Soltero en navidad es una cinta cliché al mil por ciento sobre un hombre gay que tiene a su mejor amigo desde hace años y quien lo acompaña a una cena de navidad en sustitución de su ex quien lo engañó. Frustrado se verá inmerso en un triangulo amoroso que ni el mismo había planeado, mientras toda su familia vive aventuras “navideñas”.
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“The Zone of Interest” 2023 War/Crime is not like other Holocaust films. Yet it is still rooted firmly in historical realities about the Holocaust and the minute details of how the Hösses lived comfortably alongside it, ignoring the mass suffering their father was orchestrating. The real Auschwitz commandant Rudolf Höss, and his wife, Hedwig, strive to build a dream life for their family in a house and garden next to the camp.
Directed by British filmmaker Jonathan Glazer, Glazer and his team did years of research before filming to capture the tonal disconnect of the moment, in perhaps cinematic distillation yet of German philosopher Hannah Arendt’s famous proclamation about “the banality of evil.” The film initially appears to follow an unexceptional German family in the 1940s and their idyllic lifestyle in a cute cottage near a river. A father (Christian Friedel), a mother (Sandra Hüller) and their five children host parties, go swimming, tend to their garden and read bedtime stories at night.
Sandra Hüller as Hedwig Höss: ‘I never planned to portray someone like her.’ Photograph: Courtesy of A24 / Mica Levi
Only gradually does the film reveal that this family’s seemingly idyllic home is located directly adjacent to the Auschwitz death camp — and that the patriarch is none other than Rudolf Höss, that camp’s real-life commandant, who directly oversaw the systematic murder of more than a million Jews, and perhaps many more.
Audiences never see these murders, but they hear the horrific evidence of the slaughter: screams, gunshots and the machinery of the gas chambers.
A scene from ''The Zone of Interest'' (credit: Courtesy of A24) A garden party in Jonathan Glazer's chilling film (A24 / YouTube)
Glazer, whose previous films include “Under the Skin,” “Sexy Beast” and “Birth,” adapted his script for “The Zone of Interest” based on the late British author Martin Amis’ 2014 novel of the same title. But the film differs considerably from the novel and has a greater basis in historical fact.
While Amis’ novel followed multiple plotlines, including a love triangle, set in and around Auschwitz, Glazer’s script stripped away everything except the Höss family at its centre. He also made his film about the real Höss family, whereas Amis (who died as the film was premiering at Cannes) had rendered fictional versions of them.
Glazer also went further, hiring researchers at the Auschwitz-Birkenau museum in Poland to look into details of the Höss family’s lifestyle.
The film was shot near the museum, in a formerly dilapidated house that the production crew transformed into a replica of the actual Höss home. He was also, inspired by sources like Timothy Snyder’s “Black Earth: The Holocaust As History And Warning,” and the writings of Gillian Rose.
Zone of Interest film clip –A Höss family garden party in The Zone of Interest. Photograph: A24 Films
Rudolf Höss was the Nazi commandant who oversaw the mass killing operations at Auschwitz-Birkenau, having been posted there from 1940 until nearly the end of the war. Before Auschwitz, Höss — born Catholic and a World War I veteran who became a committed Nazi from the beginning of Hitler’s rise to power — was posted at the Dachau and Sachsenhausen camps, where he learned the tricks of the trade of mass death.
Within the Nazi upper ranks, Rudolf Höss was considered, according to an SS report, a “true pioneer” for his mass-killing innovations at the camp, which became the deadliest site of the war under his watch. After the Final Solution began being implemented in 1941, Höss installed gas chambers and ovens at Auschwitz capable of killing thousands of people every hour and disposing of their bodies; from then on, the camp was a brutally efficient system of death. He was also the one who introduced the poisonous gas Zyklon B to the camps, impressing Adolf Eichmann.
As portrayed in the film, Rudolf Höss was briefly transferred to a more administrative role within the Nazi Party in 1943 — a move that the family gardener has testified angered Rudolf’s wife Hedwig (Sandra Hüller), because she believed the family had everything they needed at Auschwitz. (Glazer has said that his need to understand this argument between the two of them was the driving force behind the film.) However, he was reassigned to the camp the following year to oversee the mass extermination of Hungarian Jewry in an operation named after him.
