16 Jan

Overall 2023/2024 Warner Bros. Discovery’s most awesome contents were seen and yet no less superb to be watched.

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Maybe have already watched the 2023 HBOMax superb18 channel’s screened movies, whereas 82% filled Hungary’s homes … but probably haven’t seen yet to the come up movies which will be on the HBOMax palette in the coming 2024.

HBOMax … an epic streaming platform full of the greatest blockbusters, iconic series, and beloved family favorites.

There will be memorable anniversaries for everyone, may follow every moment of the Olympics Games – Paris, there will be international blockbuster films, moving, smiling, scandalous series, thought-provoking documentaries, new guilty pleasure reality shows, and an exciting new platform arriving in the spring.

When talking about sporty screenings then it’s no surprise that Sports lovers will have a really exciting year. In Europe, Eurosport is an indispensable player. Among the most popular broadcast sports are Tennis … all the Grand Slams, Cycling and Snooker, but of course previous held World Athletics Championships in Budapest and naturally the Olympics Games – Paris coming in 2024. Experience shows that the bicycle is more popular than ever before (perhaps this is also due to outstanding young Hungarian athletes), the Vuelta Espana’s viewership exceeded all expectations. All this, of course, in 4K for the best viewing experience. The year begins on January 14 with the Australian Open, and during the year Roland Garros, the Giro d’Italia, the Tour de France and, of course, the most anticipated sports event of 2024. Eyes wide open will watch most important competitions of the Olympic Games in Paris, will also be seenon this channel. Also the a/m channel were the most viewed programs in between January 1 and December 15, 2023.

2024 will be the anniversary of many of favorites, so this year will be all about nostalgia and celebration. Without claiming to be exhaustive, here will be worthwhile watching again this year: The Sopranos will be 25 years old no not the age of the Sopranos but the move, which is still a milestone in the history of serial production. The True Detective series, which has reformed the mystical crime/drama category since its debut 10 years ago, is now getting a new season. One of the biggest favorites of the TLC audience, 90 Days Fiancé, is also celebrating its 10-year anniversary, and Silicon Valley, the great of old-style westerns, is also strengthening its circle of  western movie Deadwood will be 20 years old this year. Long live Batman reached its 85th Anniversary. The first part of  The Matrix is 25, but to have something really meaty at the end of the list: The Friends is with many movie loves and celebrating its 30 years. An waresome series that you can love or hate, but it is certain that everyone knows it in 2024. Family-friendly streaming … nothing is new under the sun but for youngsters exiting and captivating and for elder folks bringing back memos which they grew up on … What’s up Doc?

Shows – Movies – Documentaries and more are coming each month … So hold on …

Onwards – Upwards.

Premier starts: January 15th … HBO Max … Discovery … TLC … HGTV …ID … follow ups of groundbreaking series can be veiwed through their official site … time to set up your calendar.

Summing up past and present year’s the presentation was held by Adam Pinczés-Pressing – PR Manager WB Discovery @ ETELE Cinema  Budapest.

Riport by Aggie Reiter

16 Jan

Day of Hungarian Culture – Museum of Ethnography

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From left to right: Roby Lakatos, Zsolt Szomora and Jenő Lisztes

Since 1989, the Day of Hungarian Culture has been celebrated on January 22, in memory of the fact that, according to the manuscript, Ferenc Kölcsey clarified the manuscript of the Anthem in Cseké on this day in 1823.

Families on Sunday – 21st January 10.30 a.m. until Noon they can immerse themselves in a comic book at the Méta Matinee with God, my brother! – With the help of the locations and characters of the Gypsy Stories exhibition.
MÉTA MATINE – Button yourself into a comic book! You know how the huge silver buttons got back on the gypsy judge’s waistcoat? Have you ever lost something, but then found it? Write and draw, continue the stories with God I’ll find you, brother! – With the help of the locations and actors of the Gypsy stories exhibition! Paste, tear, insert a missing thread in your comic and become a character in your own story! Family session with God I’ll see you, brother! – Entitled Gypsy Stories
related to the exhibition.

In the afternoon, the same exhibition – which closes on February 4 – will be accompanied by a guided tour and a podium discussion with Roby Lakatos, Jenő Lisztes, and Zsolt Szomora about the gypsy musical culture of the café as a national heritage.

