Tag: World Cinema
Adú Leads Goya Awards Nominations
Salvador Calvo’s Adú leads the nominations at the 35th Goya Awards with 13 nods including Best Film, Best Director, and Best Original Screenplay. Full list…
Back Shelf Cinema: Marketa Lazarová (1967)
I personally could not have put our 1967 in Film series to bed many months ago without re-watching and constantly praising what amounts to the…
FemmeFilmFest20: Exploring Salaam Bombay! by Mira Nair
Mira Nair was born in Orissa, a remote state in North East India. And although she had become interested in acting whilst at school in…
1994 in Film: The Double Couleurs of Krzysztof Kieślowski with ‘White’ and ‘Red’
Blue may be the most popular of Krzysztof Kieślowski’s Trois Couleurs trilogy, made during the renowned Polish filmmaker’s final years in France. But the following…
1994 in Film: The Teen TV Movie Series That Bridged Two Eras of French Cinema
When we think of auteur collaborative projects, bits of film pieced together from the finest filmmakers of the era sharing a common theme, we think…
1994 in Film: Chungking Express
Wong Kar-wai is a true professional when it comes to presenting romance on the screen. Many reading this have seen, or hopefully are at least…
Back Shelf Cinema: Thérèse (1986)
Our faithful, endearing protagonist, is Thérèse Martin. Or Thérèse de Lisieux. Or even The Little Flower of Jesus. And being titled, Thérèse, the film aims…
Film Review: The Sweet Hereafter (1997)
Recalling, and unable to shake off, the tragic events in Alton, Texas in 1989, when 21 children died in a bus accident, Russell Banks wrote…
Festival de Cannes: Mon Oncle d’Amerique (1980)
In 1977 Alain Resnais released his first film in English called Providence. One of the objectives of that film was to conquer the Anglo-Saxon market….
Festival de Cannes: Parental Issues, Lies & Control in Dogtooth (2009)
Everything we learn in life comes from the way we are brought into the world, and how our parents teach us. From the accents we…
Festival de Cannes Review: BPM (Beats per Minute) (2017)
The AIDS crisis remains one of the most horrific times for the LGBTQ+ community, leaving an entire generation scarred with death and loss. Robin Campillo‘s…
Festival de Cannes: Dogman, More than just a Film about a Dog Groomer
When thinking of a movie about a timid dog groomer you might think of: a rom-com (in which he meets a lovely lady in his…
Festival de Cannes Review: The Ballad of Narayama (1983)
One of the many hidden gems within 1950’s Japanese cinema is 1958’s The Ballad of Narayama, which is a masterpiece with supreme depth and emotions….
7 Festival de Cannes Winners to Watch Right Now: Prix d’interprétation masculine (Best Actor)
Full stream ahead, as we venture forth to bring you the next batch in the Cinema Sevens series. We’re still on the Cannes vibe of…