He went into hiding after the war, but was tracked down by Hanns Alexander, a German Jewish Nazi hunter, and stood trial in Poland in 1947, where he was sentenced to death.
Höss admitted to his role in the genocide in a written statement in which he coldly describes the “improvements” his Auschwitz team made over similar extermination efforts at Treblinka — using the same dispassionate, removed cadence spoken by the film’s version of Höss.
Höss was hanged in Auschwitz at the age of 45, on gallows he himself had ordered constructed at the camp.
The bulk of “The Zone of Interest” focuses not on the mass extermination, but rather on the particulars of Höss’ family life and how this Nazi clan mentally separated the two. As in the film, the real Höss family lived in an impeccably maintained two-story house that bordered Auschwitz: They could see the prisoner blocks and crematoria from their upstairs window.
A scene from "The Zone of Interest" (photo credit: Courtesy of A24) A young girl plays the Yiddish song ‘Sunbeams,’ composed at Auschwitz in Jonathan Glazer’s of Interest.
Rudolf and his wife Hedwig saw themselves as, fulfilling the Nazi ideal. While Rudolf went to work at the camps every morning, Hedwig busied herself with her social life and proudly accepted the moniker of “Queen of Auschwitz.”
Sandra Hüller as Hedwig Höss in a scene from The Zone of Interest, directed by Jonathan Glazer. A24, via AAP
Historian Thomas Harding wrote about how they stocked their closets with clothes and jewellery seized from the Jews who were exterminated, and with the help of a large waitstaff, including some Auschwitz prisoners, they kept a garden, often entertained guests and swam and canoed on the nearby Sola River with their kids. (One scene in the film depicts Rudolf hurrying his kids away from the river once he realised it is full of human ash from the camps.)
After Rudolf was caught and hanged after the war, his family was free to go, but they were shunned by German society. One of Rudolf's daughters, Brigitte, would later move to the US, and her mother came to visit her frequently. She worked for decades at a Washington, DC fashion store owned by Jews who had fled the Nazis after Kristallnacht [the night of broken glass] .
The Zone of Interest Soundtrack 2024 Credit: The Hollywood Reporter
“The Zone of Interest” competed for the Palme d’Or; It won the Grand Prix, at the Cannes Film Festival, the FIPRESCI Award -The International Federation of Film Critics (short for Fédération Internationale de la Presse Cinématographique) and the Soundtrack Award for Mica Levi’s score in 2023.
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Jonathan Glazer's masterpiece film 'The Zone of Interest' won THREE BAFTA AWARDS for Film Not in The English Language, Sound and Outstanding British Film, the film never shows the inside of the camp’s operations.
James Wilson, The Zone of Interest producer speaks, with director Jonathan Glazer alongside. Kate Green/BAFTA/Getty Images for BAFTA
Jonathan Glazer's “The Zone of Interest” has become the latest Holocaust movie nominated at the 96th Academy Awards. It has been nominated for five Oscars including - Best Picture, Best International Feature, Best Adapted Screenplay Best Sound and Best Director — for Jonathan Glazer, and is the only film to cross over into both categories this year.
Hello, I saw in a comment section you were offering to make a rec list of queer adult fantasy. Any chance you happen to have that list handy? If not no worries, and thank you for your time
YOU GOT IT
Contemporary Adult Queer Fantasy
Kalyna the Soothsayer by Elijah Kinch Spector
Monster of Elendhaven by Jennifer Geisbrecht (we do not talk about this book enough it's so good!! Read if you love Hannibal or Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell)
Priory of the Orange Tree by Samantha Shannon
The Unbroken by CL Clark (ft. Sexy butch protagonist)
The Jasmine Throne by Tasha Suri
Master of Djinn by P Djeli Clark (+ his Djinn in Cairo novella series)
Black Leopard, Red Wolf by Marlon James
Silver in the Wood by Emily Tesh (read if you love Hozier)
The Raven Tower by Ann Leckie
The Unspoken Name by A.K. Larkwood
The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue by V.E. Schwab
Dead Collections by Isaac Fellman (ft. Trans vampire protagonist)
The City of Dusk by Tara Sim
Burning Roses by S.L. Huang
The Starless Sea by Erin Morgenstern
Wild and Wicked Things by Francesca May
Her Body & Other Parties by Carmen Maria Machado
Wrath Goddess Sing by Maya Deane (ft trans Achilles!)
