource prepared by Deniz Kodaş

Director:    Quentin Tarantino Writer:     Quentin Tarantino &  Roger Avary Stars:   John Travolta ,  Uma Thurman ,  Samuel L. Jackson The movie begins with the two gangsters, Jules and Vincent, headed off on an early morning mission to claim a briefcase with some important contents that belongs to their boss, Marsellus. They talk about Vincent's recent travels in Europe and how Marsellus almost killed a guy for massaging his wife's feet. When they arrive at their destination, they confront the young drug dealers who've apparently tried to mess with Marsellus and keep the briefcase. Jules and Vincent shoot two of them as their informer, Marvin, cowers in the corner. A fourth kid pops out of the bathroom (because why not) and empties a clip at them but misses. Jules takes this as a sign of divine intervention. On the drive back to return the briefcase to Marsellus, Vincent accidentally shoots Marvin in the head in the middle o...

Author: Fyodor Mikhailovich Dostoevsky Books Name : Crime and Punishment Raskolnikov, an impoverished student, conceives of himself as being an extraordinary young man and then formulates a theory whereby the extraordinary men of the world have a right to commit any crime if they have something of worth to offer humanity. To prove his theory, he murders an old, despicable pawnbroker and her half-sister who happened to come upon him suddenly. Immediately after the crime, he becomes ill and lies in his room semi-conscious for several days. When he recovers, he finds that a friend, Razumihkin, had looked for him. While he is recovering, he receives a visit from Luzhin, who is engaged to Raskolnikov's sister, Dunya. Raskolnikov insults Luzhin and sends him away because he resents Luzhin's domineering attitude toward Dunya. As soon as he can be about again, Raskolnikov goes out and reads about the crime in all the newspapers of the last few days. He meets an offici...

                               Orwell's Animal Farm The novel opens by introducing us to the setting, Mr. Jones' farm, and the main characters, the animals. And, yes, the animals can talk. Old Major, an old, well-respected boar-pig calls the animals over to him to tell them about a dream that he had. He then tells the animals that they should have an uprising against Mr. Jones and the other humans. Old Major also tells the animals that they should be loyal and not drink alcohol, use money, or kill each other. Not long after this, Old Major dies. Because they are smarter than the other animals, the pigs start to run the farm. The farmer, Mr. Jones, is again drunk, so the animals decide it is a good time to overthrow him. They successfully remove Mr. Jones, and the animals start to run the farm. This time, it is the pigs that create the rules, includ...