NH21: no one builds brick houses anymore
In his Venice-award-winning “The Wasteland”, Ahmad Bahrami updates the image of Iran we are accustomed to at Western festivals.
In his Venice-award-winning “The Wasteland”, Ahmad Bahrami updates the image of Iran we are accustomed to at Western festivals.
Paris is sick and is no longer able to function independently. After many years of separation, his only daughter, Artemis, returns to Athens.
Camilleri portrays the stubborn masculinity with great subtlety, approaching his character with clear sympathy. Yes, the American-Maltese director’s neoralist picture is male-centered, but…
“The Metamorphosis of Birds” is like a time capsule sent into space, like a condensed record of human experiences. It is like a “saudade”…
Rosi builds his documentary with a great visual reverence, devoting most of his time to search for beauty in real-life drama. But it was precisely this contrast…
In Lois Patiño’s Red Moon Tide lies a threat – a terrifying force that stops time, which slowly consumes the meaning of life and compels it to stay in an endless stillness.
New Order is a frighteningly up-to-date film, after all, the thriller dynamics fits perfectly into the everyday life of all those who live in conflict with the state and harmful social systems that do not affect only the privileged.
The film was shot by Alzakout herself, when she fled Syria with other refugees in 2015, and the boat they were sailing sank near the coast of Greece.
I hold to the principle that if I start watching a movie, I watch it to the end, so I feel a certain obligation to explain why I actually left Bird Talk.
30-year-old director is balancing on the edge of reality very well. He can hypnotize the viewer, strengthen the projection-identification (3D works very strongly here), the viewer’s bond with the hero and the impression of intermingling worlds.