The Bruising of Qilwa by Naseem Jamnia (ft. Aroace protagonist)
Spear by Nicola Griffith (Authuriana)
Witchmark by C.L. Polk, or anything by C.L. Polk
The Ruthless Lady's Guide to Wizardry by C.M. Waggoner
Fireheart Tiger by Aliette de Bodard (or anything by Aliette de Bodard)
Sarahland by Sam Cohen
House in the Cerulean Sea and Under the Whispering Door by TJ Klune
Lady Hotspur by Tessa Gratton
Magic for Liars by Sarah Gailey
Unconquerable Sun by Kate Elliot (Alexander the Great retelling)
The Bone Shard Daughter by Andrea Stewart
Hollow Empire by Sam Hawke
K.A. Doore's Chronicles of Ghadid series
The Deep by Rivers Solomon
Jenn Lyons' A Chorus of Dragons series
Black Sun by Rebecca Roanhorse
The Founders Trilogy by Robert Jackson Bennett
The Tiger's Daughter by K. Arsenault Rivera
The Devourers by Indra Das (Indian shapeshifters!)
The Once and Future Witches by Alix E Harrow
The Chosen and the Beautiful by Nghi Vo (queer Gatsby retelling)
Adult Queer Fantasy that I know specifically feature on-page boning:
Siren Queen by Nghi Vo (please read anything & everything by Nghi Vo)
A Marvellous Light by Freya Marske
A Taste of Gold and Iron by Alexandra Rowland
She Who Became the Sun by Shelly Parker-Chan
The Mercenary Librarians series by Kit Rocha (dystopian)
KJ Charles' Magpie Lord series
Not fantasy but you should still read them:
Manhunt by Gretchen Felker-Martin (horror, trans cast, firmly anti-TERF)
Light From Uncommon Stars by Ryka Aoki (science-fantasy, objectively a perfect novel)
Summer Sons by Lee Mandelo (horror, gay yearning)
The Seep by Chana Porter
Genesis of Misery by Neon Yang (sci-fi Joan of Arc)
Everything by Becky Chambers
Everything by Rivers Solomon
Arkady Martine's A Memory Called Empire
ALSO: author K.A. Doore keeps a running list of queer adult SFF published every year. I highly recommend going through those archives, which you can find here: https://kadoore.com/2022/05/23/2022-queer-adult-science-fiction-fantasy-books/
Tl;dr: SFF is extremely gay, almost everyone writing contemporary SFF is queer in some way, we are truly blessed and I don't want to hear anyone complaining about not being able to find stuff ever again, I love you all.
Early in the year I threw together a list of possibilities to read. I don't want to say plan, because that implies more follow-through than what I figured I'd do. So, possibilities it was and here's how that went.
I did have a goal of 50 books and made it.
