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Movie Premiere Thursday 26 January 2012

In theaters today..
UNDERWORLD: THE RENAISSANCE 3D(UNDERWORLD: AWAKENING 3D)
Case : 15 years have passed since Selene and her beloved Michael won the battle against the Vampire Elder Marcus in UNDERWORLD EVOLUTION. Meanwhile, humanity having discovered the existence of Vampires and Lycans has launched a campaign of extermination of both species. Selene is captured during the genocide and wakes up after twelve years to find that she has been kept frozen in a seven-sealed laboratory, the Antigen, where experiments are being done on a vaccine against the viruses that created vampires and werewolves. Selene is initially shocked to learn that her beloved Michael has died, but she doesn't have much time left to mourn as a series of shocking challenges ensue. Among other things, she will find that her race is threatened and that the few survivors are hiding in the bowels of the earth. As for her traditional enemies, the Lycans, they've managed to genetically mutate into extra beastly versions of what we've known up until now. And yet, in the fourth film in the series Selene faces an even greater challenge. Motherhood...
Watch the trailerHERE


THE DESCENDANTS(THE DESCENDANTS)

Case : Matt King, an indifferent husband and father of two daughters, he is forced to reexamine the past and see the future with a different eye, when his wife is seriously injured in a boating accident. This fact leads to the creation of a meaningful relationship between Matt and his daughters, while simultaneously facing significant dilemmas.
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NARROW MARGINS(MAN ON A LEDGE)
Nick Cassidy was an honest cop. Now he's in prison for a crime he didn't commit and he's desperate for the first chance to escape. A few hours later, standing on a windowsill, freshly shaven and wearing an expensive suit, having the city of New York below it. While a crowd of people gathers on the street, the police patrol the area and comply with Nick's demand to speak with police mediator Lydia Anderson. But Lydia does not know that she is part of Nick's great plan, of a plan that could perhaps give them both a second chance.
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PARADISE
Case:
A weekend, in the chaos and colors of the carnival, in the blinding lights and fancy chariots, four couples try to find their own Paradise. Marianna (Natasha Zaga) returns to Patras from London determined to live forever with Michalis (Michalis Fotopoulos), Nikos (Konstantinos Avarikiotis) he tries to manifest his secret lust for Socrates' boss (Christos Loulis) dreading possible rejection, Eugenia (Maria Skula) she is afraid to face her daughter's criticism of her relationship with her much younger Antonis (Andreas Konstantinou) and Ilias (Errikos Litsis) he tries in every way to reconnect with his ex-wife Vicky (Olia Lazaridou). All together dive breathlessly into the "hell" atmosphere of Halloween. You are lost in the sounds of tecno and samba and surrounded by exotic birds, gold costumes and glitter wigs will claim their emotional Heaven. Love and questions about the great stake of companionship form the basis on which director Panagiotis Fafoutis sets up a strong party of characters with G.Pal's music dominating and guiding their emotions.. As they do every year, the heroes of the film wear their Halloween masks. Behind them they can finally be real and test their endurance to the limits of Heaven or… of Hell.
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Ancient Greece and Byzantium "travel" to the USA

