4 Of The Best Films To Watch

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Fantastic Beasts：The Secrets of Dumbledore

In the third of five planned Fantastic Beasts films，Albus Dumbledore （Jude Law）and Newt Scamander （Eddie Red- mayne）clash with the dark forces of Gellert Grindelwald （Mads Mikkelsen，taking over from Johnny Depp）in the 1930s. The previous instalment，The Crimes of Grindelwald，was the most over- complicated and underwhelming of the films set in JK Rowling' s Wizarding World，but Steve Kloves，who wrote the Harry Potter scripts，has joined Rowl-ing as co-screenwriter this time，and several scenes are set at Hogwarts，so maybe they can conjure up some of the old mag-ic. They could even answer the series9 most pressing ques-tion：when did Dumbledore swap the three- piece suits he wears in Fantastic Beasts for the floor-length robes he wears in Harry Potter？

Released on 8 April in the UK，Australia and New Zea-land，and 15 April in the US and Canada

《神奇動物：鄧布利多之謎》

在《神奇動物》電影系列（共五部）的第三部中，阿不思·鄧布利多（裘德·洛飾演）和紐特·斯卡曼德（埃迪·雷德梅恩飾演）在上世紀30年代和蓋勒特·格林德沃（麥斯·米科爾森飾演，替換掉了約翰尼·德普）的黑暗勢力正面交鋒。上一部《神奇動物：格林德沃之罪》是J·K·羅琳魔法世界中最復雜但也最令人失望的一部電影。但是曾擔任《哈利波特》編劇的史蒂夫·克洛夫斯這次將和羅琳一起撰寫劇本，而且好幾個場景都在霍格沃茨城堡，所以或許這部電影能重現一些昔日的魔法，甚至可能會回答這一系列電影最迫切的問題：鄧布利多是何時脫下《神奇動物》中穿的三件套西服，改穿《哈里波特》中穿的拖地長袍的？

該片于4月8日在英國、澳大利亞和新西蘭上映，4月15日在美國和加拿大上映。

Petite Maman

The heroine o￡Petite Maman is eight- year- old Nelly （Joséphine Sanz）. After her grandmother's death，Nelly plays in the woods near her mother's childhood home，and meets Marion （Gabrielle Sanz，Josephine's twin），a girl of her own age and with remarkably similar features. The pair play together every day，fast becoming close friends. Mark Kermode wrote in The Observer：“Whether you are six or 60，this astonishingly insightful and heartbreakingly hopeful cinematic poem will pierce your heart，broaden your mind and gladden your soul，even as you wipe away tears.”And all in just 72 minutes.

Released on 22 April in the US

《小媽媽》

《小媽媽》的女主角是8歲的內麗（約瑟芬·桑茲飾演）。在她的外婆去世后，內麗在她媽媽童年舊居附近的森林里玩耍，結識了和她容貌酷似的同齡女孩瑪麗昂（約瑟芬的雙胞胎姐妹加布里埃爾·桑茲飾演）。兩個人天天一起玩，很快就成了好朋友。馬克·克莫德在《觀察家報》中寫道：“無論你是6歲還是60歲，這部極具洞察力、令人心碎又讓人充滿希望的詩歌般的電影會穿透你的心靈、開闊你的心胸，讓你即使流著淚也會從靈魂深處感到喜悅。”所有這一切都濃縮在72分鐘的電影中。

該片于4月22日在美國上映。

Downton Abbey：A New Era

BBC Culture's Caryn James enjoyed the “elegance and glittering production values”of the first Downton Abbey film，which was released in 2019. The sequel，once again scripted by Julian Fellowes，promises to be even more sumptuous and enticing. In a storyline，the Dowager Countess （Maggie Smith）reveals that she has inherited a villa in the south of France，so the family heads down to the Riviera to investi-gate. Don't expect any hard-hitting social commentary，but do expect lashings of “glamour，manners and wealth”.

Released on 29 April in the UK and Ireland and 20 May in the US and Canada

《唐頓莊園2》

BBC文化頻道的卡琳·詹姆斯很喜歡2019年上映的第一部《唐頓莊園》，認為這部電影“很優雅、制作水準也很高”。……