On January 23, the focus will be on the ceramic art of the age of Turkish subjugation. The program reveals the roots of the folk art that flourished in the second half of the 19th century.

Venue: District XIV., 35 Dózsa György Road – Budapest

Tickets available on the spot at the ticket box price: 500HUF

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15 Jan

Movie – The Taste of Things (original title: La passion de Dodin Bouffant)

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Drama, Historical film, Romanc

Thursday, 25. January, 2024.

The exceptionally talented cook, Eugenie, and her employer, the famous gourmet Dodin Bouffant, have been creating together for twenty years in the kitchen of the beautiful French mansion. From their special relationship, impressive gastronomic masterpieces are born, which amaze even the world’s most famous chefs. The two people bond more and more deeply, but Dodin has to face the fact that Eugenie does not want to marry him. He starts cooking for the woman to prove that he is looking for her not only as a wife, but as an equal partner…

Set in 1885, the film was based on Marcel Rouff’s novel La Vie et la passion de Dodin Bouffant, gourmet (The Passionate Gourmet), directed by Anh Hung Tran (The Scent of Green Papaya, 1993, Norwegian Forest, 2010), starring Juliette Binoche and Benoît Magimel.

The film was shot at Segré-en-Anjou Bleu Castle on the Loire.

Cast: Juliette Binoche, Benoît Magimel – Director: Anh Hung Tran – Manufacturer: France 2023
Original language: French (with Hungarian subtutle) – Not recommended for children under 12!
Performance type: 2D

At the Cannes Film Festival program won the prize for best director in the competition.

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4 Jan

Duna Art Ensemble & National Dance Theater

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In the second week of January, the Duna Art Ensemble will return to the stage of the National Dance Theater with its first performances of 2024.

On January 12, from 5 p.m., the public can see their latest show, Fathers and Sons – Dance Performance in the wake of Albert Nagy’s collections.

OÍn January 13, from 11 a.m., the audience/families can see with their children the performance of Cinderella.

The professional folk dance group Fathers and Sons – Dance performance (previously on may update on rollinginbudapest.com). In brief reminder … Albert Nagy’s latest production, titled After the Collections, wants to talk about tradition and passing on through the spiritual relationship between fathers and sons. In the performance, the dances pay tribute to the outstanding work of the folk dance collector Albert Nagy, who was the master of the group’s artistic director, Zsolt Juhász. On the stage, the audience can see, among other things, the most famous collections of the Szeged area, the gypsy dances of Szegvár, Baksi, Hódmezővásárhely and Kiskundorozsma, but also dances from Elek, Méhkerék from Békés County, Nádasdaróc and Inaktel from Kalotaszeg, and Lőrinrevé from Küküllő-mente are also presented in the production, in which Ferenc Kölcsey Parainesis to Kálmán Kölcsey c. excerpts from his work are also quoted in the interpretation of Ödön Jászai Mari Prize-winning dramatist, Merited Artist. On January 12, the audience can see the production again at the National Dance Theatre.

The Duna Artist Ensemble Cinderella performance for children and families has been running with great success on stages in the capital and the countryside for many years. The production studded with interactive elements is one of the best-known and timeless of the Brothers Grimm process his tale. Cinderella meets the Prince during a dance at a ball, whose story is told through dance and music. The life of the royal court, the quarreling of the stepchildren, the search for the owner of the lost shoe and the lovers finding each other come to life in the energetic choreographies set to the music of Ghymes. Drawing from the dances of the European peoples (from Scandinavia to the Balkans), the Duna Art Ensemble created its spectacular and cheerful performance, which is understandable and enjoyable for children, and which will be shown on January 13 in its recently renovated special scenery at the National Dance Theater.

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2 Jan

Hello January & Happy 2024 Year.

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20 Dec

Tchaikovsky evening – Xmas Concert – Concerto Budapest – December 23&24.

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Those who did not make it to the band’s Christmas concerts can follow it in the form of a free live broadcast.

In view of the huge interest in the Christmas Tchaikovsky evening, András Keller decided at the end of November that Concerto Budapest will give an encore concert and will also perform the program of the evening Christmas concert from 11 am, in which Tchaikovsky’s Meditation from Souvenir d’un lieu cher, D -major violin concerto, the Swan Lake Suite and the Nutcracker Suite. The soloist of the evening is Kristóf Baráti, the concert is conducted by András Keller.

