#especially karl and yann in this one.......

[dustyspines]

I miss the gang and am obviously obsessed with how you write them, do you have any thoughts or snippets you’d like to share?? <3

many sorrys it took me so long to get to this but because it's you i wanted to put in some extra effort!!! so YES i have snippets and many thoughts so under the cut here i present to you: pinterest board screenshots and gang snippets from my currently unnamed (tentatively titled the dictionary) fic <3

karl. beloved. he's the sweet muggle-born hufflepuff who has an affinity to charms, specifically in the modification/adaptation of charms to make household items more useful. he works in a little trinkets shop in diagon alley where people bring in misbehaving items that need fixing, or to request an adaptation to something they need help with. he charms quills to write in different colours so those with colour-blindness can see. he charms teapots to chime when they reach the boil so those a little more forgetful don't set their houses on fire. he did a year's training the the misuse of muggle artefacts department before taking up the job, and it's the joy of his life <3

outside of work he plays the piano, he loves music and finding funky jumpers in charity shops that are to big but are cosy for all seasons. he loves animals, and his second best subject was magical creatures, but he needs socialisation with people more than he does animals which is why he's so outgoing and friendly and sickeningly loyal to his friends (to a point where he sometimes oversteps but it isn't intentional)

craig. another BELOVED. outspoken but respectful half-blood slytherin with a passion for football that he used to provide tactics for the quidditch team at hogwarts. he's the shortest of the group but is nimble and fast which is why nobody cares, nor does he. he likes coffee in a Proper way, and is very passionate about the brewing of certain kinds (a point of contention with yann who doesn't give af and will use instant coffee powder just to tease him). he works as a speech therapist/mind healer hybrid at st. mungo's, specifically working with kids with traumatic childhoods who need help with their speech before they go to hogwarts. he has a good base knowledge in both magical and muggle medicine practices so is usually the mom friend of the group, but he doesn't mind.

he likes friendship bracelets (because the kids he works with will make him loads of the thread-knot kind) and he forces his friends to go on jogs with him when he thinks they've been inside for too long.

POLLY beloved!!!!! back in school she started a student radio broadcast (thanks to karl's charms skills where he found a way to connect the gramophones/record players in the castle together to work without electricity). she loves music of all eras and is chronic for being a bit of a know-it-all. after school she took up an assistant position in the biggest magical radio broadcasting company and has been hosting the breakfast show for a while now where she plays a mix of muggle and magical music.

she loves rings and mismatching nail polish but the paint is always chipped because she's so hands on with everything. her hair is perpetually braided because she can't be bothered to keep tucking it behind her ears all the time. she has a slight mean streak and knows it but it always comes from a place of care because she just can't stand people who beat around the bush instead of being honest with each other. yann is obsessed with her n they've been living together since they left school but she pretends to be cool about it just so he looks like the crazy one.

yann <3 he wears glasses, he has lovely wavy hair. you'll never catch him dead in a pair of jeans. he's a pureblood from france who went to hogwarts because he'd been living with his grandmother in london since he was a kid and decided staying in the uk would be better in the long run. he works in madam malkin's as a tailor but focuses on male silhouettes, and most of the clothes he wears are made by him. his grandmother taught him everything he knew and he decided he didn't care enough about magic to take up a magical career, hence why he went into tailoring instead.

he has the whole tall and handsome and mysterious thing going on (he's the tallest of the bunch) but it's ironic because he's the most open of them all when you get to know him. super smart but you'd never know because he's very quiet about it. keeps secrets the best because he understand the value in having a person to trust and talk to, but gives the best advice so people don't end up upset. refuses to listen to any criticism of polly because she's always nice to him; doesn't realise it's only him she's always nice to because they're together. has big tunnel vision when it comes to her.

^ that board is just called vibes because it's just capturing the Essence. they start age 20/21 and it goes until they're 24/25, so it's a good four years of their life post-hogwarts.

it's very right where you left me LOL. friends break up friends get married etc. etc.

i haven't written too much that is super Finished, the doc is at 30k-ish words right now. but there are two Gang-centric scenes so here are some lines from those that i really like :)

aaaand that's The Gang. for now. it's fun to know where they're going to end up without really knowing how they get there.

[rewritingcanon]

me tagging this and then being forced into a position where i have to write polly to be sort of friendly to scorpius/albus

stop making fics where scorpius and al have friends and are popular in school. they’re literally loser boyfriends bro their only friends be each other wdym they have other people they’re chatting to on a consistent basis??? the only other people they talk to thats not each other are the blood relatives and even that pushes it

[yannfredericks]

saw legally blonde again the other night so once again thinking about the legally blonde yolly au I want to write one day <3

-polly is elle woods and yann is emmett forrest, obviously

-the musical has them so perfectly set up as bewildered by each other but drawn together nonetheless and then fierce, fierce friends who would do anything for each other and support each other unconditionally

-yann being bi would also be giving polly advice on how to get her ex back and what usually works with him for guys etc (or maybe she has an ex girlfriend???? something to think about)

-polly finding herself and her power through the law but also her deep rooted (but previously more subconscious) desire to help people and make the world a better place, especially for those who are marginalised in society

-they’d both befriend karl, craig, rose, albus and scorpius along the way!!! the gang found family core

-something funny to me about turning yann fredericks into mr “I don’t go to parties a lot, not good use of the time that I’ve got” ….there’s probably a scene where they do end up at a party together and polly is shocked by how hot and competent at it all he is and he’s like ‘I said I don’t go a lot, not that I don’t go at all’

-the bend and snap / gay or european turns into both yann and polly performing the bend and snap in front of the witness to test if he’s gay and when he’s only paying attention to yann, yann is both smug and proud of polly’s instincts, he probably makes some comment about how he can’t comprehend people Not looking at her

-it’s the genuine friends to lovers of it all!! they are obsessed with each other, they become each others closest and fiercest friend and they both know that there’s something more there but their friendship has become SO important they’re worried about compromising it (also yann thinks she’s still invested in getting her ex back and is trying to be supportive)

-something something polly chapman proposing to yann fredericks just feels deeply right and real

[sturrpz-hme-weekly]

Week 7 – Finalising songs

This week, I’m putting my focus on testing out my ideas and finalising songs for my final project.

I made 3 projects, however, one of them crashed and I couldn’t remake it in time for this week’s Pharos session.

The two songs I used for my tests were Merry Go Round of Life and Comptine d'un autre été. I learnt a lot from this week’s feedback session. First of all, if there are not too many changes in the music, it is unnecessary to use a diverse colour palette. Instead, utilising asymmetry between the two side walls would be a good idea to maintain the attention of the audience. Also, I should try not to do too much at the beginning of the soundtrack, because I may run out of ideas later, especially parts with more dramatic melodies. The roof lights should be used for dramatic parts because they are really bright and create drastic changes from the walls.

I spent the rest of the week finalising songs I would use in my final project, and I chose my 30-second piece of music, Comptine d'un autre été by Yann Tiersen, Consolation No. 3 by Liszt, and Castor by S. A. Karl. I chose songs that had videos with piano visual cues, so that it is easier for me to count and time the lights in accordance to the notes. I also tried to create a transition between the songs, but only the last two were seamless.

I had to upload my final song on Drive because I downloaded it in .wav and it was too big for Tumblr.

[archeronduarte]

Gang in In Trouble Again please !

In Trouble Again the Hamburg edition (december 1st-2nd) was such a delight to watch. The energy that they bring toward the stage during these transition scenes, as well as with Wand Dance, Death Eater March and the Ministry of Magic dance is just phenomenal. They work so incredibly well together. We have not been blessed with an In Trouble Again picture of the Hamburg production yet so here's a snippet of the rehearsal and Robin's Craig being adorable.

Yann runs by Craig shouting at him, leaving their friend incredibly confused. Craig then runs into Rose and they share a very confused shrug as to what is happening. As soon as Yann finally gives Craig the note he has his eyebrows raised in amusement, he matches Yann’s excitement completely. I don't think I will ever stop gushing about how you can see that the friendship between Robin's Craig and Nikko's Yann is a good one in the way they move around each other, look at each other, smile at each other and share with each other.

There's a lot of interactions going on on the stairs as the McGonagall Office scene happens. Rose looks incredibly sad when she hears headmistress McGonagall mention that Rose and her sibling Hugo didn’t exist. She turns to talk to James about this, who also looks concerned and confused. Karl turns to her as well, reaching out to comfort her and it gives a hint of familiarity between the two of them, they know each other well. As soon as Hermione enters the office, Rose cups both hands around her ear - leaning into the balustrade to listen more intently. She wants to know everything.

Craig and Yann are having the time of their lives at the top of the stairs. They are continuously whispering and turning to each other. At one point Yann and James turn to each other to talk and Craig shushes both of them. Yann and Craig start laughing at something that is being said in the office, I can't really remember what which is incredibly frustrating. Craig has his hands on Yann's shoulder as they listen more, he doesn’t move it until they turn to each other to discuss something again. Yann giggles when they hear that Scorpius and Albus will be having detention for the rest of the year.

Meanwhile Nicolai's Karl looks incredibly serious throughout the entire scene, as he's listening to it all. There's a constant frown on his face. It seems like he's actually concerned and feels quite sad about what he's hearing. Especially in comparison to Yann and Craig. He was very quiet, apart from when he turned to Rose to comfort her.

It genuinely seems like he’s worried or saddened, maybe even shocked, by what has happened to Albus and Scorpius. It genuinely seems like this could be the moment that (canon) Karl realises that what he and the other students have been doing and saying to the two of them has been too much and not okay.

The Rose and Hermione hug is also everything at the end.

[beetlegoose01]

forget about love (one shot)

Summary: In which Scorpius and Rose discuss love.

It was a clear, crisp spring day at Hogwarts. Classes had long ended, and several students were enjoying the sunshine by the Great Lake. Some students were relaxing under the oak trees nearby, dozing off from the cool shade instead of the heat from the sun. Textbooks and sweet wrappers were discarded lazily in several piles, some open, others not touched at all. It was Friday, after all. No one except the extremely studious would bother doing homework on such a lovely day. Especially not on a Friday.

Rose was by the sparkling lake, shoes and socks tossed aside as she dipped her toes in the refreshing water. Concentrating with all her might, she picked up a flat stone and flicked it across. It skimmed a good three times, before plopping into the water. The circular reflection surrounding it as it fell into the deep lake. She sighed, lost in thought. She had finished all of her homework hours ago, so she didn't really have any plans. There wasn't any Hogsmeade this weekend either, nor any Quidditch games. Sure she could spend time with her friends, a gaggle of girls she often gossiped with, but whenever she did talk with them, she felt as though she was wasting time.

'Shouldn't you be doing something right now? Why are you relaxing? You're so lazy.'

'Stop it.' She thought to herself. 'I'm allowed to relax- I'm allowed to-' She flung another rock into the water. This time, it skimmed five times. Impressed with herself for a brief moment, she smiled.

Something disrupted her concentration. A group of students cheered loudly.

"Rose!" Polly Chapman waved from farther away. "Yann is going to do a backflip for us. Wanna watch?" She batted her eyelashes at Yann, who grinned cheekily as a kiss was planted on their cheek.

"Back handspring." Yann corrected sheepishly.

"No one cares what it's called." Karl rolled his eyes. Yann scowled, swatting their hand at the Hufflepuff's head.

"Shut up, Karl." Polly snapped.

"Sorry Polly."

Rose smirked. "I'll watch, just ...don't break your neck."

But whatever gymnastics trick Yann did, Rose wasn't watching. Her mind was back at the water. She flicked the stone across. Six times.

"Yes!" She cheered silently.

"How do you do that?"

Rose jumped, startled by the sudden noise. She faced Scorpius, who was behind her. Had he grown taller? He seemed to tower over her every day. Casually holding a textbook in one hand, his other hand in his trouser pocket. Less awkward, more confident and pristine with his perfectly placed platinum hair. If she was attracted to him, or boys in general, she might have found him attractive.

"Sorry," He said, sheepishly rubbing the back of his neck. "I thought you heard me."

Rose shrugged, never admitting that she had been startled, let alone scared. Thinking he was referring to Yann, she said: "Oh Yann's been doing gymnastics since they were three. I suppose just lots of practice and-"

"No, no. I meant your rock throwing." He gestured with an exaggerated wrist thrust. "That."

Rose blushed, still puzzled. "Um. My mum taught me ages ago. How to skip stones, I mean. You get the hang of it with practice. " Her dark brown eyes glanced back at the water. "Do you need something?" She hadn't meant to come across as snippy. She was stressed, a bit irritated and always wary of Scorpius, who had been flirting with her for the past few years. Now that he was dating Albus, that had stopped, but that didn't mean things weren't awkward. Admittedly, she had no idea how to react in front of him, and cold, short responses seemed the easiest way for him to stop bothering her.

"No." Scorpius shook his head. "I just wanted to talk."

Well that was unexpected.

"Talk?" She echoed.

"Yeah," He chuckled, fiddling with his hands. "As friends." He added hastily.

Rose gave him a funny look, but sat down on the damp dew grass, gesturing him to sit beside her. He happily obliged, avoiding a patch of mud in between them.

"Your hair looks nice today."

She snorted in amusement. Her hair looked exactly the same as it always did, two afro puffs on each side. She never saw any point to change it, she liked it how it was. Still, it was a nice thing to say when he didn't have an alternative motive.

"Thanks, yours does too." She said teasingly.

Scorpius dimpled. "Cheers, Rose."

"So, what did you really want to talk about? Not that I'm complaining, but usually you're off frolicking with Al." She paused, choosing her words carefully. "You two didn't have a row, did you?"

"No!" Scorpius exclaimed. "Everything's fine. I was just..." He frowned, trying to find the words. "Do you know what being in love is like?" He asked, rather bluntly. Scorpius was never one for being subtle.

Rose looked uneasy. "For the last time, I'm never going to go out with you."

"Yes, we've established that." Scorpius joked. "When you kicked me in the shin."

Relieved, she smiled softly. "To answer your question, yes I do."

"Oh. With-"

"It doesn't matter who it was." She said quickly. "It was a long time ago." To be fair, there were quite a few girls who made her heart flutter.

"Noted. And how did you know?"

She frowned. "What's this about, Scorpius? Is there a point to this?"

"There is."

"Then what-"

He sighed, running a hand through his hair. "I don't know if I'm in love with Albus." He looked troubled, and the minute the words left his lips, he backtracked. "Wait. I mean I love him lots, but I'm worried that I don't love him, love him."

"You've been dating only a few months, I don't think that's uncommon."

"I know it doesn't make any sense." Scorpius said. "But lately I've been having doubts. If my feelings are real. Even though I love him."

"I don't follow. You love him but you're worried you don't love him?"

"Yes, and no."

"What makes you think that?" Rose raised an eyebrow.

"Well, we've been through so much together. We're practically attached at the hip. I'd do anything for him. He's brilliant. Smart, caring, so so handsome and...he makes my heart melt. Like, actually feel melting. Maybe it's his eyes. They're green like emeralds and beautiful to stare at..."

Rose raised her hand. "He's also my cousin."

"Right, sorry."

"That was quite obvious." Her lip twitched. "So, what's the problem? It sounds like you care about him."

"Yes, but we've been all matey since first year. What if I just admire his friendship? What if these feelings are fake? I can't imagine hurting him if I say this but-" He looked close to tears. "I can't lose him."

Rose was uncomfortable, a reaction she had whenever someone cried in front of her. "Look, I know feelings are ...difficult to understand. Especially for people like us." An unspoken understanding of what she meant dawned on them both.

Scorpius looked down miserably.

"Love is a very complicated emotion that even I don't fully understand. I guess my answer to your question is: When you're in love, you feel different. A certain amount of joy that makes you willing to stand by that person or people no matter what. It's not something you can just...control. It happens as is.

But, you're also sixteen and you don't need to understand this shite completely. So live life, let your hair down, enjoy being with my cousin, sipping butterbeer with heart shaped foam." She teased.

Scorpius gave a watery laugh. "Yeah,"

"But, for what it's worth...I've never seen a relationship quite like you and Albus." She shrugged again. "I'm probably the last person to talk about romance. It's not really important to me." She looked back at Polly and her friends thoughtfully.

Those thoughts had to wait.

"So, are you ready for next week's match? Gryffindor's going to crush Hufflepuff." She smirked confidently.

"I'll be rooting for you." Scorpius assured her, immensely pleased for his friend.

"You'll come to the match?"

"Of course, and I'll wear red and gold even though it does /not/ look good on me."

She laughed. "Great! Thanks..." She trailed off.

"Rose?" Scorpius asked, puzzled, looking in the direction she was facing. "Are you alright?"

A group of girls were approaching the lake, wearing bikinis and giggling and squealing as they touched the water. A tall Gryffindor girl with wide hips and golden hair dove underwater with a splash. Rose blushed and turned away.

"Isn't that Frankie Longbottom?" He smiled. "She looks nice."

"What?" She said, still a bright crimson. "I've got to go---study." She darted away, nearly dropping a stack of books as she practically sprinted back inside.

Scorpius' eyes widened in realization, then chuckled. 

[lumoshyperion]

thank you for the answer! I know what you mean about theatre being vulnerable, even as an audience member I think you get some of that too, and the way you all share the theatre space together and it's so fleeting! You said that Albus will likely never act again, why is that? :( 🎭

Yes, exactly! It's such a specific, special moment in time? And a play you see now will mean something different than it did years ago when you saw it for the first time. Whenever I see a performance, particularly one with a large audience, I'm always struck by how different everyone's experiences are? We all bring different baggage and biases to the theatre. Something that makes someone else feel nothing, may strip me down to the very core - and it doesn't mean that person didn't watch the play properly, it just means that it meant something different to them. There's no right or wrong way to view and enjoy theatre. And this is especially true for Shakespeare. His works have been adapted over and over and over again. Hamlet in particular will never grow old, its universal themes leading to productions like "Globe to Globe Hamlet", where their aim was to visit every country in the world. We all take something different from the melancholy Dane. Even the companies who adapt the play all have their own concerns and biases in mind when bringing it to the stage - and so will Astoria and Albus and the rest of the team.

