Hidden Letters and secret patriarchy
Du Feng talks about the eponymous secret Nüshu alphabet, traditionally inaccessible to men, practiced only by women, but she does it in the Western fashion, falling into a trap…
Du Feng talks about the eponymous secret Nüshu alphabet, traditionally inaccessible to men, practiced only by women, but she does it in the Western fashion, falling into a trap…
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…
For Soda, the prism of the camera is a tool for learning about the world from the level of carte blanche, from the level of a child looking at it with senses and emotions, not experience.
“Miso” means “happiness”. This is the name of the main character, although she is far from experiencing this feeling. There is no time for this, because from morning to night…
Mikami is a former yakuza who has been released after 13 years of prison. Despite the fact that the protagonist does not show special remorse for the murder he did years earlier, he decides to try to start life anew, this time legally, honestly.
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…
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.