The tickets for the morning concert were also sold out in a few days, so the idea of a live broadcast came up, the implementation of which was resolved, so the stream of the concert will be available for free on the orchestra’s online platforms for everyone who wants to enjoy the joy of waiting for Christmas through Tchaikovsky’s beautiful music.

“The main purpose of musical art is to convey humanity, love and human goodness, to elevate the soul and to complete our emotional world. That is why it is especially important for me to spread the feeling of harmony, peace, community and finding each other to as many people as possible at Christmas,” said András Keller –  Kossuth Prize-winning music director of the band, about the concert broadcast, and then quoted the words of Zoltán Kodály: “The music it is a nourishing, comforting elixir, and it empowers the beauty of life and all that is valuable in it.”

Imre Stein Szabó, the creative producer of the recording and the band’s chief international strategy consultant, said the following about the broadcast: “In the past three years, it can be said without exaggeration that Concerto Budapest has been at the forefront of film recordings and live broadcasts not only in Hungary, but also in Europe in terms of quality and viewership. I believe that there are two important directions for streams, one is when, for example, by broadcasting a Mozart day or a Beethoven day, we can create a cinematic presence that actually opens up a new kind of reception dimension. A typical example of the other direction is the current situation, when considering the solemnity of the moment, the day, the event, it would be a mistake to exclude those who cannot enter the concert hall from the musical experience. Although the full house, the packed choir and the stage would all speak against the proper implementation of the recording, this time we will also provide a worthy experience with the broadcast.”

Update by Aggie Reiter

19 Dec

Paris-based Epica – Capa Silver Medal – Capa Center Budapest

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“Machines don’t see the world the way humans do”
At one of the most important communication awards, the Paris-based Epica Awards in the Recreation & Leisure category, Innocean Berlin’s ads, created for the Robert Capa, Correspondent exhibition that opened at the Capa Center, won a silver medal.
Capa’s name is recorded among the first and the best in the history of universal photography.
The campaign juxtaposes Robert Capa’s photographs with those created by artificial intelligence-driven image generators, showing what is produced when they are fed the description of the original photograph.
“Machines don’t see the world the way people do” – this is the main message of the campaign of the creative agency Innocean Berlin, which was created for the Robert Capa, the Correspondent exhibition that opened in the new 500 sqm exhibition space of the enter for Contemporary PhotographyIn 2008, the Hungarian State purchased the Master’s Set III series, which contains 937 enlargements made in the nineties. Along with New York and Tokyo, Budapest thus became the most important custodian of the Capa legacy. The unique exhibition presents 138 photographs from the series, many of which have become iconic, and presents the most important stages of the photographer’s life to the visitor, processed according to the themes defined by the oeuvre. (the attached photo is Capa by AI – The AI Captured Soldier). The war correspondent who visited five battlefields also created a lasting impression during his tragically short life: with his photos taken on the fronts and in the hinterlands, he created a school and renewed the work of photojournalism. He photographed the war, the battles, the soldiers in the trenches or the everyday life of the hinterland from the observer’s position of the participant, with boundless compassion. He was there with the soldiers, he was there in the middle of the events and he documented what happened in close proximity to death. With this closeness, this participation, he recreated the genre of war photography. This is what his often quoted famous saying is about: “If your pictures aren’t good enough, you weren’t close enough”. Robert Capa had a significant impact on the photojournalism profession and war photography. His pictures and work have provided and continue to inspire generations. The ethical principles he embodied and his dedication have been important pillars of the photojournalism profession ever since.
The attached photo is Capa by AI – The AI Captured Soldier.
Update by Aggie Reiter

12 Dec

Hungarian Theater Award Gala @ the Karinthy Theater Budapest -2023.

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11 Dec

Another Hungarian Celebrity born 113 years ago moved in Madame Tussauds Wax Museum @ Budapest.

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Katalin Karády was born on December 8, 1910. The movie star’s memory is preserved by a marble plaque on the wall of her former residence in Pest and in New York, and a lifelike figure depicts her unforgettable figure in the building of Madame Tussauds Wax Museum – Budapest.

Since May of this year, visitors may take a photo with a lifelike version of the Hungarian icon.