300 masterpieces will be presented the 2013 in Washington and the Getty, while a second exhibition is being prepared for the prehistoric years
Greece will make a double dynamic visit to America on 2013 and 2014 with two major exhibitions. The temporary title of the first is "Byzantium. Masterpieces from Greek collections" («Byzantium. Masterpieces from Greek Collections). The second will present Greek antiquities and will be organized in collaboration with "National Geographic".
About 300 masterpieces of Greek museums, public and private, monasteries, but also findings of recent excavations, they will travel in the fall 2013 to the US to be shown first at the National Gallery in Washington and then at the Getty Museum in Malibu, California. The exhibition aims to introduce Americans to Greek culture, which runs through Byzantium from its beginning to its end (330 A.D. up to 1453). It was approved yesterday by the Central Archaeological Council and has the parallel goal of filling a gap, "responding" to the corresponding exhibitions that have been held in recent years by Turkey in the USA and elsewhere.
It is organized by the general directorate of antiquities of the Ministry of Culture and Tourism in collaboration with the Benaki Museum. It will consist of five sections, with temporary titles "From the ancient to the Byzantine world", "The Christian World", "The Intellectuals", "The joys of life" and "Byzantium at a crossroads".
However, the cost of the exhibition is a thorn in Greece's side, since it amounts to 3,6 million. euro, a fact that has already created an issue due to bad times, although, as the Minister of Culture has stated, Pavlos Geroulanos, last November, it is to be covered by grants with the assistance of OPAP. The exhibition is organized by a twelve-member committee, in which Emilia Geroulanou also participates, president of the Benaki Museum, as well as service executives and teachers. Only for the insurance of valuable items are required approx 2,5 million. euro.
The visitor will be able to see among others: the coexistence of Christianity and paganism in important cities of the ancient world such as Athens, Corinth and Sparta. The gradual Christianization of the empire through the appropriation of the pagan pictorial repertoire in the formation of a new code of symbols and the emergence of Christian ideas of eternal life. The close dependence of state and Church. The domestic artistic expression etc
"The intellectuals" is an extremely interesting section of the exhibition since it presents aspects of the intellectual life of the empire with an emphasis on the dominance of the Greek language in the administration, in cultural life, in the medieval copies of ancient Greek texts by Byzantine scribes and the important role these texts played in the education of the Byzantines.
There is also "The joys of life" which present daily life in Byzantium with sub-sections dedicated to the private sphere (with an emphasis on home decoration, in tableware and in general household equipment) but also in personal grooming, where, among other things, an important collection of Byzantine jewelry is exhibited. "Byzantium at a crossroads", end, analyzes the continuous dialogue of the Byzantine Empire with other political powers and peoples, either through military conflicts or through diplomatic approaches.
An equally important report is being prepared in parallel by the ministry, in collaboration with "National Geographic" magazine. It will concern the ancient Greeks and their presence throughout the centuries, from prehistoric times to the beginning of Hellenistic times. Its aim is to coincide with the exhibition on Byzantium, thereby erasing a strong cultural presence of our country in American cities.

Source : ethnos.gr

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Look for your own pace

Workshop for teenagers at the House of Letters and Arts
To explore the concept of identity, to express and create, through their contact with the theater arts, of modern dance and music, the teenagers who will participate in the artistic expression workshop organized on Saturday are invited 4 and on Saturday 11 February at the House of Letters and Arts.

The introduction to the topic will be made with the presentation of a kinetic drama by Antigoni Avdi, with audio support by composer Reynaldo Young. Starting with the action and texts related to the subject, young people will investigate, through experiential theater activities, questions regarding their identity. “Who am I; What would I like to be?; What are my desires and dreams; What are my values ​​for life; How can I deal with the difficulties I encounter?; What gives me strength;» Young people will have the opportunity to play various roles, to experience situations through different perspectives, better understand themselves in relation to others and recognize their uniqueness. Alongside, they will have the opportunity, through movement and sound, to abstractly express their emotional world.

To participate in the workshop, no previous theater experience is necessary, dance or music.

Aimed at teenagers 13-18 years

The workshop will be held by:

Avra Avdi (philology, drama/theatre teacher)
Melina Hatzigeorgiou (drama/theatre teacher, educational)
Antigone Avdis (performer, choreographer)
Reynaldo Young (musician, composer, workshop animator)

Cost of participation: 30 € for both meetings

Conditions: Mandatory attendance at both meetings on Saturdays 4 & 11 February, 11:00-15:00.