* - don’t currently own or have access to
My TBR
Charmed Life by Diana Wynne Jones
The Lives of Christopher Chant by Diana Wynne Jones
Witch Week by Diana Wynne Jones
The Magicians of Caprona by Diana Wynne Jones
The Curse of Chalion by Lois McMaster Bujold
A Wizard’s Guide to Defensive Baking by T. Kingfisher
The Ten Thousand Doors of January by Alix E. Harrow
European Travel for the Monstrous Gentlewoman by Theodora Goss
The Sinister Mystery of the Mesmerizing Girl by Theodora Goss*
Bellwether by Connie Willis*
Drowned Country by Emily Tesh*
Dodger by Terry Pratchett
Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
The Last Unicorn by Peter S. Beagle*
Monkey Island Chronicles
Starless Sea by Erin Morgenstern
A Man Called Ove by Fredrik Backman*
The Basilwade Chronicles by Dawn Knox*
The Macaroon Chronicles by Dawn Knox*
Death in Disguise by Emma Davies
The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet by Becky Chambers
Boss Fight Books: Chrono Trigger by Michael P. Williams
Boss Fight Books: Final Fantasy V by Chris Kohler
Boss Fight Books: Final Fantasy VI by Sebastian Deken
Boss Fight Books: Earthbound by Ken Baumann
Boss Fight Books: The Legend of Zelda: Majora’s Mask by Gabe Durham
Boss Fight Books: Super Mario Bros. 2 by Jon Irwin
Boss Fight Books: Super Mario Bros. 3 by Alyse Knorr
Boss Fight Books: Shadow of the Colossus by Nick Suttner
Boss Fight Books: Shovel Knight by David L. Craddock
Boss Fight Books: Continue: The Boss Fight Books Anthology
Boss Fight Books: Nightmare Mode: A Boss Fight Books Anthology
Boss Fight Books: Katamari Damacy by L.E. Hall
A Deception Most Deadly by Genevieve Essig*
Phantom Tollbooth by Norton Juster, Jules Feiffer
Tall Tails Secret Book Club by CeeCee James
Baking Bad by Kim M. Watt
Yule be Sorry by Kim M. Watt
Manor of Life & Death by Kim M. Watt
Game of Scones by Kim M. Watt
A Toot Hansell Christmas Cracker by Kim M. Watt
Coming up Roses by Kim M. Watt
The Tales of Beaufort Scales Kim M. Watt
Gobbelino London & a Scourge of Pleasantries by Kim M. Watt
Gobbelino London & a Contagion of Zombies by Kim M. Watt
Gobbelino London & a Complication of Unicorns by Kim M. Watt
Gobbelino London & a Melee of Mages by Kim M. Watt
Gobbelino London & a Worry of Weres by Kim M. Watt
Oddly Enough: Tales of the Unordinary by Kim M. Watt
The Cat Did It: 8 short tales of troublesome felines by Kim M. Watt
The Good, the Bad and the Smug by Tom Holt
A Guide to Japanese Role-Playing Games (in progress)
The Prim Reaper by Kim Watt
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Books for rereading consideration:
Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell by Susanna Clarke
To Say Nothing of the Dog by Connie Willis
Silver in the Wood by Emily Tesh
Hogfather Terry Pratchett
The Tombs of Atuan by Ursula K. LeGuin
The Farthest Shore by Ursula K. LeGuin
Neverwhere narrated and written by Neil Gaiman (audiobook)
Howl’s Moving Castle by Diana Wynne Jones
Elfquest by Wendy & Richard Pini
Magic & Malice by Patricia C. Wrede
The Magicians & Mrs. Quent by Galen Beckett
The House on Durrow Street by Galen Beckett
The Master of Heathcrest Hall by Galen Beckett
The Wee Free Men by Terry Pratchett
The Fellowship of the Ring by J.R.R. Tolkien
The Two Towers by J.R.R. Tolkien
The Return of the King by J.R.R. Tolkien
Reaper Man by Terry Pratchett
Unfinished Tales by J.R.R. Tolkien
The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien narrated by Andy Serkis (audiobook)
Moving Pictures by Terry Pratchett
The Last Hero by Terry Pratchett
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Currently Reading:
A Guide to Japanese Role-Playing Games from Bitmap Books
A Lot Like Christmas by Connie Willis
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Finished:
January:
The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien narrated by Andy Serkis (audiobook) (reread, but first time listen)
Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell by Susanna Clarke (reread)
Monkey Island Chronicles
