Livia De Paolis introduces us to a world where reality meets the imagination. The Lost Girls follows four generations of Darling women — Wendy Sr. (Vanessa Redgrave, Siobhan Hewlett), Jane (Joely Richardson, Tilly Marsan), Wendy Jr. (Livia De Paolis, Emily Carey, Amelia Minto), Berry (Ella-Rae Smith) — who struggle with reality in the aftermath of…
The New York Asian Film Festival returns for its 20th edition from July 15th until the 31st to increase exposure of Asian representation on screen. The kermesse will provide opportunities for audiences of all communities to experience the diversity of this culture and establish connections between East and West. One of the films in the…
In 1958 a novel written by Paul Gallico revolutionised the depiction of fairytale heroines: Mrs. ‘Arris Goes to Paris. It was the first in a series of four books about the adventures of a London charwoman, who falls madly in love with a couture Dior dress, and decides she must have one of her own….
The sixth and last completed novel by Jane Austen, Persuasion, was published in 1817 with readers being introduced to her most emancipated female of the Regency Era: Anne Elliot. This work, that was published posthumously, is considered the one to have the most modern approach for the way it questions traditional beliefs and shifts attitude…
Japan Society returns with its Summer Series, that includes an iconic film of the Sixties directed by Ishirō Honda: Mothra. This kaijū (strange beast), first appeared in the movie produced and distributed by Toho Studios, and was later featured in several Toho tokusatsu films, especially in the Godzilla franchise. The story originates from the serialised…
French actress Fanny Ardant has performed in more than eighty films, thirty plays, twenty television dramas and is recipient of numerous accolades, including two César Awards for Pédale douce (Soft Pedal) by Gabriel Aghion and for La Belle Époque by Nicolas Bedos, as well as a Silver Bear for Outstanding Artistic Achievement. There is no other thespian who possesses her…
The computer-animated action comedy Minions : The Rise Of Gru, produced by Illumination and distributed by Universal Pictures, premiered at the Annecy International Animation Film Festival. The film is set in the Seventies, after the events of the previous movie with a twelve year old Gru who is growing up in the suburbs. Like every adolescent he…
History has defined the hierarchy of power through estates. The French Revolution dismantled the archetypical tryptic of the First (clergy), Second (aristocracy) and Third (commoners) estates of the realm. The modern era brought the advent of a new force: the Fourth Estate, characterised by the mass media and its explicit capacity of advocacy and implicit…
From Warner Bros. Pictures and visionary Oscar nominated director Baz Luhrmann comes to the silver screen a phenomenal biopic about the legendary Elvis Presley. Elvis, not only explores the life and music of the iconic star, but it also unveils the villainous doings of his manager. The story about Elvis Aaron Presley (Austin Butler) is…
We Might As Well Be Dead is the epitome of fear as a self-reproducing system that dominates the political discourse. This is the feature debut directed by Russian-German Natalia Sinelnikova, that was presented at the 72nd Berlin Film Festival and at the 21st Tribeca Film Festival. Forty year old Anna Wilczynska (Ioana Iacob) lives with…
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