Tag: Hungarian Cinema
FemmeFilmFest7 Review: Felkészülés meghatározatlan ideig tartó együttlétre // Preparations to Be Together for an Unknown Period of Time (Lili Horvát)
“We are fools in love,” Jane Austen famously wrote in her novel Pride and Prejudice. This statement can easily be confirmed by whoever has had…
The Round-Up (Miklós Jancsó)
There was a time when I was young and approving. In the late eighties, I visited Hungary frequently, and I often socialised with cinephiles and…
Review: László Nemes’ Latest, Sunset (2019)
As glimpsed in the enticing trailer, the opening of Hungarian period piece, Sunset, is classic cinematic allure. Visiting an illustrious hat store, our protagonist, Írisz…
Festival de Cannes 72 Countdown: Fehér isten / White God, 2014
We excitedly countdown to the 72nd Festival de Cannes with a different prize winning film each day. Fehér isten / White God, 2014 Palm Dog…
100 Explorations of World Cinema – Dah
“[Abbas] Kiarostami gave the Iranian cinema the international credibility that it has today. But his films were unfortunately not seen as much in Iran. He…
100 Explorations of World Cinema – Siedem
“You make films to give people something, to transport them somewhere else, and it doesn’t matter if you transport them to a world of intuition…
100 Explorations of World Cinema – Sechs
“I hope to build a house with my films. Some of them are the cellar, some are the walls, and some are the windows. But…