Speaking of Albus - he's just not an actor. This is something he mentions, constantly, throughout the process of the play. He's also an introvert and being the centre of attention like he is when onstage, and especially in a leading role, just isn't something he copes with? And I think that - he could be an excellent actor, if he wanted to, but the key word here is "want". Because regardless of how good he is, regardless of how much depth and care he brings to Hamlet - he still doesn't want to be an actor. He doesn't handle the vulnerability well at all, and he's so empathetic that he just - gets lost in the character? And someone like Hamlet is incredibly difficult to inhabit. You constantly hear stories about actors who struggled with the role - Paul Gross said that he often zoned out during scenes, he hallucinated while onstage and sometimes even offstage. It was just too much? Especially for a person like Albus, who has this immense, unyielding sense of empathy and compassion. It stops being a performance, because Albus is out there living every part of Hamlet. He doesn't know how to approach it any other way, because he just... cares too much. He never does things by halves. And he loves Hamlet. He knows Hamlet. Anything less than his whole self just wouldn't be enough. Hamlet deserves more than that.

Here's an excerpt from later on in the fic, when things are starting to get heated. Albus found out that the company has been talking about him behind his back, and he didn't take it very well. He vanished from rehearsals and wouldn't answer anyone's calls. He shows up to the fight call, trying to pretend nothing happened. I've popped it under a "read more" because it's rather long.

Albus went through the stage door rather than the front entrance, not wanting to make a fuss when he arrived and hoping that he might just slip in quietly. But he heard the cast talking onstage as he walked through the wings, and he paused.

“Where else could he have gone?” Yann asked. “We’ve checked all over campus. We’ve checked his favourite cafes, we checked the library.”

“Maybe he went home?” Scorpius suggested, and was met with silence. “I mean, his parent’s home.”

“No, he wouldn’t have done that,” Yann replied, calmly. “He must be at his apartment, we just don’t know where that is.”

There was another silence, before Scorpius spoke, “And you’re sure you never walked home with him? He never mentioned where he was staying?”

“I’ve never been to his apartment. I never even saw the building,” Karl responded, a weight in his words that Albus couldn’t place.

They went quiet again, so Albus stepped out of the wings and put his bag down. Karl, Yann, and Scorpius were standing onstage, while Craig was at the lighting booth loudly talking to someone on the phone. They all stopped and looked at him and Craig said, “Uhh, he’s just arrived. Yeah, no, he literally just walked in… Rose! I’m not going to say that -”

“Where the hell have you been?” Karl snapped.

Albus flinched. Karl never raised his voice. “Is this everyone?”

Craig, who had come down from the lighting booth and joined them onstage, crossed his arms and said, “Rose canceled rehearsal. She’s out looking for you with Astoria.”

“We don’t need them to block the scene. Yann knows what they’re doing.”

Yann put their hands on their hips and frowned. “We should wait until they get back and then decide what to do.”

“We don’t have the time. We open in two weeks, your show opens next week,” He explained, already taking his coat off and eyeing the rapiers. “We should get this over with.”

Albus tossed his coat aside and stared at Yann, who stared back. He knew they wouldn’t be able to argue with his reasoning. Yann was spread thin. Between uni work and his job and choreographing two shows, it was almost impossible to find the time to work on Hamlet’s blocking. Yann raised an eyebrow and Albus inclined his head, trying to communicate that he was fine and that he just wanted to get this over with.

“Alright. We’ll do it,” they relented. But before Albus could say anything, Yann leaned in and added, “But we need to talk afterwards, okay?”

He nodded. He’d expected this. “Fine.”

With that, Yann cleared his throat and addressed everyone, “We’ll do 5.1 first and ease into 5.2. Hopefully by the time we’ve started 5.2, Astoria and Rose will be back.” He looked over at Craig, who glanced up from his phone and shrugged. “Or not. We’ll see.”

They hadn’t covered much of 5.1 yet in rehearsals. It was a handful of scenes that took place in the graveyard, as Hamlet returned from England and Ophelia was buried. Laertes, distraught with grief and anger at his sister’s lack of burial rights, leaped into her grave so that he might hold her one last time. And Hamlet, seeing this, made himself known and declared that his love was stronger than his. They fought over her body and Laertes had to be dragged off Hamlet before he murdered him on sight for his father’s death.

It was an intense scene that Albus had been dreading for a while. Yann had only come in once before to look at the blocking for it, hoping to cover it a lot more thoroughly at the fight call. Without Polly to stand in for Ophelia’s body, Craig offered to take her place, and Albus watched in silence as he climbed into the grave. He could feel everyone looking at him, but he still refused to make eye contact. He just wanted to focus on the play. I loved Ophelia, he recited, in his head. Forty thousand brothers could not with all their quantity of love make up my sum...

“Hold off the earth a while,” he heard Karl speak, and finally glanced up at him, where he stood staring down into the grave. He hadn’t realised Yann had started the scene, he was so wrapped up in his thoughts. “Till I have caught her once more in mine arms.” He wiped a sleeve over his eyes and climbed into the grave, gathering Craig into his arms and holding him to his chest, before glaring up at Yann and Scorpius. His eyes were full of tears, but his mouth was set with determination.

“Now pile your dust upon the quick and dead, till of this flat a mountain you have made,” Karl continued, breathing ragged sobs into Craig’s green beanie. “To o’ertop old Pelion or the skyish head of blue Olympus!”

“What is he who’s grief bears such an emphasis?” Albus asked, approaching the grave just as Karl looked up at him with fury. “Whose phrase of sorrow conjures the wand’ring stars, and makes them stand like wonder-wounded hearers? This is I, Hamlet the Dane.”

Albus climbed into the grave and Karl was immediately upon him, his hand on his throat as the other clutched Craig ever closer. “The devil take thy soul!” He growled.

“Thou pray’st not well -” Albus struggled under his grasp, snatching at his arms and chest as he feigned an attempt to force him off. But Karl was vicious in his hold on Hamlet, glaring at him with a fire in his eyes that shocked Albus to his core. “I prithee take thy fingers from my throat! For, though I am not splenitive and - and rash, yet I -” He stumbled over the words, and Karl’s grasp weakened. Albus took advantage of the momentary lapse and tried to shove him away, but Karl was relentless. “I have in me something dangerous, which let thy wisdom fear! Hold off thy hand!”

“Pluck them asunder!” Yann read for the King, as he and Scorpius dragged Karl out of the grave. He kicked and howled as Albus glared up at him, holding Craig to his chest.

“Good, my lord, be quiet,” Scorpius hissed at him as Horatio.

“Why, I will fight with him upon this theme, until my eyelids no longer wag!” He gasped, shifting his hold on Craig, wrapping his arms around him and pressing his face into his shoulder with a barely suppressed sob. He waited for the Queen’s line, or for Yann to call the end of the scene, but they never did, so he continued, “I loved Ophelia! Forty thousand brothers could not with all their quantity of love make up my sum!”

He glanced up and only saw Karl’s expression of growing concern, and it made him furious. So he set Craig down against the wall of the grave and stood up, wiping his eyes with the sleeve of his jumper. He was going off script, ignoring lines and the horrified looks of Yann and Scorpius, but he had to get it out. “What wilt thou do for her? Hmm?” Karl blinked and looked away, which only antagonized Hamlet even more. “‘Swounds, show me what thou’t do! Would weep? Would fight? Would fast? Would tear thyself? I’ll do it! Dost thou come to whine? To outface me by leaping in her grave? Be buried quick with her, and so will I!”

“Albus!” Yann shouted, and Albus flinched as he looked over at them. “That’s enough.”

“Sorry,” he said, taking a step back and looking down at his feet. His heart was pounding in his chest and he could feel sweat dripping down his neck. “I got carried away.”

Somewhere above him, Yann sighed and flicked back through their notes. “It’s fine. But our stopping point for tonight's rehearsal is Horatio’s line - ‘Good, my lord, be quiet.’ And Hamlet climbs out of the grave on the Queen’s line - ‘This is mere madness.’ We can do a full run through of the scene once Astoria and Rose get back, if you want.”

Albus nodded and sat down on the edge of the grave. Craig stood up and joined him and, if he saw the way that his hands were shaking and his bottom lip was trembling, he didn’t say anything about it.

Yann tapped his pen against his chin and stared down into the grave. “I’m just not sure about the way Hamlet is jumping in after Laertes. It doesn’t feel natural,” he mused.

Craig cleared his throat and raised a hand. “I know I’m supposed to be dead, but…” Albus chuckled at that, in spite of himself, although the sound was hollow. “Could Laertes pull Hamlet into the grave? Rather than jumping in after him?”

Yann considered, for a moment. But then their phone went off and they sighed. “Can we take five? Erin is calling me.”

As Yann took the call, Albus waited for a comment from Karl about Erin - the director of the musical Yann was working on, and the “villain who kept stealing their choreographer” - but it never came. He glanced over and watched as Scorpius and Karl spoke to each other in hushed tones, near the front of the stage. He knew they were talking about him, from the way they kept stealing glances at him. Something about the sight of it made his heart clench in his chest - made him want to get up and leave again.

But then Craig suddenly rested his head on Albus’s shoulder, distracting him from Karl and Scorpius’s secret conversation. “I don’t know how you actors do it,” he said, with a yawn. “It’s very exhausting, being dead.”

Albus gave him a weak smile. “I’m still not an actor,” he replied, aware of the irony considering his outburst just moments ago. “Say the word and I’ll come running back to the design department.”

“I wish you would. It’s lonely up in the rigs and the lighting desk without you.” He paused and rested his chin on Albus’s shoulder, staring up at him with those dark eyes. “Where did you go last night? We were worried about you.”

catch the irony of Craig's role in this scene :')

[torestoreamends]

Harry Potter and the Cursed Child Recap: Cast Four – 22/23 & 26 May (Part One)

On Wednesday and Thursday I saw Cast Four for the first time. I came out of those performances unsure how I felt about the cast and the changes to the show. There was a lot that I didn’t like, and I didn’t feel excited about the year ahead at all. Looking back now, I was exhausted when I was watching those shows. I didn’t take much in, and when I was trying to write my recap I knew I was missing a lot. I felt neither passionate about nor proud of what I was writing. 

So on Sunday I got another ticket and tried again. I ended up sitting further back than I have in a year and a half, but also in the second most central seat I’ve had in a year. And it helped. 

I’ve always found that sitting close to the stage you focus on the action close to the front a lot more. It’s difficult to get the depth of what’s going on. When you sit slightly further back it’s far easier to take in the choreography, and what I was unhappy with on Wednesday and Thursday was largely the choreographic changes. 

My Sunday seat gave me a view like I was looking at a model box of the show — it was the sort of view the show was designed to be seen from. All the shapes came out, the lighting, the details of the movement, plus it was an absolute gift of a show. I fell in love with portrayals and changes I hadn’t been certain of, and fell even more deeply in love with the things I’d already enjoyed. 

So, without further ado, here are some thoughts about the new portrayals we’ve got (including our first cover of the year — the wonderful Gordon Millar as Karl etc.), followed by a recap of Sunday’s show, combined with thoughts from Wednesday and Thursday. 

Because this got exceptionally long (my second longest recap ever), I’ve split it in half. Part One is below, and Part Two can be found here.

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David Mara — Station Master

If I had to pick anyone to step into Martin’s shoes, it would have been David. He was great in every role I saw him cover last year, and he was great in this role too. I like the strange whistle he does at the start of the scene — it reminds me of someone else who used to do proper signalling style whistles — and it’s fun to watch him looking with confusion at the boys as they chat in their corner (although I am concerned by how much he must overhear). I can’t wait to see this scene develop over the year.

Lucy Mangan — Myrtle

I think Lucy’s going to be a really excellent Myrtle (and I can’t wait to see her cover Delphi too). There were some great over the top little touches to her portrayal. When she did ‘the weeping after he was taken’, she cried once then stopped, cried again then stopped, then one of the boys started trying to talk so she held a hand up to stop him while she cried a third time. It’s ridiculous little details like that, which make me most excited to see her again. 

Blythe Duff — Professor McGonagall

They honestly couldn’t have found a better person to take over from Sandy. Blythe is the first McGonagall not to have the Maggie Smith look, but that actually made me love her more. It was her warmth and charm and sparkle that made her feel like McGonagall, and I would probably fight to the death for her already.

Her Trolley Witch was also gorgeous. I’ve seen many Trolley Witch debuts over the years, and even ones I ultimately come to love have felt disappointing first time round, but not this one. She captured the right feeling of ancient, authoritative power so perfectly. I cannot wait to see her again.

Gordon Millar as Karl

Our first cover of the year, and what a good one. On Wednesday and Thursday he went straight onto my ‘must watch’ list, so a big part of me deciding to go for a ticket on Sunday was the desire to see him. 

His Karl is actually quite sweet (which I think stems from Gordon being a lovely, funny human being), but in the St Oswald’s scene Gordon’s character is an absolute — to put it bluntly — dick. He’s a bully, a nasty piece of work, and it really helps the scene (more on that later). I also loved Gordon’s Krum a lot. This one has great movement (like seemingly everyone in the cast), and I cannot wait to see more of him.

Luke Sumner and Emma-May Uden as Yann and Polly

I feel bad lumping these two together but in the show they really did come as a pair. They were perfect fake, popular, nasty individuals. I’ve never hated Yann and Polly more, and I mean that in the best possible way. They were just the sort of people who would bully Albus and Scorpius, and I loved it.

Ronnie Lee as Craig

My heart belongs to Ronnie. There was just something so likeable about him. Sometimes Craig feels like a little ray of sunshine, and that’s just how it should be. Also, I appreciate the boldness of someone who’ll full on lie on the death table, with both feet in the air, so it looks like they’ve been blasted off their feet and are falling to the ground in slow motion. That was an excellent death.

Another thing I noticed about Ronnie was his dance talent. There was a Mackley-esque fierceness to his Death Eater dance, and he was just generally brilliant at the movement. This whole cast is so noticeably strong on the movement — possibly the strongest so far.

Also, while I’m talking about Ronnie I have to mention the other two members of the most adorable trio of Slytherin boys ever — there’s Gordon, as mentioned above, and Duncan Shelton. They had some chants going on in the first task, some excitable stampy feet, and just lots of general sweetness. I can’t wait to get to know these three better. They’re going to be brilliant.

Kathryn Meisle as Umbridge

One of our very first Hogwarts foreign exchange students. I thought she did a really good job, and I particularly thought her Petunia was good. Also, she did a little skip when she was going off after telling Scorpius he was ruining Voldemort, which was just the perfect touch of sweet, girlish, disgusting Umbridge.

Madeleine Walker as Delphi

I had two first impressions of Madeleine as Delphi. First, I don’t know how many of you have seen Puffs, but in terms of attitude and eyeliner she looked just like Megan — like she’s trying to be edgy but is actually just a nerd. My other first impression, related to that, was that Delphi was exactly the sort of person that Albus and Scorpius would want to be friends with. 

She’s awkward and nerdy and has the same vibe as they do. It’s easy to see how well she’s playing them, especially in Part One. But at the same time, once she’s revealed her true self she doesn’t change much, and there’s something very creepy about that. This person who seems so harmless and nice has all this evil lurking literally right under the surface, and she holds very little of herself back. 

It should also be said that at some point this year, Madeleine is going to deliver the wildest Torture Scene we’ve ever had. Even on Sunday she absolutely blew me away, and it’s only going to get better. I’m so excited. 

Michelle Gayle as Hermione

I liked Michelle‘s Hermione. She had a bit of the know-it-all vibe, and her Hermione felt quite young. There was this obvious relation to book Hermione that worked well. I particularly liked her scene in Harry’s office right at the start of the play. She felt like Harry’s friend from the books. I also think that she’s got a lot of great thoughts about the character, and I can’t wait to see her engage with them throughout her performance and develop them over the year.

She made a great attempt to play Delphi Polyjuiced, which I really appreciated. That was a big highlight from her. It’s surprising how rare it is to see the adults actually try to replicate what the kids are doing (aside from Jamie B, who’s a master of the art).

Rayxia Ojo as Rose

Rayxia’s back, and it’s wonderful. Her Rose has always seemed so grown up and mature, and next to Dominic’s Albus she feels particularly so, just because she looks so tall beside him. It’s weird because in all the ensemble scenes she’s one of the shortest people around. Anyway, it’s great to have her back in the show, she works wonderfully with Michelle (there’s a similarity of character there that’s really nice), and I can’t wait to see more from her.

Ryan Mackay as James

I’ve seen Ryan as James a few times before, and always enjoyed him, but he seems to have come into his own with this cast. He particularly owned the Lily and James death scene, and it was uncanny how much he and Dom looked like brothers when they were standing near each in the opening scene. I also adored his Cedric, particularly on Sunday, and he has a very fine background moment in St Oswald’s that I truly think helps make the scene palatable. I’m so pleased he gets an expanded role with this cast and seems to be flourishing with it. 

Dominic Short as Albus

Sometimes when I watch someone play a character in this show for the first time I feel an instant comfort in their portrayal, and that was how I felt with Dom. It was a mixed blessing because I felt so comfortable and confident in him that I didn’t pay him as much attention as I should have done (there was lot to take in), but I really loved him. Thankfully, on Sunday I get to pay a lot closer attention to him, and he absolutely blew me away. Even from near the back of the stalls his expressiveness drew me in. 

His Albus has a certain happiness to him. He’s less broken than the last couple have been. There’s genuine jubilation in his portrayal at certain moments, like when he casts some of the spells successfully and when they figure out how to get a message to Harry.

