The Mint Session

The Rhinegold - BOC Hidden in plain sight, three guardians collude to protect the gold for those in power. An outsider, Alberich stumbles upon them and an opportunity to make his life matter, but at a cost. Meanwhile, Leader Wotan desperate to hang on to the Gods’ fading glory, struggles to balance power, his own laws and the standards of public life. Birmingham Opera Company, known for staging opera in empty warehouses and disused factories, here performs RhineGold in the relatively conventional surroundings of Birmingham Symphony Hall. The production is from August 2021 with the pandemic still dictating so much of our lives. This is an urban RhineGold; Rhinemaidens are selfie-taking party girls, Alberich is cycle courier, and Wotan is first seen giving a press conference for FNN: Fake News Network. This RhineGold, complete with the new English translation by Jeremy Sams, can be seen as a step closer to Wagner’s vision of a total work of art acting as a lever of change in society.

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Living Along the Fenceli... Living Along the Fenceline tells the stories of 7 remarkable women who live alongside U.S. military bases. They are teachers, organizers and healers, moved by love and respect for people and the land, and hope for the next generation. The film inspires hope and action through the power of ordinary women to resist militarism and create genuine security on their own terms.

Atlantic Yellow Atlantic Yellow is the name of the unique variety of granite from Serra da Groba, located on the most rectilinear and southern coast of Galicia, and a passage of initiation paths since the Sumerian culture. Still and moving images combine and are stained by the film material itself, redefining those notions related to the love for the insondability of the wild, but structurally assimilated as illusion and ignorance.

The Queen of Spades - La... In love with an unknown lady, a young soldier discovers that her grandmother holds a secret to win at cards. Although his beloved shares his feelings, happiness slips out of reach when his obsession with the powerful secret drives him to madness.

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Delicatessen Guest Meier is every restaurant owner's worst nightmare. He behaves like Croesus when dealing with the staff. With his snobby and abusive conduct, Meier even manages to expel other guests from the restaurant. Meier sharply criticizes his ordered food after just a single bite and demands a completely new meal "on the house." The restaurant's chefs Harald and Tim feel their professional honor is grossly insulted. Together with waiter Peter, they discuss how to put this "problematic guest" in his place, working themselves meanwhile into a rage. Will diplomacy triumph over barbarous brutality or is violence sometimes indeed a solution? And what does an instant photo camera have to do with all this?

Dresden A dreamlike view of a mundane day in a dancer's (Anne Lobst) life includes a job interview, a rehearsal and a new lover.

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The Isle A foreigner comes to Malta, to take pictures of dilapidated buildings. He photographs ruins that look like they could be on Bocklin's "Isle of the Dead." Soon he finds, however, that crumbling edifices are not the only similarity between the two Isles.