Reservations
Tel: 213-017-8034
Email:education@sgt.gr
Responsible: Myrto Lavdas

House of Letters and Arts
Syngrou Avenue 107-109
(across from Panteio)
www.sgt.gr

Source : newsbeast.gr
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84The Oscars 2012: Nominations in all categories

These are the nominations for all categories of the 84th Oscars :

1. Best tone
War Horse
The Artist
Moneyball
The Descendants
The Tree of Life
Midnight in Paris
The Help
Hugo
Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close
2. First male role
Demian bichir in “A Better Life”
George Clooney to “The Descendants”
Jean Dujardin in “The Artist”
Gary Oldman in “Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy”
Brad Pittστο “Moneyball”
3. Female role
Glenn Close in “Albert nobbs”
Rooney Mara to “The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo”
Viola Davis to “The Help”
Meryl Streep to “The Iron Lady”
Michelle Williams to “My Week with Marilyn”
4. Second male role
Kenneth Branagh in “My Week with Marilyn”
Jonah Hill in “Moneyball”
Nick nolte to “Warrior”
Christopher Plummer in “Beginners”
Max von sydow to “Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close”
5. Second female role
Berenice Bejoστο “The Artist”
Jessica Chastain in “The Help”
Melissa McCarthy in “Bridesmaids”
Janet Mcteer in “Albert nobbs”
Octavia Spencer in “The Help”
6. Best director
Michel Hazanivicus for the “The Artist”
Alexander Payne for the “The Descendants”
Martin Scorsese for the “Hugo”
Woody Allen for the “Midnight in Paris”
Terrence Malick for the “The Tree of Life”
7. Best original script
The Artist
Bridesmaids
Midnight in Paris
Margin Call
A Separation
8. Best scenario adapted
The Descendants
Hugo
The Ides of March
Moneyball
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
9. Best foreign language movie
Bullhead (Belgium)
Footnote (Israel)
In Darkness (Poland)
Monsier lazhar (Canada)
Α Separation (Iran)
10. Best cartoon movie
A Cat in Paris
Chico & Rita
If Fu Panda 2
Puss in Boots
Range
11. Best suits
Lisy Christl to “Anonymous”
Mark Bridges in “The Artist”
Sandy Powell at “Hugo”
Michael O'Connor in “Jane Eyre”
Arianne Phillips in “W.E.”
12. Best documentary
Hell and Back Again
If a Tree Falls: A Story of the Earth Liberation Front
Paradise Lost 3: Purgatory
Pina
Undefeated
13. Best editing
The Artist
The Descendants
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
Hugo
Moneyball
14. Best music lining
John Williams to “The Adventures of Tintin”
Ludovic bour στο “The Artist”
Howard Shore in “Hugo”
Alberto Iglesias to “Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy”
John Williams to “War Horse”
15. Best short film
“Dimanche/Sunday” of Patrick Doyon
“The Fantastic Flying Books of Mr. Morris Lessmore” Των William Joyce and Brandon Oldenburg
“The moon” of Enrico Casarosa
“A Morning Stroll” of Grant Orchard and Sue Gofffe
“Wild Life” των amanda forbis and wendy offer
Source : cosmo.gr
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Nikos Gounaris sings Macedonia and Tsertos

Concert-tribute to the leading performer and creator
Today, Wednesday, a tribute to the leading performer and creator Nikos Gounaris is being organized at the Badminton theater.

In the context of the section "The Faces of Greek Song" edited by Michalis Koubios, unforgettable hits of Nikos Gounaris will be performed by Kostas Makedonas and Babis Tsertos.

Songs like: "A night that rained", "Cairo", "We live for women", "Let's go to the bouzouki", "You make me write songs", "The hen the strumbula", "Stairs, my stairs", "That other one", "My sweet eyes dear", "For your absence" and many more have been sealed by his performances.

With them is Adriana Bambali, the P.M.T.P Company team of Sia Koskina and the hopeful Haris Makris. The songs will be performed by the diverse music orchestra of the Municipality of Athens. The orchestra is conducted by Apollon Kouskoumvekakis, who has also undertaken the orchestrations. Badminton: Army Grove, Putty, entrance €12-25

Source : newsbeast.gr
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Θ. Angelopoulos: "Έφυγε" the poet of images

