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…
The politicians and dictators who have forever changed history meet in Purgatory waiting to find out whether they’ll cross the door to Paradise or descend to Hell. This is the dark and visionary Fairytale (Skazka) brought to life by the revolutionary Russian filmmaker Aleksandr Sokurov. Adolf Hitler, Benito Mussolini, Yosif Stalin, Winston Churchill, Napoleon Bonaparte…
The United Kingdom selects a Farsi language film, set in the heart of Iran, as its entry for the 2023 Academy Awards. Winners — directed by Scotland-based filmmaker of Persian descent Hassan Nazer — had its world premiere at the Edinburgh International Film Festival where it won the Audience Award. The film also received the…
Life doesn’t turn out the way we planned it as youngsters and yet every instant turns out to be meaningful. As Danish philosopher Søren Kierkegaard once said: “Life can only be understood backwards, but it must be lived forwards.” This concept is beautifully portrayed in the Japanese television series First Love — available on Netflix…
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