Cinema has often found the fascination for stories that take place more than 10,000 metres above the ground, specifically aboard aircrafts. Flight and Sully are some of the most compelling movies that are narrated through the captain’s perspective. A new action thriller follows this pattern, Plane, directed by Jean-François Richet, written by Charles Cumming and…
Do not be deceived by the title of the Finnish film The Blind Man Who Did Not Want To See Titanic: despite the comedic vibe it’s a gripping thriller and a profound drama. The timing of its release couldn’t be more perfect: it arrives in the United States a week before James Cameron’s 1997 box-office…
The Years of Lead is the term that defines Italy’s contemporary history characterised by horrific acts of bloodshed. This period of social and political turmoil — that lasted from the late Sixties until the late Eighties — was marked by both far-left and far-right terrorism. It was in 1978 that the leader of the Christian…
Hirokazu Kore-eda directs his first Netflix series, adapting for the screen the comic that won the 65th Shogakukan Manga Award and is a best-seller with over 2.7 million copies sold. The Japanese filmmaker rewrites the manga series by Aiko Koyama, Maiko-san Chi no Makanai-san, published by Shogakukan, shaping it into a tender coming-of-age story. The…
The Indian Hindi-language film Gangubai Kathiyawadi, is inspired by the true story of Ganga Jagjivandas Kathiawadi, popularly known as Gangubai Kothewali, whose life was documented in the book Mafia Queens of Mumbai written by Hussain Zaidi with original research by reporter Jane Borges. This publication gathers the stories of thirteen women who influenced the Indian…
South African filmmaker Oliver Hermanus takes a spin on the 1952 Japanese film Ikiru directed by Akira Kurosawa. The original screenplay by Kazuo Ishiguro — inspired by Leo Tolstoy’s 1886 Russian novella The Death of Ivan Ilyich — finds a modern adaptation with the British drama Living. The film is set in London in the…
This year marked Argentina’s triumph on multiple fronts, from the victory of the World Cup in the field of sports, to having a motion picture arriving to the Oscar’s shortlist and Golden Globes nominees. The film in question is Argentina, 1985, directed by Santiago Mitre and presented at the 79th Venice International Film Festival. The…
The biographical musical film I Wanna Dance with Somebody is based on the life and career of American pop singer and actress Whitney Houston. This is not the first time that the story about the singer nicknamed “The Voice” has landed on the silver screen. Other cinematic enterprises tried to capture on film the life…
Hirokazu Kore-eda’s latest film, Broker, was in competition at the 2022 Cannes Film Festival, where it won the Ecumenical Jury Award and the Best Actor Award for Song Kang-ho. During the French kermesse the film received a standing ovation from the audience for 12 minutes. The story is set in Seoul and it begins with…
The directors-producers of Wildcat, Melissa Lesh and Trevor Beck Frost, lead audiences on an incredible journey of healing through nature. In this story, that takes place in Peru, multiple coming-of-age stories intertwine. Harry learns to cope with post-traumatic stress disorder, Sam acknowledges that she needs to overcome her Wendy Syndrome, Khan succumbs to the perils of…
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