His funeral will take place on Friday at 16.00 from the First Cemetery
The great Greek director Theodoros Angelopoulos, who was injured in a car accident that happened shortly before 7 on Tuesday afternoon on the Drapetsona ring road. The director suffered severe brain injuries and the doctors were concerned about whether he should undergo surgery or not.
It is noted that in EKAV, an EDE is carried out in order to clarify the causes of the delay of the axle carrier, at the scene of the accident.
According to the first information, the director was at the scene for a film shoot and at the moment he was crossing the road he was run over by a private motorcycle driven by a special guard who was off duty and was slightly injured.
The investigation of the circumstances under which the accident occurred has been undertaken by the Korydallos Traffic Police, to which the special guard is going to give a statement. As reported by Traffic officers, the incident happened at a distance of approx 30 meters from the exit of the first tunnel on the road towards Keratsini in a dangerous, as they characterize the point, due to the frequency of road accidents that happen there. At the same time, the "microscope" will include the images from a closed-circuit camera located in the tunnel that may have recorded the scene of the accident
The government representative Mr. Pantelis Kapsis with the announcement of the death of the leading Greek director stated: "We all mourn for the great Greek who honored our homeland with his work".
"Forget me in the sea"
"I wish you health and happiness but I can't make your journey/ I'm a visitor/ Everything I touch really hurts/ and then it doesn't belong to me/ And yet someone finds himself saying “it's mine”/ I have nothing of my own I once proudly said/ Now I understand that nothing is nothing/ That I don't even have a name/ And I have to look for one every now and then/ Give me a place to look/ Forget me at sea/ I wish you health and happiness".
(anecdotal poem by Theodoros Angelopoulos written the 1982 shortly before the start of writing the script for the film "Journey to Kythira")
When a director not only doesn't read but doesn't even count the books written about him and his work anymore, then it is at the top.
When on behalf of a film, έχει την δυνατότητα να κτίσει και μετά να γκρεμίσει ένα ολόκληρο χωριό _όπως έκανε με το «Λιβάδι που δακρύζει»_ τότε βρίσκεται στην κορυφή. Στην Γαλλία, για μια και μόνον ταινία του Θόδωρου Αγγελόπουλου, το «Ταξίδι στα Κύθηρα», έχει γραφεί 600 σελίδων (!) μελέτη για ντοκτορά η οποία στην συνέχεια εκδόθηκε στο εμπόριο.
Οι τίτλοι έναρξης της ταινίας του με τίτλο «Το λιβάδι που δακρύζει»
Στην Ιαπωνία έγινε πάταγος όταν οι ταινίες του κυκλοφόρησαν σε ειδική έκδοση DVD η οποία εκτός των άλλων περιείχε απαγγελία -από τις τρεις κόρες του- ποιημάτων που έχει γράψει ο ίδιος. Στην βιβλιογραφία που τον αφορά θα βρούμε ακόμα και βιβλία στα κινέζικα (!) ενώ όποτε ανακοίνωνε έστω και μια ιδέα για ταινία, τότε η ταινία αυτομάτως γινόταν γεγονός στον παγκόσμιο κινηματογραφικό χάρτη πολλά χρόνια πριν την ολοκλήρωσή της όπως ακριβώς συνέβη με την τελευταία του δημιουργία «Η άλλη θάλασσα» που δυστυχώς θα μείνει ανολοκλήρωτη.