An international crew worked on Katalin Karády’s wax figure for several months to present the actress in the most authentic way. With the help of original photos and film footage, they tried to reproduce her queenly posture and suggestive gaze in the most authentic way. The actress was 174 cm tall with characteristic green color of eyes with tiny mole on her cheek.  At Madame Tussauds Budapest, the public can see Karády in a black evening dress embroidered with white pearls. Its sleek simplicity is modern and timeless, just like the cult of the actress.

Karády’s life  journey was a typical 20th century Hungarian fate.  The actress and her fiancé, István Ujszászy, were arrested by the Gestapo in April 1944. She was interrogated and tortured for several weeks before she was allowed to return to her ransacked apartment. Ujszászy – head of Hungarian counterintelligence, was taken prisoner by Russia after the war, and then disappeared under unclear circumstances. Even in the most horrific hours of the war, the actress saved the persecuted, including children. However, after the fighting ended, she was only able to enjoy a peaceful new life for a very short time. The Rákosi system ran out of air around her. She did not receive a theater contract and was regularly harassed by the State Defense Authority. On 19th of February, 1951, Karády traveled to Szombathely under the pretext of a performance, and then left the country by a pre-organized action. She started a new life first in Brasil and then in the United States. After emigrating, Karády opened a cool hat shop, first in São Paulo, and then in New York under the name Rochelle Millinery, where even Nancy Reagan liked to shop. The star with excellent manual dexterity preferred to work in the workshop, she really enjoyed the creative work. After defecting from Hungary, she never crossed the Hungarian border again. She died in New York. However, her remains were brought home in accordance with her last will and laid to rest in the Farkasrét cemetery – Budapest – Hungary.

Update by Aggie Reiter

10 Dec

Funky Festival Budapest – 2024.

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Funky Festival

Thursday, 27. June, 2024. 7  p.m.  venue: MVM Dome

Kool and The Gang
Earth Wind and Fire experience by Al McKay
Martha High and The Soul Cookers

According to the one of the Hungarian saying  … for far to the future …”A lot of water flows down the Danube.”

Anyway the Funky Festival will fill the air at the MVM Doma at Budapest,  yet indeed worthwhile to mark your calender as a reminder not to be missed. Lately was announce the 2024 Funky Festival, where the heavyweights of Funky music will gather in Budapest. Funky is not just a musical style, not just a realm of rhythms and colors, but also a positive energy-infused way of life that equals joy and vitality. It encompasses those vibrant sounds and grooves that are inseparably linked to the legends of the Funky universe. At the festival, you can experience three iconic and defining bands that guarantee an explosive atmosphere. The transitions between the bands will be taken care of by the well-known Hungarian DJs of Get Funky Party: Imre Suri and László Jazzkovács, ensuring the best guarantee for escalating the party. Alongside Funky, their repertoire includes Soul, R&aB, and Hip-Hop, as well as classic American disco.
Groove never stops with the funky Legends.
Best of – Kool &The Gang … This legendary band has been dominating stages since 1969, bringing us hits like Celebration, Cherish, Jungle Boogie… Two Grammy Awards, seven American Music Awards, 25 Top Ten R&B, and 9 Top Ten Pop hits – just a few of their many accolades. Masters of Funk, they have rewritten the course of history with their music. Not only proud figures of the past, but they continue to create, innovate, and captivate fans worldwide today. They are continually honoredwithin their hits integrated into blockbuster films, and their concerts remain eternal memories.  What a Band, over 50 years in the industry together!
Best of Earth Wind & Fire experience by Al McKay … Led by the legendary Earth, Wind & Fire guitarist Al McKay, this ensemble comprises some of L.A’s finest studio and concert musicians. Their music is rhythmically rich and invigorating, but their fans know this very well. The band’s history dates back to 1990 when Al McKay revived the spirit of EWF under the name  Allstars, later renamed Al McKay Allstars.  They are hailed as the best Funky band on the planet.
Best of – Martha High & The Soul Cookers … Martha High, the Soul Goddess who accompanied James Brown for 35 years, brings her musical legacy and greatest hits to the Funky Festival. Martha continues to tour regularly with the Maceo Parker band. Her consistent musical contributions to the history of soul music, including the 1968 Boston Garden concert on the night of Martin Luther King assassination, are recognized. The Soul Cookers brilliant performance is greeted with immense enthusiasm by critics and audiences alike,encompassing old and new melodies from Jazz to Soul … Blues to Funky.

Update by Aggie Reiter

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