New York Jewish Film Festival

Chiara Spagnoli Gabardi

Chiara Spagnoli Gabardi
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Works as film critic and journalist who covers stories about culture and sustainability. With a degree in Political Sciences, a Master’s in Screenwriting & Film Production, and studies at the Lee Strasberg Theatre & Film Institute, Chiara has been working in the press since 2003. Italian by blood, British by upbringing, fond of Japanese culture since the age of 7, once a New Yorker always a New Yorker, and an avid traveller, Chiara collaborates with international magazines and radio-television networks. She is also a visual artist, whose eco-works connect to her use of language: the title of each painting is inspired by the materials she upcycles on canvas. Her ‘Material Puns’ have so far been exhibited in four continents, across ten countries. She is a dedicated ARTivist, donating her works to the causes and humanitarians she supports, and is Professor of Phenomenology of Contemporary Arts at Istituto Europeo di Design in Milan.
Works as film critic and journalist who covers stories about culture and sustainability. With a degree in Political Sciences, a Master’s in Screenwriting & Film Production, and studies at the Lee Strasberg Theatre & Film Institute, Chiara has been working in the press since 2003. Italian by blood, British by upbringing, fond of Japanese culture since the age of 7, once a New Yorker always a New Yorker, and an avid traveller, Chiara collaborates with international magazines and radio-television networks. She is also a visual artist, whose eco-works connect to her use of language: the title of each painting is inspired by the materials she upcycles on canvas. Her ‘Material Puns’ have so far been exhibited in four continents, across ten countries. She is a dedicated ARTivist, donating her works to the causes and humanitarians she supports, and is Professor of Phenomenology of Contemporary Arts at Istituto Europeo di Design in Milan.

Song For Cesar, The Chant Of A Movement That Inspires To This Very Day

The ontology of the farmworker movement comes to life within the thorough documentary by Abel Sanchez and Andres Alegria, Song for Cesar. The film retraces in detail the life and legacy of the labour leader and civil rights activist Cesar Chavez. The picture captures an epoch and all the main social actors that defined it,…

Classic Hollywood Gave Birth To The “It Girl” Phenomenon That Continues To Thrive

Almost a century ago, 95 years to be exact, a silent film directed by Clarence Badger defined a concept that still prospers: It. The resplendent Clara Bow, playing Betty Lou Spence, embodied the first “It Girl” in history and inspired that noteworthy quality that is withheld by today’s celebrities.  The “It” in present culture is…

A Balance, Battles Between Familial Love And Virtue

Winner of the New Current Award at the Busan International Film Festival, the Jury Award of the 2020 Pingyao International Film Festival edition and an official selection at Berlinale, Yujiro Harumoto’s second feature film, A Balance, is currently part of the the third ACA Cinema Project series. The New Films from Japan programme, is organised…

Blue, A Cinematic Encomium Of The Defeated

ACA Cinema Project — which organised the recent “Flash Forward” film series at Japan Society — returns with the theatrical release of Blue, directed by Keisuke Yoshida showing at New York’s IFC Center. The filmmaker who was named ‘The Master of Psychological Drama’ and was honoured with a special Director in Focus programme at 2021’s Tokyo…

Lucy And Desi, Unveils The Comedic Duo In All Its Facets

After Aaron Sorkin’s biopic Being The Ricardos, starring Nicole Kidman and Javier Bardem, a new film tributes the life and work of Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz: Lucy And Desi. This documentary — available on Amazon Prime from March 4th — is a love letter to a  legendary comedienne, made by a contemporary woman who…

The Pact Portrays Karen Blixen As An Intriguingly Mephistophelian Presence

Bille August, the Danish Academy Award winning director, returns with a hauntingly beautiful depiction of Baroness Karen Christenze von Blixen-Finecke. The Pact — part of the Palm Springs International Film Festival and AFI European Union Films Showcase — is a remarkable adaptation of Bjørnvig’s bestselling memoir.  The story is set in the year 1948, when…

Netflix’s The Journalist, Serves As A Universal Paradigm Of Politics Crumbling Under The Burden Of Corruption

Drama series The Journalist shares the same Japanese title “Shinbun Kisha” of the 2019 movie, that in turn was loosely based on the 2017 eponymous book by Isoko Mochizuki. The film received six Japan Academy Prize nominations and won three, including Picture of the Year, Outstanding Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role and…

Ennio, Tornatore Dedicates A Sublime Documentary To The Mozart Of Our Era

Ennio, directed by Giuseppe Tornatore, is a full-fledged portrait of Ennio Morricone, the most popular and prolific musician of the 20th century. He was revered by international audiences, received two Academy Awards and wrote over 500 unforgettable soundtracks. “He’s my favourite composer, and I don’t just mean for movies. I mean in terms of Bach…

Soylent Green, The 1973 Ecological Dystopian Film Set In 2022, Is Warning Us

Reality is stranger than fiction. Sometimes fiction may anticipate reality. Authors like George Orwell with 1984, H.G. Wells with The War of the Worlds, Aldous Huxley with Brave New World, all foresaw a future similar to the one we are now inhabiting: an intelligence-based social hierarchy, where every citizen’s privacy is at the mercy of…

Exclusive Interview With Serhat Karaaslan, On The Oscars Shortlist For ‘The Criminals’

Serhat Karaaslan, the director from Turkey who gained recognition with his feature film Passed By Censor — winner of the the Federation of Film Critics of Europe and the Mediterranean Critics Award at the 2019 Karlovy Vary Film Festival — has entered the Academy Awards Short List for Live Action Short with his latest work:…