There are many moments when he reminded me vividly of Sam’s Albus (which will never be a problem), and I loved the flashes of anger and emotion. On first viewing I felt that he was quite a young Albus, especially after Joe whose Albus was quite mature and surprisingly thoughtful. However, on second viewing he felt a lot more self-aware, and there was some real tenderness there. Some absolutely beautiful moments.

One of my favourite things about him was that in Part One he feels wrapped up in his own problems, and you can clearly see the spiral from an enthusiastic boy looking forward to going to Hogwarts to an angry, miserable, withdrawn young man by fourth year. The transition scene was perfectly played in that regard.

I really was very impressed by him. I think he’s the Albus they’ve been trying to cast since the show opened. He has Sam’s fierce anger and prickliness, with Theo’s emotion, Joe’s humour, and an ability to adapt and change to what’s going on around him. We’re only at the start and already he’s sparking my imagination and making me desperate to see more. This is going to be the most excellent year.

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So, with those first impressions out of the way, let’s get into some changes and great character moments.

Opening and transition scene (Act One, Scenes One to Four)

The weird thing about a first show, especially one in which the person playing the Sorting Hat is staying the same, is that for the first few seconds nothing feels different. It could be any other show. But then the first member of the ensemble walks out and you realise that everything has changed.

There’s a new bit of choreography in the first scene that I was pre-warned of but of course completely forgot about until it happened, so it took me by surprise. The Sorting Hat (who now wears glasses as part of his costume – fun facts) stands in the middle of the stage and manipulates the people around him. There’s a whole group that he diverts with a flash of light, a man he turns round with a gesture, and he makes the woman at the front of the stage walk round her suitcase.

As someone who loves the Sorting Hat, his role in the play, and what it means, the whole interaction felt a bit random. It’s obviously a flashy opening to the show, with a bit of magic, but I’ve never seen the Sorting Hat as a manipulator. I’ve realised recently that he’s a protector and guardian of the boys (particularly of Scorpius) in the same way that Hagrid is a protector of Harry, and he’s also the bringer of magic to the show, but this doesn’t seem to add anything to that. If anything, there needed to be more of the manipulation – there were only three interactions, so it didn’t actually make that much of an impact on someone seeing it of the first time. To me it ought to be go big or go home.

On the second viewing I realised that technically bringing Harry onto Platform 9 3/4 could count as one of the manipulations (it’s got the same sound effect associated with it), and I also realised that he never seems to touch a group that has Delphi in. So maybe there is some meaning in there if you dig a bit.

The first big line change is Lily’s line in the opening scene, which is no longer ‘Are they here? Maybe they didn’t come’. It’s not her wondering whether the Granger-Weasleys are late, and lamenting that they’re always late. Thankfully this isn’t a line from the epilogue, so the change doesn’t really have that much impact. It’s another of the random changes that we now see throughout the show – ones that don’t really make much of a difference, and it’s unclear why they were made.

In this opening scene, seeing Dom and Ryan side by side showed how perfect their casting as brothers is. They look so similar, particularly in face shape. 

Watching this cast for a second time from a distance let me appreciate a really cool James moment properly for the first time. When Albus is being sorted, James and Scorpius are on complete opposite sides of the stage, perfectly symmetrical, and they’re the only two people in the crowd picked out by a spotlight, which illuminates both their faces. It’s like Albus’s Sorting is visibly tearing him between his family and his new best friend, and it lets you see both their reactions perfectly — James’s bewilderment and Scorpius’s disbelieving excitement. 

Going back to the opening scene, we got to see the first glimpse of Dom’s Albus before anything happens to him. There’s a youthful joy there. He laughs at Ron’s jokes and seems to be relaxed around his family. He’s genuinely excited to be going to Hogwarts. Until he gets there…

There are directions throughout the transition scene that with each passing year, Albus gets more withdrawn and miserable, and that’s just how Dom played it. You could see the process of Albus becoming increasingly demoralised with life at Hogwarts, and it was wonderful. Right from the start, Dom had such ownership over Albus, putting his stamp on the role, and even just the first scene made me excited to see him in Part Two – it was an excellent start.

In the first show everything was technically perfect, but in the show on Sunday, the fire didn’t work on the Incendio trick. However, Dom’s cover for it was perfect, and added something to the character. He just sighed very heavily and sort of threw his hands in the hair as he said he didn’t expect it to work anyway. I never realised before how that line is so open to all possibilities.

The next few obvious changes came in the transition scene: Scorpius now offers Rose a rose in London (is it a trick rose? It looked like it had a collapsible stem to me), also, when the boys’ potion explodes, the kids around Albus and Scorpius flop forwards instead of bending backwards. And then, of course, you get the wand dance.

Dominic was so bold in the wand dance, which I really enjoyed. Nothing was held back and everything was extended and gone for. There was actually lots I loved about the new choreography in this scene too (I think it was one of the biggest successes of all the changed elements). There are lots of circles and lines, and my favourite moment was when all the other kids circled round Albus, leaning in and looming over him. I also liked that he got a moment to fit in and help the others – just a brief flash of success, that must be all the more painful for being so fleeting.

The new wand dance begins with a big flashy trick – the current shot of fire now connects up to a sort of flaming rope on the ceiling, so that brief spark flies all the way from the bottom to the top of the stage. It ends with the usual red smoke, and one of the other kids taunting Albus: “Even his wand wants to be in Gryffindor”.

To briefly backtrack, I need to give a quick shoutout to Dom’s “I stayed for your sweets” from Sunday. He did a little dad dance as he said it, and I can only describe it as like he was milking a cow. A little up and down motion with his hands, fists clenched. I know it sounds weird (this show has made me write some very bizarre descriptive phrases) but he made it work, even if he did look like a ridiculous nerd doing it. 

Blanket Scene (Act One, Scenes Six and Seven)

I really liked the introduction to Delphi in the scene before the Blanket Scene. Her conversation with Albus is really sweet, and she curtised to him before she went off to talk to Amos (the first of two curtsies in the show — the second was to Scorpius when he called her The Augurey). 

One of her finest moments was when she shook hands with Harry and looked at the scars on his hand. You could feel her reading ‘I must not tell lies’ and mentally calling him out for lying right in front of her. After all, he does know about the Time-Turner, she knows he does, and she also knows that he’s lying to Amos. It was such a powerful, silent moment of judgement. A gorgeous little detail.

In the Blanket Scene itself, I adored how Dom’s Albus interacted with his siblings. Because I was so far away for the Sunday show I couldn’t actually see or hear Albus laughing at James’s antics, but I could see his shoulders bouncing from the laughter. And then when Lily comes in looking for her Potions book, Albus holds his hands up to say it’s not his fault. It’s only when Harry comes into the room that he finally sits down, perched on the edge of the bed, and from that moment he never really relaxed or seemed comfortable. His space had been invaded, and he tensed up almost immediately. 

Once they got into the scene itself, we found an angry Albus, who wasn’t afraid to raise his voice and fight back. At no point did he seem even close to accepting the blanket, and there was an expression on his face that said that he hated his dad’s reasoning for giving it to him. He knew the gift was all about Harry, and he detested it right from the word go.

One of the things I noticed about Dom’s Albus was how he always shrank back, never holding his ground. He ended up occupying parts of the stage that people don’t normally go to – only by a few centimetres sometimes, but it was still noticeable. In this scene he was pushed well back beyond the bed, and again in the final scene he hid among the graves, keeping a physical distance from Harry. In this particular scene it worked really well, the shrinking away, closing himself off, as Harry got more heated. I also loved that he said the final line of the scene the original way round: ‘No luck or love for me then’. 

Dom’s is one of the angriest Blanket Scenes we’ve had for a while. He really explodes, and it’s wonderful. He fully unfolds the blanket when he describes it as mouldy, and gives it a look of disgust that Harry is so upset by. 

St Oswald’s (Act One, Scene Thirteen)

I have now seen the new St Oswald’s three times (once on Broadway, twice in London), and I still can’t say that I’m convinced by it. 

At first I hated it. With a passion. It starts off alright, with a biscuit palace appearing onstage, then quickly descends into something quite distasteful. The stage direction in the script for this scene is about magic being done for fun. It’s supposed to be joyful, people who can do magic because they love it rather than having to do it for work or study. It should be colourful and vibrant, as well as chaotic.

What we get is certainly chaotic, but as the employees of St Oswald’s play various tricks on the residents, there’s an uncomfortable feeling to the scene. There’s not a nice spirit there. Previously the scene has been hilarious and delightful. Now it’s just mean, and borders on elder abuse, which just isn’t necessary. The scene could have been remade without going anywhere near that territory, and I do think it’s a serious misstep. Not to mention the fact that some of the tricks are so juvenile and fake (one lady gets stuck inside a sofa, with a pair of legs that are so clearly not her own sticking up in the air). 

On Sunday, my third viewing of it, however, I did start to see sort of what they were going for, and there were a couple of redeeming features. When you sit close to the front it’s difficult to see the choreography going on towards the back of the stage, so sitting further back allowed me to see Ryan’s role in the scene, and I loved what he brought to it. 

His staff member has a very brief role in proceedings, but I think it’s essential. While Gordon was bullying the residents (which he did with incredible viciousness), Ryan was looking utterly horrified. There was an expression on his face that just said ‘this is so far from okay, I’m not doing this’, and that was the point when he exited the scene. 

It was really good to see someone in character acknowledging how bad what was going on was, and showed a self-awareness that I hadn’t realised was there before. There was also the fact that at the end of the scene, when the nasty staff member gets his comeuppance (he ends up holding a teacup that’s spilling over with fire), the residents of St Oswald’s all started dancing and enjoying themselves. Those two things combined really helped me with it, and I think with further viewings I might come around to accepting it. 

It is still frustrating to have to work so hard on it though. I’ve always loved this show for its artistry and joyful magic, and this scene feels like an unnecessary step away from that. What was wrong with the original, very funny, perfectly good spirited version of the scene? 

Around the map (Act One, Scene Seventeen)

The scene where the adults talk around the map, trying to work out where Albus and Scorpius might be, is always a bit of a dark horse of a scene. It doesn’t feel that important, but there’s always so much fascinating character work going on there. And so it was in this show.

I caught Harry and Ginny having a silent conversation, in which Harry told Ginny not to mention what he said to Albus. I’m pretty sure that was because he didn’t want Draco to know, and if he had to tell Hermione he’d rather tell her in person. And yet of course Ginny brings up an opportunity for him to tell everyone. It made it feel almost as if she was betraying him, which did actually work.

There’s a lot of conflict during the show between Harry and Ginny. It’s hidden because their relationship is so strong and they do spend so much time interacting. They obviously love one another. But Ginny does find Harry’s actions difficult to swallow sometimes. She calls him out on them. And that tiny interaction in this scene really laid the groundwork for that.

Ginny’s priority throughout the play is Albus. Harry is a grown man who can look after himself, and while she loves him, she knows that Albus is by far the more vulnerable party here, and she’s going to fight every step of the way to find him and help him. In this scene, getting Harry to admit what he’s done is the best way of achieving that, so she makes it happen. She doesn’t actively tell everyone what Harry’s role in Albus’s disappearance was, but she puts him in a position that enables him to tell the truth.

To know that that came from a silent conversation between the two of them was so fascinating, and it added an extra dimension to the journey they take through the rest of the show. We could not be more lucky. Jamie and Susie are such fantastic actors, and the thought they bring to their characters is game changing.

Opening of Act Two (Act Two, Scene One)

Here were a couple of changes that I loved straight away. Before in the dream sequence, young Harry has been haunted by a single, ghostly hand, and that’s still the case. Except in the new version, by the end there are three hands reaching for him.

This might be a bit random, but I really liked the fact that there were three hands, not four. The odd number threw things off and added to the creepiness of it. There was something even more unnatural about the dream. And actually what I noticed throughout the show is that in the moments that are meant to be unnatural and wrong, tiny bits of choreography have been tweaked to make that vibe feel so tangible. 

The other great thing about this new version of the dream is that Harry finally does look like he’s wet himself. It’s a detail that should have been added years ago, but I’m glad it’s here now. Also, Harry’s clothes are now genuinely too big for him. They look like adult’s clothes, just the way they should. Those little things make all the difference.

The adults visit McGonagall’s Office (Act Two, Scene Three)

There were so many reasons to love Blythe as McGonagall, but one of my favourites came in this scene. As they were leaving the office to go and find the boys, she saw Ron with the napkin tucked into his top, and reached across to take it off him with a tut. It was so brusque and no nonsense, plus it hinted at her familiarity with him and the others. Although she holds power over them (even Hermione) by virtue of being one of the most wise and respected figures in the Wizarding World, this group are also colleagues in a sense — fellow soldiers who have fought through a war together — and the respect goes both ways. Respect and fondness. Almost a familial bond. It was such a sweet little touch. 

Expelliarmus Scene (Act Two, Scene Four)

This is one of the big trick scenes that can go wrong, but I’m pleased to report that it didn’t in either show. There was an air of confidence from both Madeleine and Dom, and the trick worked really smoothly. Being able to pull that one off with such panache must take guts, especially first time out, and they did a great job. In fact they were both very good with the magic throughout.

Another excellent Delphi moment came at the end of this scene (only in the first show — sadly it wasn’t repeated on Sunday). After she kissed Albus on the cheek, Scorpius did his normal flailing routine in front of her, and she was having none of it. She rolled her eyes and, from several metres away, did a fake little ‘mwah mwah’ in the air, roughly directed to either side of his face. It was sarcastic, impatient, and designed to let him know that he needed to get out of her way fast, which he did. It was a great way of handling his ridiculousness.

Bane and the search for the boys (Act Two, Scene Five)

One of the little details I noticed during the opening of this scene, when everyone was searching the forest, was that Harry wasn’t quite alone when he started calling for Albus and Scorpius. On Wednesday I assumed this was just because the ensemble were a little bit slow getting off the stage, but it was the same on Sunday too, and I was really pleased. I liked it as a sign of Harry’s desperation. Even amongst all these other people helping him, he starts shouting for his son. No waiting for a private moment. No embarrassment. Just his guilt and his need to get his son back safely.

First Task (Act Two, Scene Seven)

If anyone was afraid that the First Task might be a little quiet without the Mackley, Josh, and James Phoon show, you needn’t be. There was plenty of chaos going on, enough to make it difficult to watch the main action.

This was the scene that made me fall in love with the trio of Slytherin boys – Ronnie, Gordon, and Duncan. They were simply wonderful, and absolutely adorable. They had a little chant that I couldn’t quite catch (I think it might have been Cedric related), and then there was some excitable chanting of Krum’s name when he was announced. Also, Ronnie kept stamping his feet to emphasise his applause, and it looked like the three of them were having a whale of a time.

On Sunday, when Gordon was in Hufflepuff, Ronnie went on a Josh-style excursion to visit him, which was very sweet. When he got back to Slytherin there was a lot of hat stealing and Krum chanting and just general chaos. 

Hospital Wing (Act Two, Scenes Eight and Nine)

Albus had a little nightmare while Harry was talking to Dumbledore. He didn’t thrash around as much as Theo used to, it was quite contained, but he was definitely bothered by something going on in his head. There’s something nice about an Albus waking up with a shout of his dad’s name. Even after everything, he still subconsciously loves and needs his dad.

Another little detail from this scene was that this Albus actually ate some of the chocolate. It’s always fun to note who does and doesn’t (Joe very much did not).

One of my favourite Dominic moments came in the scene after this one, when Albus tells Scorpius that he can’t speak to him anymore. He was sharp with Scorpius, but it seemed to be driven by his desire to at least try and do what was necessary to make peace with his dad. However, he was certainly not happy about it. After he’d told Scorpius they’d be better off without each other, he turned to his dad to say ‘okay?’ It was spiteful, spat out, as if saying ‘are you happy now?’ As much as he wants his dad’s affection, he hates the things he has to do to try and get it.

Staircase Ballet (Act Two, Scene Twelve)

This was the first scene where I really noticed the difference in height between Jonathan and Dominic. I obviously knew that Jonathan is the tallest Scorpius we’ve ever had and Dominic the shortest Albus, but there’s something about seeing it in person that makes it all so much more real.

The two boys came together at the top of the stairs (the point when they’re standing side by side, and Albus is trying to avoid Scorpius’s eyes) and there they were. Tall and tiny.

The other thing I really loved about this staircase ballet came from something I’ve noticed before. While Scorpius moves through Hogwarts with ease, from staircase to staircase without a thought, Albus hits dead ends and has to wind his way through the school. It’s like the school accepts Scorpius, but is rejecting Albus. And in both these shows, when Albus walked out from the wings to climb the staircase and meet Scorpius in the middle, he was faced with the wrong end of the staircase. Instead of having steps leading up, there was an unattainable ledge high above him. It was just another sign of the school shutting him out. Another barrier. Sometimes he must feel that he can’t possibly get anywhere – even the building is against him, let alone the classes, his magic, and his fellow students.

Library Scene (Act Two, Scene Sixteen)

I don’t remember much from this scene on Wednesday, but Sunday was vivid, so let’s talk about that. In fact, let’s just talk about Dominic. 

In every scene, but in this one particularly, his body language alone carried right to the back of the theatre. While Scorpius was yelling at Albus, most of the time he was on the verge of stepping forward. He wanted to interrupt, to defend himself, to just say something, maybe even apologise. He was constantly on tiptoes, half stepping forward, half rooted to the spot, shoulders hunched, Time-Turner cradled in his hand. 

Then Scorpius started talking about his mum, and that was when Albus finally stopped trying to interject. He stepped back, bowing his head. He seemed to shrink, and all the fight went out of him until there was just despair. 

