After sitting on the shelf for a couple of years, Marc Forster’s White Bird has finally been released in the US, to pretty disastrous financial returns. A sequel to 2017’s surprise hit Wonder, it picks up the story of a seriously disfigured young man, now attempting to make his way in a new school, as […]
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Previous postures bore, rather, anouncing character.
I consider my task and my aim at cinema, at depicting vivid history, spiritual streams of the Middle East and further Orient where I happened to be born; filming up religious views and the lifelines of spiritual institutions (temples, monasteries, hermitages). Epochs differ stylisticly, spiritually, outwardly. I delve into the plots...
Previous postures bore, rather, anouncing character.
I consider my task and my aim at cinema, at depicting vivid history, spiritual streams of the Middle East and further Orient where I happened to be born; filming up religious views and the lifelines of spiritual institutions (temples, monasteries, hermitages). Epochs differ stylisticly, spiritually, outwardly. I delve into the plots...
Previous postures bore, rather, anouncing character.
I consider my task and my aim at cinema, at depicting vivid history, spiritual streams of the Middle East and further Orient where I happened to be born; filming up religious views and the lifelines of spiritual institutions (temples, monasteries, hermitages). Epochs differ stylisticly, spiritually, outwardly. I delve into the plots...
The 21st edition of the Marrakech International Film Festival is set to run from November 29th to December 7th and a highlight of the event is the Atlas Workshops, which, in just seven years, has evolved into a vital platform for fostering the next generation of Moroccan, Arab, and African filmmakers, many of whom have since premiered at A-list film fests such as Berlin, Cannes and Venice.
Out of the gate early, the International Film Festival Rotterdam (30 January – 9 February 2025) have unveiled the first wave of titles that make up the upcoming 54th edition with a baker’s dozen titles populating the Bright Future and Harbour sections.
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Comedian Jerry Lewis, in the top league during the 50s and 60s, made a breakthrough movie in 1965, called The Family Jewels. Breakthrough, because he played seven roles in the film, all brothers, besides co-writing and directing it. I have been unlucky not to have seen this reportedly hilarious experiment, but I came close...
Los Angeles has long had a passionate love affair with French cinema, dating back more than 60 years ago when there were lines around the block to get into theaters showing the latest works from cinema masters such as François Truffaut, Jean-Luc Godard and others. Local cineastes later got their French film fixes every year […]
Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival (PÖFF) reveals the selection for the Rebels with a Cause competition. The side-competition, dedicated to films that push the boundaries of cinematic art, contains 6 world premieres and 4 international premieres.
"The filmmakers who come to our Rebel Area, don't fight or rebel for anything, they've already won," says Javier Garcia Puerto,...
The 28th edition of Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival (PÖFF) sets focus on German cinema and has chosen the world premiere of David Dietl's Long Story Short to open the festival. With the extensive focus programme, the festival celebrates the 70th anniversary of German Films and the 25th anniversary of the Goethe-Institut in Estonia.
The focus programme comprises 15 new German films...