Hilarious gallows humor shows the warped and cutting sense of humor and perception of humanity of Radu Jude!
Done on a shoestring budget during the time of COVID, footage often seems like a potpouri of scraps and vignettes taken as our protagonist walks through the city of Bucharest, though always with a focus on Emi, an otherwise drab schoolteacher as she goes through a day of planning how…
Shambala, the apotheosis of a little boy who reaches the highest point in the development of belief as taught to him by his grandfather.
Based on the novella The White Ship, by Kyrgyz writer Chingiz Aitmatov, Shambala tells the story of a lonely, impressionable, seven-year-old boy who lives in a protected forest, high in the mountains, with his grandfather, step-grandmother, aunt and uncle. He spends his time exploring and listening to legends from his…
In the 5th year of their collaboration mentorship program on the CineGouna Platform and the 3rd year of the IEFTA and UNHCR’s Refugee Voices in Film, Cinema for Humanity, IEFTA returns to the Egyptian Resort town on the banks of the Red Sea.
The Festival’s CineGouna Platform — a project…
The 15th Annual German Currents Film Festival will take place Oct. 22nd — 31st as a hybrid eventwith in-person events in Los Angeles and virtual screenings bringingaward-winning German film and engaging panels to audiences in the USA.
The annual German Currents Film Festival returns for its 15th year to the American Cinematheque at the Los Feliz Theater and Aero Theater and to the brand new Goethe-Institut space in the MacArthur Park neighborhood this October as a hybrid event with special in-person screenings and an exclusive selection of…
The Asian World Film Festival (AWFF) brings the best of Asian World cinema to Los Angeles in order to draw greater recognition to the region’s wealth of filmmakers, strengthening ties between the Asian and Hollywood film industries. This year’s festival will run from November 1 to 11 at the Landmark Theatre: 10850 West Pico Blvd, LA. See you soon!
Other Asia Highlights for This Week, please read. So much is happening in L.A.!!
KINO! Film Salon. Each month we choose a German film or series currently available to stream, watch it independently, and come together for a hosted conversation with other fans of German film.
Our film for October is Unorthodox is actually a 4-part mini-series totaling about 200 minutes, so be sure to allow some time for viewing. …
Silver has created an elegant picture which by its very charm kept it out of the mainstream “New American Cinema” movement then underway in the 1970s when it was made. The star, Carol Kane was nominated at the 48th Academy Awards for Best Actress and the film was added to the National Film Registry of the Library of Congress in 2011. It has now been newly restored on 4K and is showing in theaters.
Adapted from Abraham Cahan’s 1896 English-language novella Yekl: A Tale of the New York Ghetto, a work of realistic fiction that draws attention to Jewish immigrants’ complicated negotiations of personal and cultural identity in New York at the turn of the century, Joan Miklin Silver has turned the story about…
I know, I am super late. Toronto, Venice and Telluride have already begun and I have not written about this year’s Cannes, which was like no other; and no other will be like this year’s again.
I actually could get every festival ticket I wanted. I had nice long discussions with friends and new friends about the movies and our thoughts about them. I had time to spare and yet saw twelve films. Not so many perhaps but after 18 months of lockdown, seeing movies in…
Sahraa Karimi, the Afghani director of the 2019 Venice premiering film, ‘Hava, Maryam, Ayesha’ and the current President of the Afhan Film Organization, the state’s film company, and its first female president, pleads with the world to stand against the Taliban’s rule which will eliminate the voice of women and all free expression.