When I first saw Dom’s Albus I thought he might be selfish, but on Sunday I realised just how self-aware he is. Especially in the library scene he was so conscious of everything he’d done and said, and what Scorpius was directing at him. It was heartbreaking to see him crumble like that. And when he got onto his apology there was such softness to it, but also power, this drive to let Scorpius know the truth. It was such a beautiful apology, and I’m so pleased that by Sunday Dom had already found Albus’s softer side, because (probably down to nerves) that was the one thing I was lacking on Wednesday and Thursday. 

The other big thing to talk about in this scene has to be the hug. I don’t even know if it can be described as a hug, because there wasn’t much of the boys holding onto each other. While Dom did attempt to do some hugging, Jonathan just draped himself over Dom’s shoulders. He was hanging off him, arms dangling down his back. Only very briefly did Scorpius actually pat Albus’s back, before they parted. It was one of the most awkward disasters of a hug I’ve ever seen. I loved it.

Act Two ending

A couple of little things to finish off Part One:

McGonagall absolutely embraced ‘I solemnly swear that I am up to no good’. She did the most epic wand swish, and was really going for it. Rebellious McGonagall might be my absolute favourite thing to come from the show.

When the boys are under the lake, they now have wild static hair. I noticed it first because I spotted how wild Dom’s hair was. Then I noticed that Scorpius’s wig was sticking up. It took me a second to twig that it was because they were meant to be underwater. At first I thought it was a nice touch, but then I realised that, because the hair doesn’t move like they’re underwater, it kind of just looks like they’ve been attacked with balloons backstage. Also, I feel really sorry for Dom who has to brush that mess out before he can go and have lunch. A little puff of wind or something to make the hair move might make the whole thing more effective. It’s difficult to tell. But for now I guess I’ll just be entertained by how wild they look.

Umbridge did a very creepy skip as she went off after telling Scorpius about Voldemort Day. It was chillingly perfect; just the right amount of gross girlishness.

The Dementor on stage left is wild. Both on Wednesday and Sunday it kept pogoing up and down like mad. I kind of love it. It’s very excitable. 

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So that’s Part One. Click here for Part Two and a little bit of summing up >

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Feb 16th Hpcc recap part one!

So many covers! Lola!Myrtle, Tom Gilbey!Draco, Jim Fish! Harry, Lucy!Delphi, Rosie! Umbridge, Sinead!Polly, Duncan! Yann

Act one notes

You know it’s going to be a great show when the first note you’ve written is “I love Gordon’s jacket!”

Dombus has the most massive grin on his face at the prospect of being on the platform he’s just so full of utter delight to be there and it’s adorable

JSP kept whispering into lily lunas ear during Albus and Harrys scene on the platform 🥺🥺

JSP gave his mum a kiss on the cheek and then had some banter with his dad as he nearly ran into him

Fish! Harry had a right chuckle at the idea of Ginny being in slytherin

Scorpius is sat reading his book with such a grin on his face, he’s so into whatever he’s reading, he looks up to see Karl and tries to make a friend, has the second of heartbreak when he runs away and then heads back to his book, as if he completly expected to be treated like it :(

Throughout Scorpius explaining his parents, Albus keeps opening his mouth as if he wants to say something to him and make sure he’s okay, then on the “father son issues, I’ve got them” the recognition in Albus’s face is everything!!he sees himself in that line

During his sorting Scorpius was definitely murmuring something that looked a bit like “please” and then looked elated when he got into slytherin, Ronnie and Gordon were going mental jumping up and down to welcome him in

Karl ran right into Madam Hooch they proper smacked into each other and it was hilarious

Karl was jabbing Albus with his broom as he teased him

Karl getting signed on the platform by Harry let out the biggest shriek of EEEEEEEE

There was a big Potter bro play fight on the platform bless them

Yolly walked past as Draco was talking about the rumours and the nastiness of the hogwarts students, and Draco properly death stared at them, he was just so angry that the people at Hogwarts were so mean to his poor son.

Yann responded to this by screaming “AHHHH” and the pair of them ran away

Albus is so pleased with himself that he got incendio right, that boy just loves magic so much 🥺

The way Al says “of course” in response to “come to the funeral” is so utterly heartbreaking, he’s so sad for his best friend and sees it as a given that he’ll be there

At the start of wand dance Albus nearly got woooshed by the teachers spell bc he was so close

JSP was supportively shouting at Albus and slowing down to look out for him!

Lola!Ravenclaw girl was so happy she was the first one to get the spell “I did it! Ahahah!!” Whilst jumping up and down

Fish!Harry had such a wonderful dynamic with Hermione in the Office scene! They were bouncing off each other and constantly making the other laugh, after “it’ll go with the scar” Harry did the loudest “ HA HA HA HA”

For “no longer chaotic” he had the biggest grin on his face and put on his poshest voice whilst holding onto his wand at both ends.

Harry really seemed so invested in how Hugo was doing, he had the most genuine voice asking the question and reached his hand out across the table towards Hermione.

Ronnie cloak swished so hard bringing the table off that his hood went up

When Amos mentions Cedric Harrys face fell so much, he still feels so responsible and it destroys him

Lucy!Delphi very matter of factly went “I’m a theif” and did a cute little head tilt before pointing her wand at Albus aggressively

She’s so expressive it’s adorable and she constantly uses her hands

On the “once great Harry Potter” line fish!harry nodded very awkwardly, Harry was clearly so uncomfortable in the situation

Albus lights up when he sees his brother with pink hair and starts giggling, he has a puzzled look on his face when he sees the wings trying to figure out what they are but once he’s worked it out he just looks so happy because his sister is simply overjoyed by them and her happiness is infectious.

Fish!Harry gritted his teeth as if it was painful to think about his poor mum and clasped his hands together moving closer to Albus’s face to say “I think she would have wanted you to have it too”

“I used to LOVE packing” Harry is just desperate to find a way to chat to his son bless his heart and he sounded so enthusiastic about it but awkward at the same time

On *that* blanket scene line Harry punches his hand down, he was so angry, and then the regret of what he said started to crawl over his face and it was so painful, Albus sounds so broken on the “you meant it dad” his voice fully cracked

Craig as Dudley was absolutely hilarious today, he screamed “LOOK AT HIM” when he saw Hagrid and put his hands over his mouth and then fully fell over onto his stomach on the floor.

Dudley kept peering out from under the pillars of the staircase, whenever the word magic was mentioned Rosie!Petunia would cover his ears, when yer a wizard happened, Dudley stuck his head out as far as possible, and then Petunia stuck her arms out a bit too late and had to stretch super far to cover his ears

Fish as Harry seemed to me like he had all this hatred for Dumbledore, he said the line in the bedroom with ginny so sarcastically, as if he knew it was a fucked up thing for Dumbledore to say to a child

On the first train hug Scorpius flailed about but then tried to go back into the hug

The trolley witch missed JSPs compartment and he was very frustrated and distraught that she skipped him and was sort of aggressively waving out for her to come back

Albus tries to shove Scorpius up onto the train roof but gets fed up and goes first, Scorpius hurriedly follows after him, he doesn’t want to be left behind, and his legs were flailing about as he was getting up.

On the rebel line Scorpius did some jazz hands.

Scorpius is just so sweet and polite he tries to maintain eye contact and smile and nod along with what the trolley witch is saying even though she’s probs very terrifying to him at that point in time, what a good egg

In the EGM Susan was giggling so much at Draco’s sass and was absolutely living for the dramaaaa

Craig in St Oswalds was brilliant, “oh no” as he saw the old witches and wizards approaching and then “how are ya Susan? Did you enjoy Bessys birthday party?!” (At that point I died on the spot, I have the best friends ever for making that happen and now there is an offical character in CC canon named Bessy)

Albus tried to have a convo with Craig as he ran by in st Oswalds but there was just to much chaos

Scorpius always tries to protect Albus he keeps putting his arms around him to keep him safe, they stand so close to one another 🥺

“It’s going to be dangerous” “we know” Albus has the biggest grin on his face that boy loves the idea of an adventure

“I’ve heard it tastes of fish” Albus takes a big sniff trying to check it out for his friend and seeing if it does

Jons!Scorpius polyjuice transformations are just getting more and more extra and I live for themmmm, he was sticking his tounge out and fully shaking and going “vvvvvvvvvvdhdjdgyd”

Fish as Scorpius was incredible he had all of Jons mannerisms perfectly and was constantly giggling, especially at himself after telling Albus off he couldn’t stop laughing

Gilbey!Draco was nearly full on crying at “my soul heir” He remained steely and had such a front up for the start of the scene and then the vulnerability shone through :(

The search for hiding places was very dramatic, and then Fish!Scorp was pounding on the door like “LET ME IN” and Tom!Ron was like “ I CANT”

Tom!Albus’s fake vomit after kissing his aunt was wonderfully extra and then he started trying to wipe his mouth on his sleeves

Tom!Albus was completly starfished out over the door to stop hermione getting in!

He was looking desperately around for something to say before finishing with “A HOLIDAY” and then started to kiss Hermiones arms?! 10/10 flirt there

Fish!Harry walked past them both and jumped away like he was scared Ron was going to jump on him next

Fish!Scorp looks so upset about what Albus’s dad has said to him, he cares so much about Albus.

Fish!Scorp was so extra in the best way, “woahhhhhhh” *crouching down, flapping arms in the air*

One of my notes says “Fish crouched like spiderman.” So I’ll leave you all to imagine what that was like, he also at certain points looked like he was attempting the mobot

Fish kept throwing himself on the floor and crawled about then sat down in despair before getting sucked into the bookcase

Act Two

Fish!Harrys hand kept twitching in his sleep and he kept fiddling with his hands, is that where Albus gets it from?!

Lucy!Delphi did a finger gun on wizzo, and was being so encouraging to Albus with the expelliarmus. She stuck her hand up in the air to answer the question- she seems so incredibly dorky, a bit like the boys, you can see the hints of her manipulation how she plays up their traits in herself, to gain their trust

Scorpius speaks to Albus and only really to Al he just tries to ignore the fact that Delphi is also there

Delphi held the durmstrang robes above her head and then chucked them right in Scorpius’s face

The notes you’ve all been waiting for:

Bane.

Adrians neighs are more of a roarrrr than a neigh, they seem incredibly aggressive and quite frankly absolutely terrifying

Edge of the forest was so beautiful yesterday, it literally brought me to tears as soon as the boys emerged. Scorp just looked so happy, he was grinning and doing tiny giggles and even scrunching his nose up, and Albus was so desperate to let his friend know that he’s his best friend 🥺

Triwizard time!

Duncan tapped Ronnie on the shoulder and sent him off back to slytherin.

Craig started spelling out T W T with his hands to a bemused Lola

At least two attempts at a Mexican wave which were 60% successful?!

When Krum was mentioned Craig gave a big thumbs up to Scorp and Albus

Craug was down on his knees with his hands in the air proclaiming “I LOVE YOU FLEUR”’

Craig and Lola were being very sassy to the gryffindors at the mention of Harry, both making Ls with their hands and putting it to their foreheads at them

Ronnie got told off by Snape

“ITS THE DRAGON ITS THE DRAGON” - Lola bouncing up and down

Lola fainted at Cedric and then everyone started laughing whilst Ronnie pointed at her

Craig did his little high kick

Scorp fully throws himself at Albus after he’s hurt from the time turn he’s so scared that Al might be hurt :(

His voice cracked ok the “are you sure you’re okay?”

There seems to be this utter conflict in Fish!Harrys relationship with Dumbledore, he wants to be able to hate him for what he put him through but when the man is there in front of him he cracks, his “i missed you” sounded more like he missed him being around and missed speaking to him rather than like I’ve missed you at your portrait

Albus was sat crossed legged on the bed, and his legs were shaking when talking about hogwarts.

He’s so quick to rush in and defend Scorpius and is so upset that that’s how his dad sees him

When Albus is talking about Ron running a joke shop he’s grinning so hard like he’s reminiscing about all the fun he’s had at said joke shop

Fish!Harry was right up in Scorpius’s face when he walked past and then stood sassily waiting for Albus with his hand on hip.

Fish!Harry said the line “and he may not like me again” so incredibly sadly, it was such a contrast to the anger, he was just so devastated about the relationship with his son

During the whole DADA scene Lola and Craig were living for the gossip and kept turning to look at each other and then glare at Albus

In staircase ballet, Albus kept opening his mouth to try and say something, and did actually mouth a few words but I couldn’t make out what it was :(

Scorp always smiles at Albus whenever he sees him on the stairs, Scorpius still has that hope that maybe this time he won’t ignore him, when he’s sat on top of the stairs, and Albus runs through below him, he attempts to reach out through the gap and get to him.

The duel was so amazing, Fish and Gilbey have such an energy to them that is unmatched, Gilbey sassily sat on the table and went “tut tut tut” whilst shaking his finger, and on I wear it better, he reached out and licked his finger before stroking his hair.

When Ginny catches them Fish!Harry fries his best to look less suspicious

and sticks his hands behind his back and looks around the room trying not to meet his wife’s eye.

Delphi appeared so excited to be in hogwarts, she was fully trying to take everything in looking all around and imitating nearly headless nick sticking her neck out to the side.

She plays to his weaknesses so well, telling Scorpius she was ill as a child obviously evokes a lot of sympathy from him because of Astorias illness and it’s so easy to see how he was manipulated into trusting her since he sees his sickly mum in her.

Delphi is so fed up of Scorp not being able to see how much Albus needs him she was like “Scorpius NOoooOo” and rolled her eyes at the shoulder to cry on because he wasn’t getting it



During Dracos monologue He seemed like he was full on about to sob, he could barely say Astorias name without breaking down, his family is the one thing that can break down his icey barriers.

Mcgonagall fully starfished over the exit so that the boys wouldn’t be able to escape in the library scene.

When talking about Scorpius being kind from the tips of his fingers, Albus grabbed his own fingers to emphasis what he was trying to say

“That’s a nice thing to say” Scorpius reaches across and placed his hand on Albus’s knee

Scorpius came in very close to Albus as he said “I didn’t much like my life without you in it either” and his voice was all shaky like he was about to cry because he had missed his best friend so much

The new sparkly surprise was so cute, Albus lifted one hand as if it was a firework being launched into the sky, and then did three little firework explosions each complete with its own little pewwwww

When talking about making cedric larger, Albus lifted his arms out from him to mime something growing bigger

Lola!myrtle:

-> “do I moan?!” she spun her head around and kicked her legs up whilst pouting.

-> she leaned back and when talking about being partial to a Potter did a little upside down wave at a very taken a back Albus

-> C E D R I C D I G GORY - her way of saying cedric Diggory was absolutely hilarious

-> “waaaaaaaaaa” *albus rushes forward to say something else*

*does a very sassy stop right there hand motion*

“Excuse me, I’m crying” * returns back to wailing*

-> she waved Albus down the sink and then stuck her leg out across the top to prevent Scorpius from following him right away and stuck her face close to his whilst saying “I do like braveeeee boysssss”

-> the adults on their way in “uH oH” sticks hands over face like she’s playing peekaboo

-> she then proceeded to make kissing pouts at Harry

I love how in the lake Albus decides that although there’s a 5 min rule with the time turner he’s got plenty of time for a couple of underwater backflips

Scorpius is so elated when he gets out of the lake he’s so pleased he thinks everything is fixed so his first shout of Albus is all bubbly and then it slowly gets more and more panicked until he’s completely desperate and realises he’s all alone

Rosie!Umbridge put her hand on heart after mentioning Potters death, and then did some sassy hand on the hip action for “we bravely overthrew”

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Todos os filmes originais Netflix, classificados do pior ao melhor

A Netflix está investindo cada vez mais na produção de filmes exclusivos. Mais de duas centenas deles já foram lançados, e todos estão disponíveis na plataforma do serviço de streaming. A Bula avaliou as produções originais e as reuniu em uma lista, organizada do pior ao melhor filme. O ranking levou em conta as notas atribuídas aos títulos no IMDb, uma das maiores plataformas de cinema do mundo. Alguns destaques são: “Roma” (2018), de Alfonso Cuarón, que ganhou o Oscar de Melhor Filme Estrangeiro em 2019; e “O Menino que Descobriu o Vento” (2019), dirigido por Chiwetel Ejiofor. É importante lembrar que a lista não tem intenção de ser universal ou definitiva, apenas representa as avaliações recebidas pelos filmes na plataforma pesquisada.

