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…
If we were to imagine a slow cinema-style sitcom, it would be “The Girl and the Spider”.
“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.
The autothematic thread (the act of filming) smoothly passes into the documentary, creators collaborating with the local community, and the story of the beginnings of homo sapiens mixes with the experience of modern tourism – both local (the girl following the trail of her parents’ love) and postcolonial (the couple tourists from the United States who can only get along in their own language).
TellTellingCinema is a non-cyclical series of podcasts devoted to cinema related issues.
In the second episode I talk about the 93th Academy Awards and the presence of disabled people during the gala.
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