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Preparations to be Together for an Unknown Period of Time<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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We liked this unusual Hungarian romance written and directed by Lili Horv\u00e1t and starring Viktor Bod\u00f3 and Natasa Stork, one of the most pleasant-looking actresses around (trailer<\/a> and interview with the filmmaker).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

M\u00e1rta Vizy, a successful 40-year-old neurosurgeon, working in the United States, meets a man at a conference in New Jersey, and they agree to meet a month hence. She abandons her prestigious position in deference to romance, but when she encounters him again in Budapest, he claims they\u2019ve never met. This confuses her to the point that, while she rebuilds her career in her home country, she has to sort out where reality and wishful thinking collide.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

While the Rotten Tomatoes<\/a> critics gave it an 88% score, the few audience ratings averaged out to only 55%. \u00a0I suspect what American audiences didn\u2019t like were exactly the features that made us admire the film\u2014primarily, the unexpected plot twists. Certainly (and thankfully) it follows no familiar, superficial formula! Oh, and there are subtitles. \u201cA very engaging film to watch,\u201d says Cinetopia\u2019s Jim Ross<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Outside Story<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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This drama\/comedy is kicked off when Charles locks himself out of his New York apartment. He\u2019s a screen-obsessed introvert (a video editor, who assembles online obituaries for people not quite dead yet). He just broke up with his girlfriend and doesn\u2019t know any of his neighbors. Well, he meets them now, and quirky and charmingly human they are.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Brian Tyree Henry is a genial if befuddled Charles, Sunita Mani, is a parking enforcement officer who\u2019s hilariously suspicious of him, Sonequa Martin-Green is the super-glam former girlfriend. Numerous others turn even the smallest roles into gems. Written and directed by Casimir Nozkowski. This is a lot of fun (trailer<\/a>)!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rotten Tomatoes<\/a> critics rating 92%; audience rating 79%. The critics consensus: \u201cA refreshingly optimistic look at urban community life.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Preparations to be Together for an Unknown Period of Time We liked this unusual Hungarian romance written and directed by Lili Horv\u00e1t and starring Viktor Bod\u00f3 and Natasa Stork, one of the most pleasant-looking actresses around (trailer and interview with … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"Streaming Movie Picks - Two films about fascinating people that engage and entertain.","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[269,272,1749,57,359,394,104],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9054","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-actor","category-comedy","category-international","category-movies","category-review","category-romance","category-the-morgue"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p2NkiT-2m2","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/vweisfeld.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9054","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/vweisfeld.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/vweisfeld.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vweisfeld.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vweisfeld.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=9054"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/vweisfeld.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9054\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9057,"href":"https:\/\/vweisfeld.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9054\/revisions\/9057"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/vweisfeld.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=9054"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vweisfeld.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=9054"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vweisfeld.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=9054"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}