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Leonetti 271 — O Príncipe do Natal (2017), Alex Zamm 270 — Obsessão Secreta (2019), Peter Sullivan 269 — O Príncipe do Natal: O Casamento Real (2018), John Schult 268 — A História Real de um Assassino Falso (2016), Jeff Wadlow 267 — Cascavel (2019), Zak Hilditch 266 — Mudo (2018), Duncan Jones 265 — Crazy Trips: Budapeste (2019), Xavier Gens 264 — O Feitiço de Natal (2018), Bradley Walsh 263 — Pai do Ano (2018), Tyler Spindel 262 — A Babá (2017), McG 261 — Io (2019), Jonathan Helpert 260 — Blockbuster (2017), July Hygreck 259 — Bright (2017), David Ayer 258 — iBOY (2017), Adam Randall 257 — TAU (2018), Federico D’Alessandro 256 — Tribu Urbana Dance (2018), Fernando Colomo 255 — #realityhigh (2017), Fernando Lebrija 254 — Quando nos Conhecemos (2018), Ari Sandel 253 — Dude: A Vida é Assim (2018), Olivia Milch 252 — A Volta Por Cima (2019), Remy Four 251 — The Cloverfield Paradox (2018), Julius Onah 250 — Death Note (2017), Adam Wingard 249 — Feliz Aniversário de Casamento (2018), Jared Stern 248 ¬— Crush à Altura (2019), Nzingha Stewart 247 — Vende-se Esta Casa (2018), Matt Angel e Suzanne Coote 246 — Extinção (2018), Bem Young 245 — Cartão de Natal (2017), Ernie Barbarash 244 — David Brent: A Vida na Estrada (2018), Ricky Gervais 243 — Revenger (2018), Lee Seung-won 242 — O Caderno de Sara (2018), Norberto López Amado 241 — XOXO: A Vida é Uma Festa (2016), Christopher Louie 240 — Paradox (2016), Michael Hurst 239 — Special Correspondents (2016), Ricky Gervais 238 — Próxima Parada: Apocalipse (2018), David. M. Rosenthal 237 — Nu (2017), Michael Tiddes 236 — Pato Pato Ganso (2018), Chris Jenkins 235 — Polar (2019), Jonas Åkerlund 234 — Amor em Obras (2019), Roger Kumble 233 — No Ritmo da Sedução (2018), Tinge Krishnan 232 — The After Party (2018), Ian Edelman 231 — Dia da Namorada (2017), Michael Paul Stephenson 230 — Gostos e Cores (2017), Myriam Aziza 229 — Mistério no Mediterrâneo (2019), Kyle Newacheck 228 — A Princesa e a Plebeia (2018), Michael Rohl 227 — A Última Gargalhada (2019), Greg Pritikin 226 — Pelas Ruas de Paris (2019), Élisabeth Vogler 225 — Órbita 9 (2017), Hatem Khraiche 224 — Mãe e Muito Mais (2019), Cindy Chupack 223 — Duda e os Gnomos (2017), Peter Lepeniotis 222 — Suzzanna: Buried Alive (2019), Rocky Soraya 221 — Contando os Segundos (2016), Priyadarshan 220 — Castelo de Areia (2017), Fernando Coimbra 219 — Natal 5 Estrelas (2018), Marco Risi 218 — Lá Vêm Os Pais (2018), Robert Smigel 217 — O Terceiro Olho (2018), Rocky Soraya 216 — O Casamento de Ali (2018), Jeffrey Walker 215 — Campo do Medo (2019), Vincenzo Natali 214 — Juanita (2019), Clark Johnson 213 — A Escalada (2017), Ludovic Bernard 212 — Boneca Maldita (2018), Rocky Soraya 211 — A Mulher Mais Odiada dos Estados Unidos (2017), Tommy O’Haver 210 — Clinical (2017), Alistair Legrand 209 — À Queima-Roupa (2019), Joe Lynch 208 — Yucatán (2019), Daniel Monzón 207 — Anon (2018), Andrew Niccol 206 — Eli (2019), Ciarán Foy 205 — Mercy (2016), Chris Sparling 204 — O Professor de Música (2019), Sarthak Dasgupta 203 — Iris (2016), Jalil Lespert 202 — Shimmer Lake (2017), Oren Uziel 201 — Estrada Sem Lei (2019), John Lee Hancock 200 — Spectral (2016) 199 — Insana (2017), Gerard Barrett 198 — Doce Argumento (2018), Bem Shelton 197 — Missão: Moedas (2017), Emily Hagins 196 — Close (2019), Vicky Jewson 195 — Mascots (2016), Christopher Guest 194 — Loja de Unicórnios (2019), Brie Larson 193 — Fé de Etarras (2017), Borja Cobeaga 192 — Batalhas (2018), Katarina Launing 191 — Deixe a Neve Cair (2019), Luke Snellin 190 — Quem Tem Carma Nunca Alcança (2017), Nikhil Bhat 189 — The Dirt: Confissões do Mötley Crue (2019), Jeff Tremaine 188 — Ánimas (2019), José F. Ortuño e Laura Alvea 187 — O Chefe (2018), Sergio Barrejón 186 — Desaparecida (2018), Alejandro Montiel 185 — Perfeita Para Você (2018), Stephanie Laing 184 — Pequeno Demônio (2017), Eli Craig 183 — Kodachrome (2018), Mark Raso 182 — Malevolent (2018), Olaf de Fleur Johannesson 181 — Siga Pela 10 (2017), Chester Tam 180 — Asfalto de Sangue (2019), Yann Gozlan 179 — O Homem Sem Gravidade (2019), Marco Bonfanti 178 — Quando os Anjos Dormem (2018), Gonzalo Bendala 177 — Sequestrando Stella (2019), Thomas Sieben 176 — Alguém Especial (2019), Jennifer Kaytin Robinson 175 — Onde Está Segunda? 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Talbert 158 — Rebirth (2016), Karl Mueller 157 — Eu Não Sou um Homem Fácil (2018), Eleonore Purriat 156 — O autor (2017), Manuel Martin Cuenca 155 — Noite de Lobos (2018), Jeremy Saulnier 154 — Código de Silêncio (2017), Gerard McMurray 153 — Brahman Naman (2016), Qaushiq Mukherjee 152 — Resgate do Coração (2019), Ernie Barbarash 151 — O Matador (2017), Marcelo Galvão 150 — Até que a Gente te Separe (2019), Madeleine Sami e Jackie van Beek 149 — O Aviso (2018), Daniel Calparsoro 148 — Perdoai as Nossas Dívidas (2018), Antonio Morabito 147 — Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon: Sword of Destiny (2016), Yuen Wo-Ping 146 — Carga Bruta (2015), Julien Leclercq 145 — Minha Primeira Luta (2018), Olivia Newman 144 — King: Uma História de Vingança (2017), Fabrice Du Welz 143 — Andar Montar Rodeio (2019), Conor Allyn 142 — O Anjo de Mossad (2018), Ariel Vormen 141 — Solo (2019), Hugo Stuven 140 — Jadotville (2016), Richie Smyth 139 — Errementari: O Ferreiro e O Diabo (2018), Paul Urkijo Alijo 138 — Tallulah (2016), Sian Heder 137 — O Ritual (2017), David Bruckner 136 — O Fotógrafo de Mauthausen (2019), Mar Targarona 135 — The Titan (2018), Lennart Ruff 134 — Pickpockets (2017), Peter Webber 133 — 15 de Agosto (2019), Swapnaneel Jaykar 132 — American Son (2019), Kenny Leon 131 — Amador (2018), Ryan Koo 130 — Crônicas de Natal (2018), Clay Kaytis 129 — O Date Perfeito (2019), Chril Nelson 128 — Steel Rain (2018), Yang Woo-seok 127 — Soni (2018), Ivan Ayr 126 — Missão no Mar Vermelho (2019), Gideon Raff 125 — The Discovery (2017), Charlie McDowell 124 — As Leis da Termodinâmica (2018), Mateo Gil 123 — Velvet Buzzsaw (2019), Dan Gilroy 122 — Mindhorn (2017), Sean Foley 121 — Farol das Orcas (2016), Gerardo Olivares 120 — Barry (2016), Vikram Gandhi 119 — Apostando Tudo (2017), Joe Swanberg 118 — 6 Balões (2018), Marja Lewis Ryan 117 — Mogli: Entre Dois Mundos (2018), Andy Serkis 116 — A Caminho da Fé (2018), Joshua Marston 115 — Fortuna Maldita (2018), Timo Tjahjanto 114 — Quem Você Levaria Para Uma Ilha Deserta? (2019), Jota Linares 113 — 4L (2019), Gerardo Olivares 112 — O Pacote (2018), Jake Szymanski 111 — Caninos Brancos (2018), Alexandre Espigares 110 — Next Gen (2018), Kevin R. Adams e Joe Ksander 109 — Step Sisters (2017), Charles Stone III 108 — Calibre (2018), Matt Palmer 107 — Árvore de Sangue (2019), Julio Medem 106 — Quatro Histórias de Desejo (2018), Zoya Aktar, Karan Johar e Dibakar Banerjee 105 — War Machine (2017), David Michôd 104 — FullMetal Alchemist (2017), Fumihiko Sori 103 — Operação Fronteira (2019), J. C. Chandor 102 — One Two Jaga (2018), Nam Ron 101 — Pequenos Delitos (2017), Evan Katz 100 — Rock My Heart (2019), Hanno Olderdissen 99 — O Natal de Angela (2018), Damien O’Connor 98 — Street Flow (2019), Kery James 97 — Hip-Hop Beats (2019), Chris Robinson 96 — El Potro: Lo Mejor Del Amor (2018), Lorena Muñoz 95 — 7 Ãnos (2016), Roger Gual 94 — Deidra e Laney Assaltam um Trem (2017), Sidney Freeland 93 — Roxanne Roxanne (2018), Michael Larnell 92 — Tal Pai, Tal Filha (2018), Lauren Miller Rogen 91 — Godzilla: O Devorador de Planetas (2018), Kobun Shizuno e Hiroyuki Seshita 90 — O Rei da Polca (2018), Maya Forbes 89 — Sonhos Imperiais (2014), Malik Vitthal 88 — Shaft (2019), Tim Story 87 — Bayoneta (2019), Kyzza Terrazas 86 — Illang: A Brigada Lobo (2018), Kim Jee-woon 85 — Maktub (2018), Oded Raz 84 — Rajma Chawal (2018), Leena Yadav 83 — Na Própria Pele – O Caso Stefano Cucchi (2018), Alessio Cremonini 82 — Nossas Noites (2017), Ritesh Batra 81 — Manhunt (2017), Andrew Sodroski, Jim Clemente e Tony Gittelson 80 — Fútil e Inútil (2018), David Wain 79 — A Noite nos Persegue (2018), Timo Tjahjanto 78 — Bird Box (2018), Susanne Bier 77 — Alex Strangelove (2018), Craig Johnson 76 — A Lavanderia (2019), Steven Soderbergh 77 — Pee-wee’s Big Holiday (2016), John Lee 74 — 1922 (2017), Zak Hilditch 73 — Minha Primeira Caçada (2018), Jody Hill 72 — Gun City (2018), Dani de la Torre 71 — O Mínimo Para Viver (2017), Marti Noxon 70 — Felicidade Por um Fio (2018), Haifaa Al-Mansour 69 — 22 de Julho (2018), Paul Greengrass 68 — Upstarts (2019), Udai Singh Pawar 67 — Gente de Bem (2018), Nicole Holofcener 66 — Lionheart (2018), Genevieve Nnaji 65 — Mudbound (2017), Dee Rees 64 — Apóstolo (2018), Gareth Evans 63 — O Último Capítulo (2018), Osgood Perkins 62 — Mademoiselle Vingança (2019), Emmanuel Mouret 61 — Joy (2019), Sudabeh Mortezai 60 — Seu Filho (2019), Miguel Ángel Vivas 59 — O Sono da Morte (2016), Mike Flanagan 58 — Inspire, Expire (2019), Ísold Uggadóttir 57 — Girl (2019), Lukas Dhont 56 — Blame! (2017) – Hiroyuki Seshita 55 — Wheelman (2017), Jeremy Rush 54 — Psychokinesis (2018), Yeon Sang-ho 53 — Elisa Y Marcela (2019), Isabel Coixet 52 — Juventude Assassina (2018), Isao Yukisada 51 — Bleach (2018), Shinsuke Sato 50 — Layla M. (2016), Mijke de Jong 49 — Sob a Pele do Lobo (2018), Samu Fuentes 48 — Paskal: Missão Resgate (2019), Cheng Kin-Kwok 47 — A Incrível Jessica James (2017), Jim Strouse 46 — High Flying Bird (2019), Steven Soderbergh 45 — O Plano Imperfeito (2018), Claire Scanlon 44 — A Sociedade Literária e a Torta de Casca de Batata (2018), Mike Newell 43 — Já Não Me Sinto em Casa Nesse Mundo (2017), Macon Blair 42 — Shirkers: O Filme Roubado (2018), Sandi Tan 41 — Amor por Metro Quadrado (2018), Anand Tiwari 40 — Jogo Perigoso (2017), Mike Flanagan 39 — Corpo e Alma (2017), Ildikó Enyedi 38 — Dumplin’ (2018), Anne Fletcher 37 — Cargo (2018), Yolanda Ramke e Ben Howling 36 — O Mundo é Seu (2018), Romain Gavras 35 — Para Todos os Garotos que Já Amei (2018), Susan Johnson 34 — Uma Terra Imaginada (2018), Yeo Siew Hua 33 — Tempestade de Areia (2016), Elite Zexer 32 — Dear Ex (2019), Mag Hsu e Hsu Chih-yen 31 — Legítimo Rei (2018), David Mackenzie 30 — Mais Uma Página (2018), Kagiso Lediga 29 — Divinas (2016), Houda Benyamina 28 — Uma Viagem à Groelândia (2016), Sébastien Betbeder 27 — Tempo Compartilhado (2018), Sebastián Hofmann 26 — Está Tudo Certo (2019), Eva Trobisch 25 — Dovlatov (2018), Aleksey German Jr. 24 — My Happy Family (2017), Nana Ekvtimishvili e Simon Gross 23 — O Pequeno Príncipe (2015), Mark Osborne 22 — A Mala e os Errantes (2017), Adam Leon 21 — Meu Eterno Talvez (2019), Nahnatchka Khan 20 — O Vazio de Domingo (2017), Ramón Salazar 19 — Durante a Tormenta (2019), Oriol Paulo 18 — A Noite de 12 anos (2018), Alvaro Brechner 17 — Os Meyerowitz: Família Não se Escolhe (2017), Noah Baumbach 16 — First They Killed My Father (2017), Angelina Jolie 15 — Um Homem de Sorte (2019), Lykke-Per 14 — Amizades Improváveis (2016), Rob Burnett 13 — O Outro Lado do Vento (2018), Orson Welles 12 — Paddleton (2019), Alex Lehmann 11 — Dezessete (2019), Daniel Sánchez Arévalo

10 — Pérolas no Mar (2018), Rene Liu

Em 2007, os universitários Jian-qing e Xiao-Xiao se conhecem em um trem que parte de Pequim para uma cidade do interior, onde ambos planejam passar o fim de ano. Os dois se apaixonam e começam a namorar. Anos depois, o filme mostra Jian-qing e Xiao-Xiao se encontrando de novo, dessa vez em um aeroporto. Com os voos atrasados, eles conversam sobre o que fizeram de errado no passado e o amor que ainda sentem um pelo outro.

9 — Okja (2017), Joon-ho Bong

A CEO de uma poderosa empresa informa ao mundo que uma nova espécie animal foi descoberta no Chile, o “superporco”. Para apresentá-lo ao mundo, a empresa envia 26 dos animais para diferentes países, onde devem permanecer por dez anos. Após o fim desse período, eles serão levados para Nova York. A jovem Mija cresceu ao lado de Okja, o superporco criado pelo avô, e está decidida a fazer de tudo para que o animal não seja tirado deles.

8 — Meu Nome é Dolemite (2019), Craig Brewer

Nos anos 1970, o comediante Rudy Ray Moore torna-se um sucesso entre a população negra norte-americana. Inserindo piadas sujas e palavrões nas histórias que ouve na rua, ele cria Dolemite, seu personagem mais famoso. Decidido a ampliar seus horizontes, Rudy resolve fazer um filme independente sobre Dolemite. Mas, além das complicações para gravar o longa, ele enfrenta dificuldades para exibi-lo no circuito comercial.

7 — O Rei (2019), David Michôd

Descontente com a realeza, o príncipe rebelde Hal dá as costas à vida real e decide viver entre os plebeus. Mas, com a morte de seu pai tirano, ele é coroado Rei Henrique V da Inglaterra, sendo forçado a viver no mundo que havia abandonado. Agora, o jovem líder terá que aprender a lidar com as pressões políticas, a guerra deixada por seu pai e seus conflitos pessoais. O filme é inspirado na peça “Henriad”, de William Shakespeare.

6 — Lazzaro Felice (2018), Alice Rohrwacher

Inspirado na história bíblica, o filme apresenta Lazzaro, um garoto muito bondoso e inocente. Apesar de ser explorado pelos familiares, ele estava satisfeito com a vida simples do campo. No entanto, após uma tragédia, Lazzaro acorda no Século 21. O rumo de sua história muda e ele começa uma jornada para reencontrar sua família e viver como antigamente.

5 — A Balada de Buster Scruggs (2018), Ethan e Joel Cohen

Trabalhando pela primeira vez com a Netflix, os famosos irmãos Coen idealizaram uma antologia faroeste. O filme reúne seis curtas com histórias diferentes, mas que ocorreram no mesmo local, a fronteira selvagem do velho oeste. Os episódios seguem os capítulos do livro fictício “A Balada de Buster Scruggs e Outros Contos da Fronteira Americana”.

4 — O Menino que Descobriu o Vento (2019), Chiwetel Ejiofor

Aos 13 anos, William Kamkwamba, do Malawi, ganhou fama em seu país em 2007, ao construir uma turbina de vento geradora de energia. A região onde William morava foi assolada por uma seca que devastou a plantação de sua família. Estudando sozinho e utilizando materiais improvisados, ele criou um projeto para fornecer água encanada e eletricidade ao seu vilarejo, privilégios aos quais a população do Malawi não tinha acesso.

3 — Mais Uma Chance (2018), Tamara Jenkins

Um casal na casa dos 40 anos tenta engravidar de várias formas. Sem sucesso, eles se submetem a várias fertilizações. Quando os recursos e opções parecem chegar ao fim, o aparecimento de uma sobrinha renova as esperanças do casal, que decide tentar novamente. Além disso, eles precisam cuidar da própria relação, que está abalada em meio a tantos acontecimentos.

2 — Beasts of No Nation (2015), Cary Fukunaga

Agu é uma criança que sofre com as consequências da guerra civil da África do Sul. Depois que seu pai é morto por militares, ele é obrigado a se tornar um soldado, abandonando a família para lutar no conflito. Para se transformar em um combatente, ele é instruído por um comandante, que o ensina as cruéis regras da disputa armada. O longa é baseado no livro homônimo do autor nigeriano Uzodinma Iweala.

