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A fresh dispute has erupted between some students of the Budapest University of Theatre and Film Arts (SZFE) and its leader, Attila Vidnyánszky.

In a year marked by a recovering box office and distributors experimenting with a wide variety of types of releases, what does an overlooked film constitute?

Hungarian film an unusual romance set in Budapest.

Written and Directed at Lili Horvát | 95 min | On Demand, TIFF Digital Lightbox The central question the film, with its clumsily long title, is this: “Is what we perceive as real… real?” It’s a question of confidence in our own version of reality. This is an entirely compelling question, one that seems especially timely when so many people these days hold so tightly to their belief in a separate set of so-called alternative facts. In this film the question is also tied up in a romantic...

There have been three versions of that movie, four if you count “Sleepless in Seattle.” Now, we can say five. Sort of. A new Hungarian film — with the lengthy title “Preparations to Be Together for an Unknown Period of Time” (original title: “Felkészülés meghatározatlan ideig tartó együttlétre”) is a romantic mystery directed by Lili Horvát (“The Wednesday Child,” “Sunstroke”). Here again, lovers agree to meet after ...

Last modified on Thu 18 Mar 2021 10.53 EDT Here is a puzzle or a riddle of a psychological movie, with distant echoes of Roeg’s Bad Timing or Antonioni’s Blow-Up. A brilliant and beautiful Hungarian neurosurgeon, Márta (Natasa Stork), abandons her career in the United States just shy of her 40th birthday and returns to Budapest. And why? Because she has met a handsome compatriot at an academic conference: János (Viktor Bodó) is a fellow surgeon who romantically arranged to me...

Preparations To Be Together for An Unknown Period of Time Movie Review By Greenwich Entertainment Director: Lili Horvát Screened at: Critics’ link, NYC, 1/7/21 Opens: January 22, 2021 We’ve all heard this. “Let’s do lunch some time.” “We’ve really got to get together.” “My wife and I want to have you over for dinner soon.” “Stay in touch.” People who take invitations like these seriously are likely to be called rubes by those of us who have enough experience in li...

Heres whats playing — FEB. 26-MARCH 5 â€” at in-person and virtual cinemas in the Berkshires and environs. Where films have been reviewed, the capsules include the name of film critic and the day the full review was posted on berkshireeagle.com. All reviews are by Associated Press critics. ANOTHER ROUND From Danish director Thomas Vinterberg comes this drama/comedy about a group of middle-aged men who give their comfortable, predictable lives a fresh jolt by committing together to a ki...

Heres whats playing — FEB. 19-25 â€” at in-person and virtual cinemas in the Berkshires and environs. Where films have been reviewed, the capsules include the name of film critic and the day the full review was posted on berkshireeagle.com. All reviews are by Associated Press critics. 76 DAYS On January 23rd, 2020, China locked down Wuhan, a city of 11 million, to combat the emerging COVID-19 outbreak. Set deep inside the frontlines of the crisis, this documentary tells indelible human...

Heres whats playing — FEB. 12-18 — at in-person and virtual cinemas in the Berkshires and environs. Where films have been reviewed, the capsules include the name of film critic and the day the full review was posted on berkshireeagle.com. All reviews are by Associated Press critics. ACASA, MY HOME For two decades, the Enache family — nine kids and their parents— lived in a shack in the wilderness of Bucharest Delta: an abandoned water reservoir, one of the biggest urban natu...