Summer vocation is approaching, and here is a list of films recommended by Nicholas Barber, from BBC News.

Don’t Look Up

People are often slow to react to a disaster, whether it’s a climate emergency or a global pandemic (流行病)—and it was this tendency that inspired Adam McKay to make his new film, Don’t Look Up. Jennifer Lawrence and Leonardo DiCaprio play two astronomers who have assumed that a “planet killer” comet is going to crash into the Earth, killing everyone. But the US president is just one of the many people who ignore the facts. It’s the idea of a disaster movie in which people don’t necessarily believe that the disaster is coming.

West Side Story

The original 1961 film of West Side Story, directed by Robert Wise, is honored as one of the finest Hollywood musicals ever made. A New York-set movie version of Romeo and Juliet, it was the biggest box-office hit of the year, and went on to win 10 Oscars, including Best Picture.

Flee

In this heart-breaking Danish documentary, Jonas Poher Rasmussen interviews his friend Amin about his painful experiences as an Afghan refugee. Amin remembers his years as a child in Kabul (the capital of Afghan), his family’s flight from the Taliban, his deeply unhappy life in Moscow... It’s hard to imagine a more important film, but Flee doesn’t just do the job as a documentary.

Other recommended films include: The Matrix Resurrections, Being the Ricardos, Red Rocket, The Lost Daughter, The Tragedy of Macbeth, Nightmare Alley, and Spider-Man: No Way Home. Just choose one or several to enjoy with your friends!

Shanghai Hengyuanxiang Drama Development Company and Netherlander Worldwide Entertainment signed a deal last November that would see Shimmer (《犹太人在上海》) become the first Chinese musical to have an open-ended run on Broadway in 2019. 【小题1】

Directed by Xu Jun, Shimmer is a musical in both English and Chinese. Shimmer, which tells a story about Jews who fled to Shanghai to escape Nazi persecution (迫害) during World War II, was first shown at the Shanghai Culture Square in 2015. 【小题2】 The musical’s scheduled open-ended run in 2019 will be one of the events to celebrate the 40th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between China and the United States. With this play being shown on Broadway, the ties between Chinese people and Americans will be firmly strengthened. And through this drama, the audience can feel the charm of Chinese culture.

【小题3】 To deal with the problem, many production companies in Shanghai have pointed out that they should keep striving for improvement by creating more Chinese musicals and by creating more audiences. Currently, those who watch Western musicals in China are limited to a small group — people who have received a university education or have had overseas working experiences, white-collar and even gold-collar workers. There are only a handful of people who understand foreign languages and you have to find a way to motivate the public and get them into the theater.

【小题4】 There has been a handful of successful musical stories in Shanghai. The Chinese editions of Broadway musicals Cats and Mamma Mia, both of which had hundreds of shows across China, are among the top box office hits.

The Boston Opera House

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