1 — Roma (2018), Alfonso Cuarón

O filme foi inspirado na infância de Cuarón e conta a história de Cleo, uma jovem que trabalha como babá e doméstica de uma família de classe média, moradora do bairro Roma, na Cidade do México. Em um ano, acontecimentos inesperados afetam a rotina da família. Enquanto sua patroa, Sofia, sofre com o afastamento do marido, Cleo engravida do namorado, Fermín, que não quer assumir a criança.

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Summer of '84 (2018) Review by Lever Stewart

In recent years there’s been a prominent presence of films that pay homage to cinema’s monster/horror craze in the 80s. I do not see this as a bad thing, as the style of the genre, especially when it focuses on younger characters attempting to confront whatever force of horror is present, is exceptionally entertaining. However, this group of films does have a major issue – a lack of originality. Every example of this style sports very similar elements, examples being characters, stereotypes, settings, and storytelling to name some major ones. 

I find that this problem with the 80s youth horror genre is often considered with modern adaptations/homages, as many prominent examples tend to play around with the genre in some manner. This could mean a different tone, characters or what have you. Summer of '84 from directors Anouk Whissell, François Simard, and Yann-Karl Whissell does utilize a small unique element to stand out from other 80s throwbacks, though, in my opinion, it does not make up for the moments where something unique is lacking.

The film itself has a story that you’ve likely heard plenty of times – a group of kids (the hero, the nerd, the cool guy and the best friend) suspect something horrifying is loose in their suburban neighborhood, in this case, a serial killer. Thinking the adults won’t believe them, the kids take it upon themselves to stop the killer by exposing them with proof of their murderous actions.

Now, this isn’t the most original setup, but then again many 80s horror throwbacks aren’t. What makes those throwbacks enjoyable is how they spice up the story we all know, how they surprise us and dissect the genre. Unfortunately, Summer of '84, to me, didn’t have enough spice for the majority of it. I won’t get into spoilers, but let's just say that the spice doesn’t come in until the film reaches its end, and even then it seems out of place as it doesn’t match with the tone the film sets itself up to follow.

This was a major issue for me, but the film is certainly not all bad. It is expertly crafted and performed. The child actors do an amazing job, which is always something to appreciate. The writing is pleasantly comical even if it is similar to what you would hear from the majority of 80s youth horror films. And though I said the ending doesn’t match the tone of the film, without giving anything away, it is exceptionally well presented and definitely the highlight of the movie.

I believe that most fans of 80s youth horror or throwbacks to that genre will at least find Summer of '84 very entertaining. Its lack of originality left me wanting more, but even I would consider it a fun watch. It’s very much a popcorn flick to enjoy late at night, and frankly, what is wrong with that?

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please don't worry about not being able to reply because of work! I'm sorry you are so busy and I know I am asking a lot of questions so there is no pressure 😊 Thank you for the answer about their ages in the AU, it sounds so interesting that Karl and Albus knew each other before! In the play I feel like Karl and Yann and Polly really sort of are written to be bullies to Albus, I am guessing this is changed in the AU? Do you enjoy writing those characters? 🥰🎭

I left home at 8:30am and only just got home at 10:30pm tonight so to say I'm overworked is an understatement 😂 But these asks are bringing me so much joy and they're exactly what I need after a day like today ❤

And yes, Polly and Karl and Yann are different in the AU! Something I really love writing is ensemble dynamics? And I couldn't really do that without bringing in other characters outside of the little bubble that Scorpius and Albus had built in the play. They have a beautiful relationship, but I do think that they need to make other friends? That sort of constant reliance on each other isn't healthy, it leads to arguments like the library scene and other misunderstandings, etc. They're putting each other up on a pedestal and it's just not ideal, especially at that age. They need a bigger support system than what they had in the play, so I've always pictured them branching out and meeting new people after the play?

And like I said, I just really enjoy writing ensemble dynamics. And these are characters who don't have much canon or even fanon content, which is fun because I can get creative with them? I've been writing Cursed Child fics for a while now, and it's been nice to explore new characters and dynamics with this AU. Karl and Albus in particular are so nice to write, because I see them as mirror images of Laertes and Hamlet - who Shakespeare wrote as foils for each other. And Karl was going to be cast as Hamlet, before they realised he was a better fit for Laertes, which adds another layer to it. Laertes is what Hamlet could be if he were more decisive and less internal? Which is similar with Karl and Albus? Idk it's really nerdy but I love the Laertes and Hamlet dynamic in the play and threading that theme throughout the fic has been so much fun 🥰 Karl has also quickly become one of my favourite characters to write!!

Albus is probably closest with Craig - they're doing the same course, so they have classes together and all that, and of course it's a reference to them being in the same house in HPCC. Rose is stage manager and assistant director - she isn't as close to the cast at first, because she always has her nose in her show bible or she's deep in discussions with Astoria about the staging. She's really anxious about impressing her, but Astoria quickly puts her at ease and they develop a wonderful working relationship. Rose slowly relaxes over the course of rehearsals - I just wrote a scene recently where she's teasing Karl about his silly theatre shirts (it's a running joke in the fic, he has many theatre shirts and jumpers), and this happens:

"No theatre shirt today?" Rose asked from her seat, peering up at Karl from behind her laptop. "Did you run out of options?"

He tugged at his shirt and frowned. "What do you mean? It's a Richard III shirt."

Rose shut her laptop and squinted at him. "No, it isn't."

"Yeah, it is." Karl paused, gesturing at the hand painted geometric design with a glittery sphere in its centre. "Now is the winter of our disco tent." He ended with a flourish, just as Rose rolled her eyes and stood up - rifling through her bag with her back turned to the stage.

Karl's shoulders sagged and he leaned towards Albus, whispering in his ear. "I don't think your cousin likes me very much."

"She's our stage manager, of course she doesn't like us," Albus replied, fondly.

Rose turned around and threw a lump of black fabric at Karl's face. "Here," she said, her cheeks flushed with embarrassment. "I found it at a market last weekend. I thought you might like it."

Albus peered over his shoulder as Karl held the shirt up. Printed on the front, in bold white text, was "To quote Hamlet Act III, Scene III, Line 87, 'No'."

I don't think I've written any scenes with Polly yet? 🤔 And Yann (who uses he/they pronouns in the fic btw) hasn't done much yet either, except for choreograph one of the fights and also do this, after Albus has had a really awful week:

Albus shrugged his coat over his shoulders as he went back onstage. Scorpius and Rose were talking to each other out in the seating. Craig and Karl were nowhere to be seen, and Yann was standing centre stage as if waiting for Albus to come back.

They looked at him and smiled in their gentle, kind way, and Albus felt wholly undeserving of it. "How'd it go?"

"Fine," Albus replied, nodding to Astoria as she brushed past him on her way out of the wings. "Were you waiting for me?"

Yann nodded. "Yeah, I thought you could use a hug."

Albus completely fell apart at that, his vision blurring with tears and his expression crumpling as Yann quickly wrapped him up in his arms.

He really looks out for everyone ❤

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VOLDY-NON HERE WITH AN URGENT AND VERY SOFT YOLLY QUESTION: what little things remind them of each other? like ordinary things that they see everyday that have new meaning and sentimental value bc

omg I typed out a whole answer and then the browser closed im DEVASTATED, so here goes take 2! Thank you so much for asking and even though the easy answer is just: everything, I will endeavour to name a few things!

Things that remind Yann of Polly include:

-red nail polish!! Polly is alwaaaaaays wearing red nail polish, to the point that anytime Yann is out with Leah or his mum he’ll probably buy her whatever red nail polish he sees, shes got quite the collection now needless to say, but she thinks its so sweet that it makes him think of her 

-birds!! hummingbirds specifically, but he’s not like Karl, he can’t tell the difference between every species of bird, but Polly’s patronus is a hummingbird which he ADORES and gets tattooed on his shoulder/collarbone/neck area bc of her

-french pastries, she loves them so much and they never fail to make him think of her, if he’s passing a bakery he will often buy her something, and when they go out for breakfast (at least once a week) they often end up at some patisserie, even just the smell gets him sometimes

-Wales!! Since about 5th year they’ve been planning to go on a trip through Wales and ~potentially~ move there, so any mention of wales has him like an excited dog, ears pricked up, POLLY

-Christmas time!! bc Christmas time is Polly timeeee, they always spend Christmas together and he wouldn’t have it any other wayyyy

-lipstick marks on mugs, anything red, slowdancing, Christmas carols, singing softly in the shower, scarfs, cold weather, soft pyjamas, biting sarcasm and kind hearts

Things that remind Polly of Yann include:

-french pastries, they’re her comfort food mostly bc Yann’s mum makes them so nicely and so they perpetually remind her of Yann now, which is half why she loves them so much

-teddy bears! Yann gave her one for Christmas in first year but then it turned out that his patronus is a bear, it takes a lot of restraint not to buy every one she sees bc it makes them both laugh

-anything french or german!! especially if someone is speaking either language, she can pick up a few phrases/words but she’s a lil nosy and always wishes Yann was there to tell her what they’re saying!

-dogs!! everytime Yann sees a dog he’ll point and go Dog! and then he sighs and goes “I miss Corey” :( so its gotten to a point that the second she sees a dog shes like WHERES YANN

-also Wales

-late nights and early mornings, secret smiles and knowing eyes, any couple makes her miss Yann and any mentions of love or marriage has had her mind turning to Yann even before she knew why, little sisters never fail to make her think of the best big brother in the world, and homemade sweets :DI’m so upset I lost my first draft as I’m certain there was more, but this will have to do for now as it is 1am!!! Thank you so much for asking my lovely voldy-non

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For the writer thing, 1 & 36

Sorry to answer this so late!

1. Tell us about your WIP!Um ok so I don’t really want to say too much and spoil it but it’s a scorbus fic primarily which I started thinking about around October last year and then after seeing the play I became super interested in the background characters, y’know Karl, Craig, Yann and Polly and how their group dynamic works bc there’s some interesting stuff that goes on with them if you’re watching! also Rose bc I would have loved to see more of her and who she is as a character, so I’ve tried to incorporate all of that into the plot.So, it’s a sixth year fic from Scorpius’s perspective, who isn’t necessarily aware on a conscious level of his feelings for Albus (though I’m sure if sat down and examined them carefully it might click but I suspect he’s repressing it a bit bc ignoring it is easier at this point) and the events that might lead up to his realisation and how he deals with that. How he and Albus deal with changes in their usual routine at school and finding friends other than just each other. As well as the other characters own backstories and lives bc I’ve grown really attached to them and want to tell their stories too!I just really love cursed child and want to know more about how the rest of the students might be dealing with everything that happened, especially considering a close friend was murdered, so I’m writing it I guess!

36. Post a snippetI’m not sure what constitutes a snippet but here you go!“Not too bad.” He muses. “Although, James took it upon himself to teach me to swear the other week.”Scorpius tries and fails to suppress a snicker at the image of an exuberant James trying to teach a sullen Al to say the ‘F’ word.“Not sure you needed any help there. He is aware you’re sixteen and have been swearing proficiently for the past five years?”Albus laughs, bright and unabashed. There’s a bit of chocolate in the corner of his mouth and he looks happy. Scorpius is so glad to be going back to school.“Yeah, well,” Albus agrees, still grinning at Scorpius, “I tried to tell him that but he seemed to think it was his ‘brotherly duty’ to teach me the real nasty ones.”“Guess he didn’t hear about the time you called Polly Chapman a-”“Oh god,” Albus hides his face in his hands and his shoulders shake with stifled laughter, “He definitely doesn’t know about that! Don’t you dare tell him!”Thanks so much for asking!! 💖

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Covers of Cursed Child 2017/18

The thing that makes this cast so outstanding is the way that every single person on the stage is so deeply invested in the story and in the characters. There's an astounding level of care and attention that, when combined with the level of talent, makes for a pretty incredible show. 

All this is true not just for the main cast, but also for the covers. This show has always had brilliant covers, they have always been excellent actors, but in this cast the covers have a level of understanding of the characters that makes every single one of them a complete joy to watch. There are some characters that matter so much to me, and when I started seeing the covers for this cast there was a sense of fear that someone who wasn't playing them full time might not have had time to fully understand them, but with this cast there is no any danger of this. There isn't a single weak link. Every single cast board seems to be 'the best cast board ever', and I love that. 

So here are some quick summaries of all the covers I've seen (at least one actor for all the roles apart from Ron, Dumbledore, Craig, Bane, and the Station Master). I hope this is useful for anyone who hasn't seen them and wants to know what they're like! And I can't wait to see some of these people take over full time next year. 

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Rayxia

Rayxia's Rose feels a lot older than Albus (and that was especially true in the first show I saw with her), but she clearly loves him a lot. There were times when it feels as though Rose is pining for her cousin's lost friendship. I've never had my heart broken by Rose before, but I did in some of Rayxia's shows, and I've been really enjoying watching her take command of Rose over the course of the performances she's in. She makes Rose sweet and a little vulnerable at times, and it's a beautiful take on the character. Very different from Helen (especially in her reactions after listening outside McGonagall's Office in Act Three), but just as wonderful in her own way. 

Leah

I've seen Leah cover both Nicola's track, and play Polly multiple times (she's one of those super swings who seems to be everyone). As 'Nicola' she seemed so young, especially in the library scene where she had to tell the boys off. She was still wearing the student robes, rather than teachers' robes, so she looked like a prefect telling the boys off. I'm sure she's had to put up with all sorts of rubbish from the boys over the years. They deserve a telling off. 

And as Polly she's mature, grounded, a tiny touch flirtatious, but not over the top. She seems very confident and sure of herself, and weirdly she feels older as Polly than she did as 'Nicola'. Also, it cannot be understated how beautiful she looked, with long, black, gently curled hair. Polly has never been more gorgeous (she is a notorious beauty after all). 

I particularly love what Leah does in the Voldemort timeline actually. She handles the scene on the stairs with Scorpius brilliantly. I guess she's used to Scorpius being overconfident and flirtatious and probably a bit of an asshole, because she seems genuinely confused by him in that scene, especially when he isn't enthusiastic about her advances. She's clearly prepared her speech and is determined to go through with it, so by the end she has to compose herself and make herself strong and assertive for the 'for Voldemort and Valour' because by that point she's understood that she's getting no help from Scorpius. But clearly this is important to her -- being with Scorpius is a way of assuring her position in the world, and she needs to do it. I wonder how long she's been working on asking him out?

Josh

The other super swing (as you all probably already know). I've actually only seen him as Karl in this cast, although I think he's also been on as Craig, and possibly Yann too? I love watching his ensemble antics (especially those involving Mackley) so much, and he's one of a handful of four of five people who I'm pretty sure the show would fall apart without (maybe not anymore, but certainly back in May). 

My favourite memory of him in Mackley's track was when he was playing Dudley. Both Mackley and Josh get up to some ridiculous shenanigans when they're hidden away beneath the stairs with the other Dursleys, but Josh's was the best. He was so scared of Hagrid that he actually shoved his whole head under Aunt Petunia's dressing gown to hide. 

Josh is basically a hero. He can and does play anyone. I don't really know what else needs to be said about him. 

Jordan

I totally love Jordan as Yann. I think he's great. I don't know what it is about him but I really trust him on stage, and he's another where I get really happy when he's on. I especially love him as Krum. He has the perfect look, and the movement he does is really natural. 

I have now also seen Jordan as the Jameses/Cedric, and basically I think I just really love Jordan? As with seeing any cover for the first time, I didn't really get used to him being on stage in the first scene, so I definitely need to see him again to give a proper assessment of him as James Jr, but I absolutely adored his Cedric. 

Because he's a bit bigger than Rupert and has an older face, he felt a bit more intimidating. He felt like a seventh year Triwizard Champion compared to the boys for sure. The scene in the maze was played a little more similarly to how Milligan used to do it, with outright confusion that got a couple of laughs from the audience, but it was still a very beautiful and moving scene. 

In the glasses, with his really dark hair, he made a great James Potter Sr, and the death scene was really amazing.

Sarah

The first time I saw Sarah she stole Part One with her rendition of Myrtle (which is quite a feat when you're following a library scene like the one she had to follow). She was wildly over the top in a perfectly Myrtle way, and there were so many moments when Myrtle was all of us. The way she looked Albus up and down when she mentioned the girls 'and boys' doing love incantations in her bathroom in particular. It was a hysterically funny rendition. I think she's only getting more over the top as she gets more comfortable with the role, which is really fun to see.

Ged

I was actually quite nervous about seeing Ged as the Sorting Hat. I love Mark so much that I was worried about how someone else might compare, but honestly what Ged did with the role was pretty breathtaking. He's a very calm, softly spoken, detached sort of Sorting Hat. You really do get the feeling of him being a thing of magic, and standing apart from the world. His version of the pumpkin transition into Godric's Hollow was so joyous that it took my breath away. 

I adored him as Hagrid too. His accent may have been a teeny bit suspect at times, but his skill at walking down the stairs in Hagrid's shoes was genuinely impressive, and more than enough to make up for that. The way he told Harry he was a wizard was gorgeous, and then Hagrid's final scene, especially when he heard Harry crying and went looking for him, was really beautiful. 

I have also seen Ged as Snape/Voldemort on multiple occasions while David was off in August. In the costumes (especially as Vernon) he looks so much like David that it's difficult to tell who's on, but by the time you get to Snape you can tell. I definitely warmed to his Snape over the month, and I think that was probably because he was getting more comfortable with it, and my favourite rendition was definitely on the 1st of September, when absolutely everyone was on fire. 

I don't remember much about him as Voldemort, except that I thought he was great. Although, in a hilarious contrast to him as Hagrid, he took the stairs into the auditorium very very carefully indeed; in fact there was one point in his first show where I thought he might not walk down them at all! 

Morag

Morag as McGonagall has a truly special place in my heart and always will do. I get so excited and happy when I see her name on the cast board. (I think she was part of that legendary first cover show with James Howard back on the 31st of August 2016, and I thought she was a bit too softly spoken then, but my opinion of her has transformed over this year.) 

