Amsterdam Film Show | April 2018
Written by @CathyCentral on 12/04/2018
A horror film so good you’ll hear your own heartbeat, outrage over a cancelled film and a truly fantastic film festival – our Amsterdam Film Show tips for April are here …
- David Swatling & @CathyCentral review A Quiet Place
- our highlights (low brow and high brow) from the rest of the new cinema releases hitting Amsterdam this month
- special screenings and film festivals
- links via Pinterest
THE AMSTERDAM FILM SHOW, IN FULL …
FESTIVALS AND SPECIAL SCREENINGS THIS MONTH
“Film festivals and our picks of the special screenings this month”
Lawrence of Arabia (70mm) @ EYE filmmuseum | 1962 | Dir: David Lean | 228 min. | NL subs
See this award-winning classic in a newly acquired 70mm copy at EYE filmmuseum. “Peter O’Toole plays T.E. Lawrence, the British officer who wins the trust of the Arab princes in the struggle against the German-speaking Turks. Cairo during the First World War.”
11 – 21 April
Imagine Film Festival | @ EYE filmmusem
“The opening film for 2018, is Isle of Dogs, a stop motion animation from Wes Anderson, which doesn’t go on general release in NL till 10 May. It will also have a few more public screenings during the festival.
FILM REVIEW
A Quiet Place | HORROR | from 12 APRIL |
Director: John Krasinski | Writers: Bryan Woods & Scott Beck + | with: Emily Blunt, John Krasinski, Millicent Simmonds
“Hiding out in a farmhouse, from bloody-thristy but blind creatures that hunt by sound, a young family find a way to survive. In silence. But how long can that last?”
@CathyCentral: “A must-see at the cinema movie. Excellent acting. Never-ending tension.”
NEW CINEMA RELEASES, OUR PICKS
“Here’s the Amsterdam Film Show’s highlights from the film releases in the Netherlands, this month.”
A Wrinkle in Time | Dir: Ava DuVernay | with: Storm Reid, Oprah Winfrey, Reese Witherspoon | based on the children’s classic
- The NL cinema release (4 April) was cancelled! The petition link to get a new, local release date is on our Pinterest board and website. However, our critic, David Swatling, says the actual film may well disappoint you anyway …
FROM 5 APRIL
Lady Bird | Dir-Scr: Greta Gerwig | with: Saoirse Ronan, Laurie Metcalf
“In 2002, an artistically inclined seventeen-year-old girl comes of age in Sacramento, California.”
FROM 19 APRIL
The 15:17 to Paris | TRUE STORY | Dir: Clint Eastwood. | US tourists overcome a lone terrorist gunman on an Amsterdam-Paris train.
Blockers | COMEDY | Director: Kay Cannon |Stars: Leslie Mann, John Cena, Ramona Young | “Three parents try to stop their daughters from having sex on Prom night.” \ Great reviews, if you want a good laugh.
FROM 24/25 APRIL
Sherlock Gnomes | ANIMATION | also with Emily Blunt (voice)
Avengers: Infinity War | ACTION FANTASY
FROM 26 APRIL
The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society | DRAMA |
Director: Mike Newell | Based on the best-selling novel | with: Lily James, Matthew Goode, Jessica Brown Findlay |
“A writer forms a bond with the residents of Guernsey Island in the aftermath of World War II, when she decides to write a book about their experiences during the war.”
@CathyCentral: “It’s got a bucollic island, and some good actors, Tom Courney, Penelope Wilton, more. But Newell’s last few films have been stinkers. Undecided.”
Have a Nice Day | ANIMATION | CHINESE | screening with English subtitles at the EYE filmmuseum | Dir-Scr: Jian Liu | Stars: Changlong Zhu, Kai Cao, Jian Liu | “A city in southern China and a bag containing a million yuan draw several people from diverse backgrounds with different personal motives into a bloody conflict.”
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