Posted in Cannes Festival

Festival de Cannes: Pál Adrienn from Ágnes Koscis (2010)

Un Certain Regard FIPRESCI Award Four years after the release of Friss Levegö, Ágnes Koscis second film saw the light of day. Pál Adrienn premiered in the Un Certain Regard…

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Woman of Fire
Posted in World Cinema

Korean Film: 화녀 / Woman of Fire (1971)

In 2006, I was lucky enough to attend a Kim Ki-young retrospective at Cinémathèque Francaise. The director is probably mostly known for The Housemaid (Hanyo)….

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Posted in Review Year in Film

1957 in Film: Smultronstället (Wild Strawberries)

1957 was a seminal year for Ingmar Bergman. He released two films that year. The Seventh Seal (Det sjunde inseglet) and Wild Strawberries (Smultronstället). Both…

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