The Ten Thousand Doors of January by Alix E. Harrow
Howl’s Moving Castle by Diana Wynne Jones (reread)
Charmed Life by Diana Wynne Jones
The Lives of Christopher Chant by Diana Wynne Jones
February:
The Magicians of Caprona by Diana Wynne Jones
Witch Week by Diana Wynne Jones
Reaper Man by Terry Pratchett (reread)
March:
Boss Fight Books: Chrono Trigger by Michael P. Williams
Boss Fight Books: Super Mario Bros. 2 by Jon Irwin
Boss Fight Books: Final Fantasy VI by Sebastian Deken
Boss Fight Books: Super Mario Bros. 3 by Alyse Knorr
April:
Boss Fight Books: The Legend of Zelda: Majora’s Mask by Gabe Durham
Boss Fight Books: Continue: The Boss Fight Books Anthology
Boss Fight Books: Earthbound by Ken Baumann
Boss Fight Books: Final Fantasy V by Chris Kohler
Boss Fight Books: Shovel Knight by David L. Craddock
The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring by J.R.R. Tolkien (reread)
May:
Moving Pictures by Terry Pratchett (reread)
To Say Nothing of the Dog by Connie Willis (reread)
The Two Towers by J.R.R. Tolkien (reread)
June:
Feet of Clay by Terry Pratchett (reread)
The Return of the King by J.R.R. Tolkien (reread)
Baking Bad by Kim M. Watt
July:
Yule be Sorry by Kim M. Watt
Manor of Life & Death by Kim M. Watt
Game of Scones by Kim M. Watt
A Toot Hansell Christmas Cracker by Kim M. Watt
Coming up Roses by Kim M. Watt
The Tales of Beaufort Scales Kim M. Watt
Gobbelino London & a Scourge of Pleasantries by Kim M. Watt
August:
Terry Pratchett’s Discworld Imaginarium - Paul Kidby
Oddly Enough: Tales of the Unordinary by Kim M. Watt
Gobbelino London & a Contagion of Zombies by Kim M. Watt
The Prim Reaper by Kim M. Watt
The Cat Did It: 8 short tales of troublesome felines by Kim M. Watt
Gobbelino London & a Complication of Unicorns by Kim M. Watt
Gobbelino London & a Melee of Mages by Kim M. Watt
September:
Gobbelino London & a Worry of Weres by Kim M. Watt
Tall Tails Secret Book Club by CeeCee James
The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet by Becky Chambers
Beast-Laid Plans by Kim. M Watt
October:
Who Are You? : Nintendo’s Game Boy Advance Platform by Alex Custodio
November:
To Say Nothing of the Dog by Connie Willis (reread)
December:
The Fifth Elephant by Terry Pratchett (reread)
Yule be Sorry by Kim M. Watt (reread)
A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens (reread)
A Toot Hansell Christmas Cracker by Kim M. Watt (reread)
📞 + 🕷️? :0 any fandom but mayb also especially re,,
ty for the ask ^.^
RE + a few of my other favs
📞 a character others dislike but you don’t?
for RE- Jake Muller and og re4 Ashley Graham..
for ffxv- Ravus Nox Fleuret (i love him with all my heart)
for AOT- Zeke Yeager (also love him w all my heart)
for jjba- Kars :3
🕷️a character you feel is underrated?
for RE- CARLOS OLIVERIA. and Sheva Alomar, Sherry Birkin, Rebecca Chambers, almost every character from village, Luis Sera, Hunnigan, Tyrell Patrick, ect. (too many.)
for jjba- Wammu, Muhammad Avdol, Lisa Lisa, Jean p Pollnareff, Jonathan Joestar, Mikitaka Hazekura, Robert E. O. Speedwagon (we moved on from them way too fast.) + a few others
Sandeep Marwah Advocates Stronger Indo-US Business Ties at 20th Indo US Economic Summit
New Delhi: The prestigious 20th Indo US Economic Summit commenced with an inaugural address by His Excellency Eric Garcetti, the United States Ambassador to India, held at Hotel Lalit and organized by the Indo American Chamber of Commerce (IACC). The summit convened distinguished leaders and business influencers to further strengthen economic ties between India and the United States.
Dr. Upasana Arora, Regional President of IACC and Managing Director of Yashoda Super Specialty Hospitals, delivered a warm welcome address, setting the tone for the summit. Following this, Dr. Lalit Bhasin, National President and Summit Chair, highlighted the longstanding relationship and growing collaborations between India and the USA, emphasizing the pivotal role the US has played in India’s growth trajectory.