Her scene in the office after the boys come out of the lake is truly beautiful. She gets so emotional about the world and about the sacrifices of the war and about protecting the boys. She's everything McGonagall should be. McGonagall is a character who cares desperately about her students and her school and about the state of the world around it. She's a beautiful, powerful character, and her emotion means so much because it comes out so rarely. Morag might be my perfect McGonagall; she's certainly given me a deeper appreciation for the character, and I really never want to lose her. 

Also, I noticed recently that she looks so shocked and concerned when Albus is sorted, not just about the Sorting itself, but by the reactions of the other students. I need to pay more attention to her reactions in that entire scene (and to Sandy's reactions) because I bet they're fantastic. 

Nicola

Nicola is my favourite Hermione. It was strange seeing her after a run of Rakie performances, because she's very different. Back in the days when Noma was the main Hermione, Nicola always felt brutal and menacing, and especially in edge in the second and third timelines, but now, compared to Rakie, she almost seems tame, but I mean that in a good way. She's the perfect halfway between the two, beautifully balanced. She brings a supreme calm and clarity and thoughtfulness to Hermione, and her chemistry with Tom is electric. She also works beautifully with Jamie, and I loved her with both Rayxia and Helen. It was wonderful to see her again after so long. 

My favourite thing that Nicola does is in the polyjuice scene. When Delphi transforms, she's so fascinated by herself, and by the two boys. Nicola will check out her hair, and then she'll go across and poke Jamie in the back of the head while Scorpius is talking to Albus, or sometimes she'll poke him in the shoulder instead. It's like she's testing how sturdy the new forms are, and it's such a sweet little thing to do. 

Also, I continue to be grateful for how good she is at hooking herself up to the Dementors. She's the only person I never have to stress about, because she nails it every single time. I don't know how she does it, but I think it must be a genuine talent. 

Lowri

I had never seen Lowri as Ginny before! I had a clean sweep of seeing Poppy, and I'm glad I did, because I feel like as a cover of Poppy, Lowri's Ginny would have been a shock to the system. However, as a cover of Emma she was perfect, because she's on the sharper, stronger side, where her top priority is Albus. She's a touch less oppositional with Harry than Emma is (Emma's Ginny really gets angry at Harry in Act Three), but in the opening scene I almost forgot she wasn't Emma until I looked at her. 

She makes a very young Ginny, but she was really sweet with Albus, and I absolutely adored her exploding snap scene with all my heart. I would certainly not be disappointed to see her again, and I'm actually a bit sad it took me so long to finally see her. 

Gideon 

To start with the appearance – he looks just like Theo, especially in the dorm scene when they're sitting side by side on the suitcase. You truly believe that Theo is his son. He looks slightly younger than Jamie, which is a tiny bit odd with Emma, but that doesn't matter at all when he's so good. I think the best description of him is 'hot dad Harry'. 

I was really nervous about seeing another cover Harry, because Harry is such an important part, and he links so much of the show together that when Harry is weak, it leaves half of the scenes feeling empty and detached from the rest of the show. However, that is a not a problem we're going to have this year. His acting was exceptional. He, like so many of this cast's covers, walks the perfect middle line between the original and second cast principals. There were moments where his portrayal was just like Jamie G's, but then there were moments of explosive anger and rebelliousness that were just like Jamie P. 

He put his feet on the desk in the scene with Hermione after Harry's found the Time-Turner, he got angry and fired up to the point of shouting at so many points, and he cried in the scene with Dumbledore. It was a painfully nostalgic experience to see him, but it was wonderful. Also, one of my favourite things I've ever seen in the show happened with him. 

The final scene was beautiful, but because he was a cover I wasn't sure if he would stick with the Jamie G tradition and hug Albus as the lights went down. I get really nervous about losing my favourite details like that when covers go on. But thankfully he did hug Albus, and then Albus hugged him back, which I don't think had ever happened before, and it was stunning. Harry and Albus hugging each other as the auditorium goes dark. I never thought I'd see that, but it happened and I was overjoyed. 

Other things I loved were that in the blanket scene he felt like he was convinced the blanket was the coolest gift ever, and slowly got crushed by Albus's anger. I also adored how whenever he was interacting with Albus his hands would shake. It was like he was so afraid of communicating with his son, and so desperate to get it right, that he would start trembling with anxiety. 

I know that some people have already started campaigning for Gideon to take over full time next year, and I can honestly say that I would be really happy if that happened. He's brilliant. I can't wait to see him after he's been on a few times and is taking full ownership of the role. 

April

I could watch April as Delphi every single performance and be perfectly happy. She's brilliant. 

In Part One she feels young and girlish. It helps that she's so small. The voice she uses isn't vulnerable as such, but it doesn't project power and influence. She's actually sort of adorable. Her Delphi feels a bit lost, someone who's searching for something, which of course she is, she wants her father, and I love that interpretation. 

In Part Two she absolutely transforms into a sadistic, evil witch. She pushes Delphi to the boundaries, making her terrifying and downright creepy, and I know for a fact that she'd go further if she could (she told me at stage door that she wishes she could lick Albus, but that she thought that might be going too far since there are kids in the audience). 

The biggest impact moment of her performance comes in the torture scene. I've heard that when Annabel was busy with the original cast, she would rehearse with Theo and Sam, and you can really tell because they take this scene to a whole new place. 

Delphi is so quick and violent with the torture that at one point Albus ends up throwing himself across the ground to try and block her spell from reaching Scorpius, and he lies there in hell watching his friend's pain. She also crouches down behind Albus at one point and holds him in her lap, one hand grabbing his chin, the other pointing her wand at Scorpius. She makes Albus look at Scorpius as she taunts him about not being able to save his friend, and her wand is in such a position that Albus must feel as though he's the one casting the awful curses at Scorpius. Albus always ends up burying his face in his knees and sobbing uncontrollably when she does this, and it's horrific. 

April's Delphi is pure evil, I don't think there's another way of saying it. Pure, magnificent evil. She's another one who I'd love to see take over full time next year. 

Ed

I have written a full recap of Ed's Draco here and here but I don't want to miss him out of these summaries. I've actually seen him again since I wrote those recaps, and even though it's only been three shows between those recaps and this, I think his Draco has changed a bit. 

He seems a little older now and less petty. I've been talking to a lot of people who describe him as an older version of book Draco, and I totally agree with that. There's a spitefulness to him at times, and he seems constantly on the offensive, his thoughts and feelings just spilling out of him. Ed's pacing is fascinating, because his dialogue is so fast but he takes such long pauses that overall the scenes last the same amount of time. Those long pauses don't let his Draco collect his thoughts and feelings together; his feelings and thoughts keep boiling away during them, and he never seems to cool down. Also, he seems constantly on the verge of tears. In the first EGM when he talks about Scorpius and the rumours, he almost breaks. 

His reactions to Ron are brilliant. In fact, his reactions to everything are brilliant. He plays things a bit differently to James, and actually makes Draco seem a bit more confident as a character. There's a very Dracoish air of entitlement to him, and he doesn't do things like shy away from Myrtle or look delighted when Ron compliments him. He holds his ground, responds with disgust, and generally seems above the rest of the world. 

I think Ed's Draco is wonderful. Silky smooth. A really good, caring father (that hug with him is gorgeous; Scorpius throws himself into it and almost knocks him over). Spiky and defensive. Emotionally vulnerable. And, of course, very handsome. I can't wait to see him again.

Mackley

I saw Mackley twice with Anthony, and only once from a good seat, but that was still in the dress circle. I was desperate to see him from the stalls, and I finally got my wish on Sunday the 17th of September. 

With Anthony, I remember loving absolutely everything that Mackley did (apart from one line, which I'll mention later). He really shone opposite Anthony, to the point where during one of the shows I only noticed that Anthony was there about halfway through Act Four. He's always been most compelling in the interactions with Harry, and I still think that's true. 

Mackley has changed a lot for the new cast, and it's really interesting to see. At the start of the show, when Albus is 11, he puts on a very young voice, which threw me off a bit as I hadn't been forewarned about it. I think that's the sort of thing that's only weird if you're really familiar with an actor, but it was really weird for me. 

I loved his blanket scene with all my heart and soul. It's so fiery and perfectly Albus. There's so much fight in there. His yelling is extraordinary, and I finally felt with Mackley like I'd seen a blanket scene from this cast that I was really really happy with (although I've seen some since that have been incredible). 

The balance between Albus and Scorpius with Mackley was probably the biggest change from the original cast. Whereas with Anthony, Mackley outshone him and stole the limelight for the whole show, with Samuel there was a lot more give and take. In Part One Albus definitely overrode Scorpius, but in Part Two, Scorpius was the confident, powerful one, and by the time of Godric's Hollow both Samuel and Mackley had given up on being sensible (it was Mackley's last show as Albus for a while and Samuel's last before his holiday) and were just having a wild amount of fun together. It was genuinely beautiful to watch. There was so much joy in their collaboration; it was everything I'd been wanting from their partnership since the 24th of May when Samuel said his first line as Scorpius. 

The one downside to Mackley's Albus was the torture scene. This never used to be the cast with the original cast, but this time I was actually very disappointed. The acting wasn't bad; Mackley is incredible, a genuine star, but the decisions he made were just not Albus and I'd really love to know what he was thinking. 

Albus completely collapsed in the torture scene, to the point where when Delphi said 'you will do as you're told' he started nodding desperately. It was that nodding that turned me off entirely. Albus in that scene would never give in. He knows he has to save Scorpius, but he also knows he has to stop Delphi, and because he's Albus Severus Potter he's going to find a different way, because that's what he does. I think that's essential to having a believable Albus. (Honestly, the portrayal in that scene was everything I was afraid Theo's Albus might be before I saw him do that scene.)

Having said all that, I'm a huge Mackley fan and I will be more than happy to see him again, but I'd love to see him rethink some of the character choices. I think he could be one of my favourite Albus's ever if he tweaked the torture scene and rethought Albus's trajectory through the story. It might be a lot to ask, but a girl can dream. 

Henry 

Henry plays a very sweet Scorpius. There was nothing about him that I didn't like. He had great chemistry with Theo and, most importantly for me, with James. The blond wig really suits him, and he has such a similar profile to Samuel that I actually thought for a second in the opening scene that the cast board was wrong and that Samuel was back from his holiday early. 

There were a lot of things I love from Samuel's performance that I was expecting to see Henry not do, but I was pleasantly surprised when Henry did those things but even more over the top. The goo-oo-oo-oo-ood that Samuel does at the end of Act One was preserved in all its glory, but Henry varied the pitch, making it even more over the top and adorable. He sang the line 'palace of love' opera style. When Ron drew his wand the wrong way round, he wiggled his fingers to tell Ron to turn it round. He was essentially an adorable nerd, and it was so lovely. 

The sweetness and comedy of his performance was probably my favourite thing about it, but he still delivered on the emotional parts of the story, and his library scene was great. The only thing I missed with him was the dynamic range of Samuel's performance. He never got really really quiet or left long gaps of silence, but other than that he was perfect. 

My absolute favourite part of his performance was probably the scene with Snape at the edge of the lake. There was something so emotional and beautiful about it, especially his delivery of the line "thank you for being my light in the darkness". He seemed to say it so slowly and it was almost broken-sounding, but there was so much strength and resolve and clarity in it. He paused after the word thank you, like he was trying to find the right words, and when he found them it was stunning.

There were a lot of lines in his performance that were approximated, and Elizabeth did a fabulous prompt in the scene at the end of Act Two (he forgot 'I'm looking for my friend, miss' and just knelt on the ground, hyperventilating with what was probably genuine fear, until she asked if he was looking for someone), but that didn't really impact on anything, and you'd only know if you knew the script off by heart. 

In general he was just really lovely, fun to watch, and a great performance. I think Henry is a great actor, and I'm excited to see him again in a few months when he's played Scorpius more. It'll certainly be a hilarious, exuberant performance, no matter what happens. 

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Todos os filmes originais Netflix, classificados do pior ao melhor

A Netflix está investindo cada vez mais na produção de filmes exclusivos. Mais de três centenas deles já foram lançados, e todos estão disponíveis na plataforma do serviço de streaming. A Bula avaliou as produções originais e as reuniu em uma lista, organizada do pior ao melhor filme. O ranking levou em conta as notas atribuídas aos títulos no IMDb, uma das maiores plataformas de cinema do mundo. Alguns destaques são: “Roma” (2018), de Alfonso Cuarón, que ganhou o Oscar de Melhor Filme Estrangeiro em 2019; e “História de Um Casamento” (2019), dirigido por Noah Baumbach, que concorre em seis categorias do Globo de Ouro 2020. É importante lembrar que a lista não tem intenção de ser universal ou definitiva, apenas representa as avaliações recebidas pelos filmes na plataforma pesquisada.

304 — Drive (2019), Tarun Mansukhani

303 — The Ridiculous 6 (2015), Frank Coraci

302 — Zerando a Vida (2016), Steven Brill

301 — O Aplicativo (2019), Elisa Fuksas

300 — Perda Total (2018), Kyle Newacheck

299 — Dívida Perigosa (2017), Martin Zandvliet

298 — Sandy Wexler (2017), Steve Brill

297 — Quatro Histórias de Fantasmas (2020), Zoya Akhtar e outros

296 — Seis Vezes Confusão (2019), Michael Tiddes

295 — Fica Comigo (2017), Brent Bonacorso

294 — A Barraca do Beijo (2018), Vince Marcello

293 — The Silence (2019), John R. Leonetti

292 — O Príncipe do Natal (2017), Alex Zamm

291 — Obsessão Secreta (2019), Peter Sullivan

290 — O Príncipe do Natal: O Casamento Real (2018), John Schult

289 — A História Real de um Assassino Falso (2016), Jeff Wadlow

288 — Cascavel (2019), Zak Hilditch

287 — Mudo (2018), Duncan Jones

286 — Crazy Trips: Budapeste (2019), Xavier Gens

285 — O Feitiço de Natal (2018), Bradley Walsh

284 — Pai do Ano (2018), Tyler Spindel

283 — A Babá (2017), McG

282 — Io (2019), Jonathan Helpert

281 — Blockbuster (2017), July Hygreck

280 — Bright (2017), David Ayer

279 — iBOY (2017), Adam Randall

278 — TAU (2018), Federico D’Alessandro

277 — Tribu Urbana Dance (2018), Fernando Colomo

276 — #realityhigh (2017), Fernando Lebrija

275 — Quando nos Conhecemos (2018), Ari Sandel

274 — O Natal Está no Ar (2019), Leslie Small

273 — Dude – A Vida é Assim (2018), Olivia Milch

272 — A Volta Por Cima (2019), Remy Four

271 — The Cloverfield Paradox (2018), Julius Onah

270 — O Príncipe do Natal: O Bebê Real (2019), John Schultz

269 — Death Note (2017), Adam Wingard

268 — Feliz Aniversário de Casamento (2018), Jared Stern

267 — Crush à Altura (2019), Nzingha Stewart

266 — Vende-se Esta Casa (2018), Matt Angel e Suzanne Coote

265 — Extinção (2018), Bem Young

264 — Cartão de Natal (2017), Ernie Barbarash

263 — David Brent: A Vida na Estrada (2018), Ricky Gervais

262 — Revenger (2018), Lee Seung-won

261 — O Caderno de Sara (2018), Norberto López Amado

260— Dead Kids (2019), Mikhail Red

259 — XOXO: A Vida é Uma Festa (2016), Christopher Louie

258 — Paradox (2016), Michael Hurst

257 — Special Correspondents (2016), Ricky Gervais

256 — Preso em Casa (2019), Samit Basu

255 — Próxima Parada: Apocalipse (2018), David. M. Rosenthal

254 — Nu (2017), Michael Tiddes

253 — Pato Pato Ganso (2018), Chris Jenkins

252 — Polar (2019), Jonas Åkerlund

251 — Amor em Obras (2019), Roger Kumble

250 — No Ritmo da Sedução (2018), Tinge Krishnan

249 — The After Party (2018), Ian Edelman

248 — Dia da Namorada (2017), Michael Paul Stephenson

247 — Gostos e Cores (2017), Myriam Aziza

246 — Mistério no Mediterrâneo (2019), Kyle Newacheck

245 — A Princesa e a Plebeia (2018), Michael Rohl

244 — Um Passado de Presente (2019), Monika Mitchell

243 — Modo Avião (2020), César Rodrigues

242 — A Última Gargalhada (2019), Greg Pritikin

241 — Pelas Ruas de Paris (2019), Élisabeth Vogler

240 — Pássaro do Oriente (2019), Wash Westmoreland

239 — Órbita 9 (2017), Hatem Khraiche

238 — Mãe e Muito Mais (2019), Cindy Chupack

237 — Duda e os Gnomos (2017), Peter Lepeniotis

236 — Suzzanna: Buried Alive (2019), Rocky Soraya

235 — Contando os Segundos (2016), Priyadarshan

234 — O Limite da Traição (2020), Tyler Perry

233 — Castelo de Areia (2017), Fernando Coimbra

232 — Natal 5 Estrelas (2018), Marco Risi

231 — Lá Vêm Os Pais (2018), Robert Smigel

230 — Esquadrão 6 (2019), Michael Bay

229 — O Terceiro Olho (2018), Rocky Soraya

228 — O Casamento de Ali (2018), Jeffrey Walker

227 — Campo do Medo (2019), Vincenzo Natali

226 — Juanita (2019), Clark Johnson

225 — A Escalada (2017), Ludovic Bernard

224 — Boneca Maldita (2018), Rocky Soraya

223 — A Mulher Mais Odiada dos Estados Unidos (2017), Tommy O’Haver

222 — Clinical (2017), Alistair Legrand

221 — À Queima-Roupa (2019), Joe Lynch

220 — Entre Realidades (2020), Jeff Baena

219 — Yucatán (2019), Daniel Monzón

218 — Anon (2018), Andrew Niccol

217 — Eli (2019), Ciarán Foy

216 — Mercy (2016), Chris Sparling

215 — O Professor de Música (2019), Sarthak Dasgupta

214 — Iris (2016), Jalil Lespert

213 — Shimmer Lake (2017), Oren Uziel

212 — Estrada Sem Lei (2019), John Lee Hancock

211 — Spectral (2016)