Αυτό είναι το σημείο όπου εδώ και χρόνια βρισκόταν ο Θόδωρος Αγγελόπουλος που γεννήθηκε το 1936 στην Αθήνα και σπούδασε νομικά και κινηματογράφο στο Παρίσι. Αφού πέρασε από τον χώρο της κριτικής (εφημερίδα «Αλλαγή», περιοδικό «Σύγχρονος Κινηματογράφος») ο σημαντικότερος σύγχρονος πρεσβευτής του ελληνικού πολιτισμού στο εξωτερικό, είχε βραβευθεί με ό,τι σημαντικό υπάρχει στον χώρο του κινηματογράφου: Χρυσός Φοίνικας στο φεστιβάλ Κανών για το «Μια αιωνιότητα και μια ημέρα», μεγάλο βραβείο της επιτροπής για το «Βλέμμα του Οδυσσέα» στο ίδιο φεστιβάλ, Χρυσός Λέων για τον «Μεγαλέξανδρο» στο φεστιβάλ Βενετίας. Ο Αγγελόπουλος έφυγε αφήνοντας ένα τεράστιο κενό στον ελληνικό πολιτισμό. Τον πολιτισμό στον οποίο πίστευε, τον πολιτισμό για τον οποίο στεναχωριόταν τόσο πολύ και μέσα από την καρδιά του για την τωρινή κατάντια του.
«Ζούμε μια περίοδο που θα την ονόμαζα μοναδική, όχι με την καλή έννοια αλλά με την αρνητική της» είχε πει πέρσι, τέτοια εποχή στο Βήμα ο Αγγελόπουλος. «Έχω αρκετά χρόνια πίσω μου και τέτοιο πράγμα δεν το έχω ξαναζήσει. Ακόμα και στην περίοδο του Εμφυλίου, στην περίοδο της δικτατορίας ή και στην Κατοχή, ακόμα και τότε τα πράγματα είχαν μια δυναμική περίεργη, μια δυναμική υπόγεια, που δούλευε. Υπήρχε μια αντίσταση, υπήρχαν συγκρούσεις με ιδεολογικό περιεχόμενο, υπήρχε η αναζήτηση ενός καλύτερου κόσμου. Όταν είχαμε χούντα, πιστεύαμε ότι κάποια στιγμή θα τελειώσει και ότι τα πράγματα θα ανοίξουν. Πιστέψαμε σε αυτό που έμοιαζε ότι πάει να πάει να γίνει και ποτέ δεν έγινε».
Ο Θόδωρος Αγγελόπουλος κατόρθωσε να φθάσει σε αυτό το σημείο εξουσίας και αναγνώρισης, καλλιεργώντας υπομονετικά αλλά και πεισματικά την μοναδική αισθητική και γλώσσα του μέσα από μια σειρά ταινιών που αποτυπώνουν την εικόνα και την Ιστορία της Ελλάδας του. Της Ελλάδας μας. Μιας Ελλάδας που υπάρχει δίπλα μας αλλά που χωρίς τις ταινίες του Θόδωρου Αγγελόπουλου ίσως να μην γνωρίζαμε ποτέ. Της Ελλάδας στην «Αναπαράσταση», της Ελλάδας στον «Θίασο», της Ελλάδας στις «Μέρες του ’36», της Ελλάδας στον «Μεγαλέξανδρου», στον «Μελισσοκόμο» και στο «Βλέμμα του Οδυσσέα».
Οι σκηνές στο χιόνι από την ταινία «Ο θίασος»
«Είμαι ένας άνθρωπος που ανήκει σε μια γενιά που έχει περάσει από συγκεκριμένες ιστορικές περιόδους με όλες τις έννοιες και με την απήχηση του ιστορικού παρόντος της εκάστοτε εποχής πάνω στην καθημερινότητα» είχε πει στο Βήμα ο Θόδωρος Αγγελόπουλος. «Θεωρώ ότι δεν μπορείς να μένεις εκτός και αυτή είναι η ουσιώδης διαφορά της δικής μου γενιάς κινηματογραφιστών με την σημερινή».
Από την ταινία του Θεόδωρου Αγγελόπουλου «Αναπαράσταση»
Source : tovima.gr
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Good Iver, Yoko Ono and Flaming Lips join forces

The project – collaboration of the year
Wayne Coyne of The Flaming Lips has revealed that they are working on an LP, for the creation of which he will collaborate with Bon Iver and Yoko Ono.

Besides these, on the album that will be released in April, artists such as Nick Cave will appear, η I$ha, Lykke Li and Erykah Badu.

Coyne confirmed that he has already finished recording with Cave and the Plastic Ono Band for this record, while Justin Vernon of Bon Iver has accepted to be part of the project and is expected to participate with two tracks.

Speaking of the rest of the artists who will collaborate, the Flaming Lips singer stated:

"Everything happened within two days. You think of these partnerships in your head and immediately start making them a reality. Sometimes it's enough to just get in touch".

Coyne spoke highly of Ke$ha, whom he hopes to convince to do a "weird rap" on the record, but describing her as "very strange".

Source : newsbeast.gr