H.E. Eric Garcetti, in his address, commended the efforts of the IACC and extended congratulations to India for its successful hosting of the G20 summit in New Delhi. He stressed the United States’ eagerness to foster robust business ties with India and invited prospective businesses to engage with the US in various platforms.
Dr. Sandeep Marwah, Chair for the Media and Entertainment Committee of the Indo American Chamber of Commerce, shared his insights during a press interaction, underlining the significance of such summits in facilitating open dialogue and fostering strong connections with diverse business associations.
Arun Karna, Regional Vice President of IACC and Managing Director of AT&T Global Network Services India P Ltd, delivered the concluding address. Jonathan Heimer, Minister Counselor for Commercial Affairs, was also present, adding to the eminent gathering.
The 20th Indo US Economic Summit stands as a testament to the commitment of both nations in fortifying their economic relations and exploring new avenues for collaboration across sectors. The event showcased a dynamic exchange of ideas and initiatives, aiming to elevate bilateral business associations and open doors for mutual growth and prosperity.
Rules: make a new post and spell out your url with song titles, then tag as many people as there are letters in your url !
Tagged by Stolen from: @cfmanymuses
Tagging: yeah i’m not tagging ppl, y’all can steal it
T: The Calling--The Amazing Devil
H: Heart of the Night (Inspired by The Witcher)--Divide Music
U: Underground--Cody Fry
N: Neon--One OK Rock
D: D-tecnoLife--UVERWORLD
E: Ever Dream--Nightwish
R: Raise Your Flag--Man with a Mission
G: Gallows--Shelby Merry
O: Over and Under--Egypt Central
O: Oblivion--Soul Extract
D: Dead Man Walking--WAR*HALL
S: Sanctuary--Shelby Merry
P: Precious Things--Tori Amos
E: Echo Chamber--Jonathan Young
E: Entertain You--Within Temptation
D: Destroyer--The Birthday Massacre
Merrimack Valley Chamber Public Safety Breakfast Forum Features DA Blodgett, Sheriff Coppinger, Others
Merrimack Valley Chamber Public Safety Breakfast Forum Features DA Blodgett, Sheriff Coppinger, Others
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The Merrimack Valley Chamber of Commerce is offering a breakfast forum this Friday with public safety as its theme.
Along with a continental breakfast, attendees will hear featured speakers including District Attorney Jonathan W. Blodgett, Essex County Sheriff Kevin F. Coppinger, Haverhill Police Chief Robert P. Pistone, Andover Police…
2023 Presidency: I’ve not broken any law by accepting Tinubu’s appointment – Keyamo Festus Keyamo, the Minister of State for Labour and Employment has insisted that it's within his rights, and that he never broke any law by accepting to be spokesman of the All Progressives Congress (APC) presidential campaign council. A civil society organisation (CSO), The Transition Monitoring Group (TMG), had asked Keyamo to resign as a minister, to enable him carry out his campaign appointment objectively. However, in a statement on Sunday, Keyamo said TMG is being sponsored by opposition parties. “For instance, in 2015, my brother, special duties minister, Kabiru Turaki, served as the deputy director-general (North) of the PDP/Jonathan campaign council. These characters kept mum. So, you can be sure that this is PDP speaking through one of their NGOs. “I am a full member of my party, the APC, and I am entitled to participate in party activities. My dues to my party are deducted every month from my meagre salary and sent to the party. “Being a director in a campaign council is like every other party activity. They want to deny me my fundamental human right to freedom of association because I am a minister. “Thirdly, there is no conflict of interests. I fail to see any. Am I using public resources to campaign? Not at all. We have an APC campaign office and I have my well-furnished private chambers, better equipped than my minister’s office. “Even the car I use for media interviews is not a ministry car. Since I became a minister, the ministry has not provided a single car for my personal use. I have been sacrificing for the nation with my personal cars and resources. “This is now on record and my permanent secretary can attest to this. I grant interviews after my day’s work or at weekends or at break time...... Read More On www.newsieevents.com https://www.instagram.com/p/ChR4FvPJkju/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=