210 — Insana (2017), Gerard Barrett

209 — Doce Argumento (2018), Bem Shelton

208 — Missão: Moedas (2017), Emily Hagins

207 — Close (2019), Vicky Jewson

206 — Mascots (2016), Christopher Guest

205 — Loja de Unicórnios (2019), Brie Larson

204 — Fé de Etarras (2017), Borja Cobeaga

203 — Batalhas (2018), Katarina Launing

202 — Deixe a Neve Cair (2019), Luke Snellin

201 — Quem Tem Carma Nunca Alcança (2017), Nikhil Bhat

200 — The Dirt: Confissões do Mötley Crue (2019), Jeff Tremaine

199 — Ánimas (2019), José F. Ortuño e Laura Alvea

198 — O Chefe (2018), Sergio Barrejón

197 — Desaparecida (2018), Alejandro Montiel

196 — Perfeita Para Você (2018), Stephanie Laing

195 — Pequeno Demônio (2017), Eli Craig

194 — Kodachrome (2018), Mark Raso

193 — Malevolent (2018), Olaf de Fleur Johannesson

192 — Siga Pela 10 (2017), Chester Tam

191 — Asfalto de Sangue (2019), Yann Gozlan

190 — O Homem Sem Gravidade (2019), Marco Bonfanti

189 — Quando os Anjos Dormem (2018), Gonzalo Bendala

188 — Sequestrando Stella (2019), Thomas Sieben

187 — Alguém Especial (2019), Jennifer Kaytin Robinson

186 — Onde Está Segunda? (2017), Tommy Wirkola

185 — Caído do Céu (2019), José Pepe Bojórquez

184 — Between Two Ferns: O Filme (2019), Scott Aukerman

183 — Handsome: Um Filme de Mistério Netflix (2017), Jeff Garlin

182 — Sombra Lunar (2019), Jim Mickle

181 — Saara (2017), Pierre Coré

180 — Surdo (2020), Alfonso Cortés-Cavanillas

179 — Sonhos Lúcidos (2017), Kim Joon-sung

178 — Firebrand (2019), Aruna Raje

177 — O Banqueiro da Resistência (2018), Joram Lursen

176 — Sierra Burgess é Uma Loser (2018), Ian Samuels

175 — Slam (2017), Andrea Molaioli

174 — ARQ (2016), Tony Elliot

173 — Ibiza: Tudo Pelo DJ (2018), Alex Richanbach

172 — Sementes Podres (2018), Kheiron

171 — Les Affamés (2017), Robin Aubert

170 — O Centenário que Saiu Sem Pagar a Conta e Sumiu (2016), Felix e Mans Herngren

169 — Benji (2018), Brandon Camp

168 — Natal em El Camino (2017), David E. Talbert

167 — Rebirth (2016), Karl Mueller

166 — Eu Não Sou um Homem Fácil (2018), Eleonore Purriat

165 — O autor (2017), Manuel Martin Cuenca

164 — Noite de Lobos (2018), Jeremy Saulnier

163 — Código de Silêncio (2017), Gerard McMurray

162 — Brahman Naman (2016), Qaushiq Mukherjee

161 — Resgate do Coração (2019), Ernie Barbarash

160 — O Matador (2017), Marcelo Galvão

159 — Até que a Gente te Separe (2019), Madeleine Sami e Jackie van Beek

158 — O Aviso (2018), Daniel Calparsoro

157 — Perdoai as Nossas Dívidas (2018), Antonio Morabito

156 — Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon: Sword of Destiny (2016), Yuen Wo-Ping

155 — Carga Bruta (2015), Julien Leclercq

154 — Minha Primeira Luta (2018), Olivia Newman

153 — Partida Fria (2020), Lukasz Kosmicki

152 — King: Uma História de Vingança (2017), Fabrice Du Welz

151 — Andar Montar Rodeio (2019), Conor Allyn

150 — O Anjo de Mossad (2018), Ariel Vormen

149 — Solo (2019), Hugo Stuven

148 — Jadotville (2016), Richie Smyth

147 — Errementari: O Ferreiro e O Diabo (2018), Paul Urkijo Alijo

146 — Tallulah (2016), Sian Heder

145 — O Ritual (2017), David Bruckner

144 — O Fotógrafo de Mauthausen (2019), Mar Targarona

143 — The Titan (2018), Lennart Ruff

142 — Pickpockets (2017), Peter Webber

141 — 15 de Agosto (2019), Swapnaneel Jaykar

140 — American Son (2019), Kenny Leon

139 — Amador (2018), Ryan Koo

138 — Crônicas de Natal (2018), Clay Kaytis

137 — O Date Perfeito (2019), Chril Nelson

136 — Steel Rain (2018), Yang Woo-seok

135 — Soni (2018), Ivan Ayr

134 — Missão no Mar Vermelho (2019), Gideon Raff

133 — The Discovery (2017), Charlie McDowell

132 — As Leis da Termodinâmica (2018), Mateo Gil

131 — Velvet Buzzsaw (2019), Dan Gilroy

130 — Mindhorn (2017), Sean Foley

129 — Farol das Orcas (2016), Gerardo Olivares

128 — Barry (2016), Vikram Gandhi

127 — Apostando Tudo (2017), Joe Swanberg

126 — 6 Balões (2018), Marja Lewis Ryan

125 — Mogli – Entre Dois Mundos (2018), Andy Serkis

124 — A Caminho da Fé (2018), Joshua Marston

123 — Fortuna Maldita (2018), Timo Tjahjanto

122 — Quem Você Levaria Para Uma Ilha Deserta? (2019), Jota Linares

121 — 4L (2019), Gerardo Olivares

120 — O Pacote (2018), Jake Szymanski

119 — Caninos Brancos (2018), Alexandre Espigares

118 — Next Gen (2018), Kevin R. Adams e Joe Ksander

117 — Step Sisters (2017), Charles Stone III

116 — Calibre (2018), Matt Palmer

115 — Árvore de Sangue (2019), Julio Medem

114 — Quatro Histórias de Desejo (2018), Zoya Aktar, Karan Johar e Dibakar Banerjee

113 — War Machine (2017), David Michôd

112 — FullMetal Alchemist (2017), Fumihiko Sori

110 — Operação Fronteira (2019), J. C. Chandor

109 — One Two Jaga (2018), Nam Ron

108 — Pequenos Delitos (2017), Evan Katz

107 — Rock My Heart (2019), Hanno Olderdissen

106 — O Natal de Angela (2018), Damien O’Connor

105 — Street Flow (2019), Kery James

104 — Hip-Hop Beats (2019), Chris Robinson

103 — El Potro: Lo Mejor Del Amor (2018), Lorena Muñoz

102 — 7 Ãnos (2016), Roger Gual

101 — Deidra e Laney Assaltam um Trem (2017), Sidney Freeland

100 — Roxanne Roxanne (2018), Michael Larnell

99 — Tal Pai, Tal Filha (2018), Lauren Miller Rogen

98 — Godzilla: O Devorador de Planetas (2018), Kobun Shizuno e Hiroyuki Seshita

97 — O Rei da Polca (2018), Maya Forbes

96 — Sonhos Imperiais (2014), Malik Vitthal

95 — Shaft (2019), Tim Story

94 — Bayoneta (2019), Kyzza Terrazas

93 — Illang: A Brigada Lobo (2018), Kim Jee-woon

92 — Maktub (2018), Oded Raz

91 — Rajma Chawal (2018), Leena Yadav

90 — Na Própria Pele – O Caso Stefano Cucchi (2018), Alessio Cremonini

89 — Nossas Noites (2017), Ritesh Batra

88 — Manhunt (2017), Andrew Sodroski, Jim Clemente e Tony Gittelson

87 — Fútil e Inútil (2018), David Wain

86 — A Noite nos Persegue (2018), Timo Tjahjanto

85 — Bird Box (2018), Susanne Bier

84 — Alex Strangelove (2018), Craig Johnson

83 — A Lavanderia (2019), Steven Soderbergh

82 — Pee-wee’s Big Holiday (2016), John Lee

81 — 1922 (2017), Zak Hilditch

80 — Minha Primeira Caçada (2018), Jody Hill

79 — Gun City (2018), Dani de la Torre

78 — O Mínimo Para Viver (2017), Marti Noxon

77 — Felicidade Por um Fio (2018), Haifaa Al-Mansour

76 — 22 de Julho (2018), Paul Greengrass

75 — Upstarts (2019), Udai Singh Pawar

74 — Gente de Bem (2018), Nicole Holofcener

73 — Lionheart (2018), Genevieve Nnaji

72 — Mudbound (2017), Dee Rees

71 — Apóstolo (2018), Gareth Evans

70 — O Último Capítulo (2018), Osgood Perkins

69 — Mademoiselle Vingança (2019), Emmanuel Mouret

68 — Joy (2019), Sudabeh Mortezai

67 — Seu Filho (2019), Miguel Ángel Vivas

66 — O Sono da Morte (2016), Mike Flanagan

65 — Inspire, Expire (2019), Ísold Uggadóttir

64 — Girl (2019), Lukas Dhont

63 — Blame! (2017) – Hiroyuki Seshita

62 — Wheelman (2017), Jeremy Rush

61 — Psychokinesis (2018), Yeon Sang-ho

60 — Elisa Y Marcela (2019), Isabel Coixet

59 — Juventude Assassina (2018), Isao Yukisada

58 — Bleach (2018), Shinsuke Sato

57 — Layla M. (2016), Mijke de Jong

56 — Sob a Pele do Lobo (2018), Samu Fuentes

55 — Paskal: Missão Resgate (2019), Cheng Kin-Kwok

54 — A Incrível Jessica James (2017), Jim Strouse

53 — High Flying Bird (2019), Steven Soderbergh

52 — O Plano Imperfeito (2018), Claire Scanlon

51 — A Sociedade Literária e a Torta de Casca de Batata (2018), Mike Newell

50 — Já Não Me Sinto em Casa Nesse Mundo (2017), Macon Blair

49 — Shirkers – O Filme Roubado (2018), Sandi Tan

48 — Amor por Metro Quadrado (2018), Anand Tiwari

47 — Atlantique (2019), Mati Diop

46 — Jogo Perigoso (2017), Mike Flanagan

45 — Corpo e Alma (2017), Ildikó Enyedi

44 — Dumplin’ (2018), Anne Fletcher

43 — Cargo (2018), Yolanda Ramke e Ben Howling

42 — O Mundo é Seu (2018), Romain Gavras

41 — Para Todos os Garotos que Já Amei (2018), Susan Johnson

40 — Uma Terra Imaginada (2018), Yeo Siew Hua

39 — Tempestade de Areia (2016), Elite Zexer

38 — Dear Ex (2019), Mag Hsu e Hsu Chih-yen

37 — Legítimo Rei (2018), David Mackenzie

36 — Mais Uma Página (2018), Kagiso Lediga

35 — Divinas (2016), Houda Benyamina

34 — Uma Viagem à Groelândia (2016), Sébastien Betbeder

33 — Tempo Compartilhado (2018), Sebastián Hofmann

32 — Está Tudo Certo (2019), Eva Trobisch

31 — Dovlatov (2018), Aleksey German Jr.

30 — My Happy Family (2017), Nana Ekvtimishvili e Simon Gross

29 — O Pequeno Príncipe (2015), Mark Osborne

28 — A Mala e os Errantes (2017), Adam Leon

27 — Meu Eterno Talvez (2019), Nahnatchka Khan

26 — O Vazio de Domingo (2017), Ramón Salazar

25 — Durante a Tormenta (2019), Oriol Paulo

24 — A Noite de 12 anos (2018), Alvaro Brechner

23 — Viver Duas Vezes (2020), Maria Ripoll

22 — Os Meyerowitz: Família Não se Escolhe (2017), Noah Baumbach

21 — First They Killed My Father (2017), Angelina Jolie

20 — Um Homem de Sorte (2019), Lykke-Per

19 — Amizades Improváveis (2016), Rob Burnett

18 — O Outro Lado do Vento (2018), Orson Welles

17 — Paddleton (2019), Alex Lehmann

16 — Dezessete (2019), Daniel Sánchez Arévalo

15 — Pérolas no Mar (2018), Rene Liu

14 — Okja (2017), Joon-ho Bong

13 — Meu Nome é Dolemite (2019), Craig Brewer

12 — O Rei (2019), David Michôd

11 — Lazzaro Felice (2018), Alice Rohrwacher

10 — Joias Brutas (2020), Benny e Josh Safdie

Howard Ratner é o dono de uma loja de joias que está cheio de dívidas por jogos de apostas. Para resolver sua situação, ele quer vender uma pedra não lapidada enviada diretamente da Etiópia. Inicialmente, Howard oferece a joia a um de seus clientes assíduos, mas depois percebe que pode lucrar muito mais indo à leilão. Só que, antes disso, ele precisa driblar os cobradores que o perseguem.

9 — A Balada de Buster Scruggs (2018), Ethan e Joel Cohen

Trabalhando pela primeira vez com a Netflix, os famosos irmãos Coen idealizaram uma antologia faroeste. O filme reúne seis curtas com histórias diferentes, mas que ocorreram no mesmo local, a fronteira selvagem do velho oeste. Os episódios seguem os capítulos do livro fictício “A Balada de Buster Scruggs e Outros Contos da Fronteira Americana”.

8 — O Menino que Descobriu o Vento (2019), Chiwetel Ejiofor

Aos 13 anos, William Kamkwamba, do Malawi, ganhou fama em seu país em 2007, ao construir uma turbina de vento geradora de energia. A região onde William morava foi assolada por uma seca que devastou a plantação de sua família. Estudando sozinho e utilizando materiais improvisados, ele criou um projeto para fornecer água encanada e eletricidade ao seu vilarejo, privilégios aos quais a população do Malawi não tinha acesso.

7 — Mais Uma Chance (2018), Tamara Jenkins

Um casal na casa dos 40 anos tenta engravidar de várias formas. Sem sucesso, eles se submetem a várias fertilizações. Quando os recursos e opções parecem chegar ao fim, o aparecimento de uma sobrinha renova as esperanças do casal, que decide tentar novamente. Além disso, eles precisam cuidar da própria relação, que está abalada em meio a tantos acontecimentos.

6 — Beasts of No Nation (2015), Cary Fukunaga

Agu é uma criança que sofre com as consequências da guerra civil da África do Sul. Depois que seu pai é morto por militares, ele é obrigado a se tornar um soldado, abandonando a família para lutar no conflito. Para se transformar em um combatente, ele é instruído por um comandante, que o ensina as cruéis regras da disputa armada. O longa é baseado no livro homônimo do autor nigeriano Uzodinma Iweala.

5 — Klaus (2019), Sergio Pablos

Pior aluno da academia de carteiros, o mimado Jasper é mandado para Smeerensburg, uma remota ilha localizada acima do Círculo Ártico. Nessa cidade, os habitantes brigam o tempo todo e não demonstram o mínimo interesse pelas cartas. Para bater sua meta de correspondências e voltar para casa logo, Jasper conta com a ajuda da professora Ava e do misterioso carpinteiro Klaus. Juntos, eles tentam alegrar Smeerensburg e apresentar aos moradores a magia do natal.

4 — Dois Papas (2019), Fernando Meirelles

O filme constrói um encontro fictício entre o então cardeal Jorge Bergoglio, hoje Papa Francisco, e o Papa Bento XVI, em 2012. Durante uma das maiores crises recentes da Igreja, o argentino Jorge Bergoglio decide pedir sua aposentadoria por discordar da forma como o Papa tem conduzido a igreja. Com a passagem já comprada para Roma, ele é surpreendido pelo convite do próprio Papa Bento XVI para visitá-lo. No encontro, eles falam sobre suas vidas e os rumos do catolicismo.

3 — Roma (2018), Alfonso Cuarón

O filme foi inspirado na infância de Cuarón e conta a história de Cleo, uma jovem que trabalha como babá e doméstica de uma família de classe média, moradora do bairro Roma, na Cidade do México. Em um ano, acontecimentos inesperados afetam a rotina da família. Enquanto sua patroa, Sofia, sofre com o afastamento do marido, Cleo engravida do namorado, Fermín, que não quer assumir a criança.

2 — O Irlandês (2019), Martin Scorsese

Frank Sheeran, “O Irlandês”, é um veterano de guerra cheio de condecorações. Ele aprendeu a matar servindo na Segunda Guerra Mundial e divide seu tempo entre os trabalhos de caminhoneiro e assassino de aluguel para a máfia. Já velho, Frank reflete sobre sua carreira no mundo do crime e seu envolvimento com os Bufalino, uma família de mafiosos. Ele também relembra seu envolvimento no desaparecimento do líder do sindicato dos caminhoneiros, Jimmy Hoffa, que era seu amigo de longa data.

1 — História de um Casamento (2019), Noah Baumbach

O diretor de teatro Charlie e a atriz Nicole estão passando por muitas dificuldades no relacionamento e decidem se divorciar. Os dois concordam em não envolver advogados, levando o processo de uma maneira amigável, mas Nicole muda de ideia e contrata uma advogada experiente, Nora Fanshaw. Surpreso com a atitude de Nicole, Charlie se esforça para pagar um famoso advogado e lutar pela custódia do filho, o pequeno Henry.

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