Hamlet in Wspolczesny, Warsaw

I'm sure that everyone has at least seen "Hamlet" by William Shakespeare once in their life. Or perhaps read the drama. Personally, each time I read or see the play (and I do so once in a while), new things unravel and grab my attention. Timeless story, world-famous lines and a shakespearean touch - that makes a true masterpiece of a drama. Wspolczesny Theatre ("Modern" Theatre), located in a newly-rediscovered hipster-hub offers a traditional interpretation of "Hamlet". Very intense, physical interpretation indeed. And it really works well. The stage is quite small and it gets filled with plenty of great names of Polish theatre stage. Everlasting fame of playing the dream role of many, the title character, is designed for Borys Szyc (a controversial figure, not exactly making the right choices of film roles, but nevertheless a talented actor). Apart from the main role, the characters that deserve to be singled out undoubtedly are Slawomir Orzechowski as Polonius, Wojciech Zielinski as Laertes, Wojciech Zoladkowicz as Horatio, Krzysztof Kowalewski as one of the gravediggers and Antoni Paradowski as Fortinbras, Prince of Norway.
More on the play, on the website of the Wspolczesny Theatre.

Disney buys Lucasfilm, Random House - Penguin

It has been quite a shock of this Halloween week.On Tuesday, October 30th, Walt Disney Company has bought Lucasfilm for $4.05 billion in cash and stock. They both announced, that Star Wars: Episode 7 is in the making, to be released in 2015. Disney is systematically growing, since 2006 it has already puchased Pixar and Marvel Entertainment in 2009. For the price, Lucas has also sold control in Industrial Light & Magic (a special effects branch of Lucasfilm) and Skywalker Sound, but also the rights to the Star Wars brand, quite a lucrative business. More here and in USA Today.

 

Top 10 Bond movies

The 23rd installment of the James Bond saga clearly pushes toward all the "top 10" lists. So far one of my favorites is the Top 10 Bond theme songs, where Adele's "Skyfall" is pretty high, somewhere around Tina Turner's "Goldeneye" - a total hit of 1990s, not only in terms of a Bond song, and Shirley Bassey's two theme songs (about the resemblance I already wrote in my review of "Skyfall" here). Now I thought of my own very private list of favorite Bond movies, as I've really seen them all, and not so long ago to forget.

10."Diamonds are Forever" dir. Lewis Gilbert, cast: Sean Connery, Jill St.John.

Walnut Cheesecake

The first cheesecake this fall season, and a full success! This is not my first attempt with the walnut cheesecake though. Actually it already is one of my all-time favorites! Tastes delicious, the nutty flavor and crushed cookie bottom make a perfect addition to the cottage cheese layer. The cheese has a caramel color due to the use of brown sugar. Lovely! The original recipe from my favorite baking blog, in Polish here, and in English here.

The Look of Fall

Fall is one of the most stylish seasons of all. The flip flops and shorts are back in closets, T-shirts are quickly replaced by something warmer. That usually means new things and shopping for new styles. This season presents patterns mostly, but also cozy warm fabrics. The new H&M campaign astonishes, because it has one of the brightest new film stars, and from Sweden - Joel Kinnaman - the new RoboCop. But for the purposes of this post, let's assume that the British GQ forces new trends this autumn. As usual, the photos are marvelous. One of the reasons to have a look at them, even if not interested in fashion. Or, for that matter, in male fashion. Who said it is boring? (aka let's just look at Javier Bardem, Daniel Craig and Damian Lewis). 

The new Hannibal - Mikkelsen on NBC

A few months ago the news electrified the fans of the famous Dane - Mads Mikkelsen and of Hannibal Lecter. Mikkelsen will be the next Hannnibal in an NBC television production entitled simply "Hannibal". This can be a crucial twist to the known story from "The Silence of Lambs" (1992). The movie was awarded 5 most important Oscars, and so 20 years later the serial cannot disappoint. And it is not likely to! With such a cast, that includes also Laurence Fishbourne and Hugh Dancy it might be a hit!

Bakery: Crispy crescent rolls with poppy seeds

Fresh fruit is now slowly replaced by cottage cheese, jams and poppy-seed as filling for pastry and cakes. Well, autumn is currently in full bloom. Thank goodness we still have apples, but before they are also gone completely, brace yourselves for winter, and prepare one of the best croissants (or crescent rolls) with poppy-seed filling. The procedure to make them is not very easy, I would rather call it toilsome, but if you do everything exactly as described, there is no way to make a mistake. And they're delicious!
For the recipe in Polish go here, and in English go here but remember to add the filling!