We continue publishing stories and essays from the collection “House Number,” which will be published very soon by Vidim Books. The authors of this special “literary issue” of Republic were Dmitry Glukhovsky*, Polina Barskova*, Polina Aronson, Oleg Kashin*, Elena Fanailova, Vladimir Sorokin and many others.

This article is an April Fool's joke, written jointly by Claude, Gemini and Grok Lars von Trier left cinema and every few years he blows up the information space - either with sympathy for the Russians or with his search for a nurse. He does not communicate with journalists and leads a very closed lifestyle. He made the only exception for film critic Anton Dolin, the author of the best book about the Danish director.

Film critic and friend of the Republic editor Anton Dolin attended a Radiohead concert and wrote a 10-page declaration of love for the British band, which he has been listening to non-stop for three decades. There was a place in it for lyrical memories, reportage, revision of the entire discography, and even Radiohead’s connections with cinema, art, and literature. Once upon a time, I dreamed of becoming a music critic, but I never went further than an ordinary music lover.

Jafar Panahi with a “gold palm branch” for the film “Simple Accident” Syspeo / Sipa / Scanpix At the 78th Cannes Film Festival “Golden Palm Branch”, the film “Simple Accident” of Jafar Panahi, ended on May 24.

"Cargo 200" Alexei Balabanov, but this is an anime from Ghibli Studio At the end of March, after launching a new Open AI picture generator, built into ChatGPT, humanity was seized by the “GIBLICATION” virus: people began to redo all conceivable and unthinkable images, as if they were part of the animo Miyazaki universe and its legendary Ghibli studio. In a matter of days, literally everything was linked - from the meeting of Zelensky with Trump in the oval office to personnel from “cargo 200”.

About war, sacrifice and PTSR. How does the heroine turn from a victim into a killer? Monika Rittershaus / Festival dhx -en-En-Provence In France, from July 3 to 23, there is an ex-en-proven opera festival. He was opened by the performance by Dmitry Chernyakov “Iphigenia in Avlida - Iphigenia in Tauris”, a five -hour work, uniting two opera of Christophe Willibald Gluck of ancient plots of the same name. The project was also attended by the National Opera of Greece and the Paris National Opera.

With Lupita Niongo, Joseph Quinn (he performed Metallica in “Very strange deeds”) and a cat Shnice Paramount Pictures The horror “Quiet place: the first day” - the prequel of the franchise John Krasinski was released in the world rental. While the third part of the most “quiet place” is in production, a picture of the beginning of the invasion of toothy monster on the ground was entrusted to another director - Michael Sarnoski.

Festival de Cannes At the Cannes festival, the Body-Corror of Coral Farge “The Substance” was shown: in the absence of an official translation, the audience calls it “substance”, but the “substance” will be a more accurate analogue. For Farge, who became famous in 2017, the film “Survivor” is the first Hollywood project. Critic Anton Dolin tells why Body-Horror became a feminist genre in modern cinema.

Spectators in Cannes and nervously applauded, and shouted: "Buuuu!" Festival de Cannes At the Cannes Film Festival, the premiere of Megalopolis was held - the film of Francis Ford Coppola, which he has been working on in the last 40 years. According to the plot, the brilliant architect Caesar Katilina (Adam Driver) is trying to turn New York into a utopian city, but the mayor of Cicero (Dzhancarlo Esposito) interferes with him, who dreams of destroying his opponent.

George Miller again offers two hours of post -apocalyptic attractions with chases and shootings Warner Bros. Pictures At the 77th Cannes Film Festival, the premiere of the film “Furios: the Chronicles of the Mad Max” was preceded by the previous film by George Miller “Mad Max: Road Road”. The picture tells about the childhood and youth of the warrior Furiosa, who was played in the picture of 2015 by Charlize Theron.

Director Quentin Dupier, who shot the "gum" about the training of a fly, is now ironic over the author's cinema Chi-Fou-Mi Productions, Arte France Cinéma The 77th International Film Festival began in Cannes. The opening film was the “Second Act” - the comedy of the French director Quentin Dupier (“Zhvali”, “Daaaaali!”). The main character wants to introduce her boyfriend to her father, but the young man is not in love with her - and tries to sink her for his friend.

300 years after the monkey revolution, the primates invented the dictatorship 20th Century Studios The blockbuster “Planet Monkeys: New Kingdom” of the director “running in the maze” of Wes Ball was released in the world rental. This is a continuation of the franchise restarted in 2011, which shows the formation of a monkey society - the audience saw its flowering in original films that came out from 1968 to 1973, and in the 2001 remake beyond Tim Berton.

The heroine recognizes in the hero of her old offender. He does not remember anything because of the early dementia. Will love help them to heal? Capella Film The drama of the Mexican director Michel Franco “Memory” was released in Russian rental. In 2023, Peter Sarsgard, who played the main male role in it, received the Volpi Cup at the Venice festival. Together with him, Jessica Chastaine starred in the picture.

Luka Guadagnino made his most expressive film (and Zendea played the best role) Metro Goldwyn Mayer Pictures At the world box office there is a new film by Luke Guadaninino “Applicants”. This is the story of a love triangle: the famous tennis player experiences a strip of failures and goes to competitions, where he will have to fight with his former lover of his wife (and part -time his coach). Zendea, Josh Okonnor and Mike Feist brilliantly play this sensual plot.

The new film director of the Oscar -winning "Sit on the wheel of my car" September Film / IFFR In Russian cinemas, the director “Sit behind the wheel of my car” Ryusuke Hamaguti-“Evil does not exist”, awarded the Grand Prix of the Venetian festival, was released. This is a story about the clash of a small village with cynical city managers who want to build a fashion hotel in this place in this place.