Monster is an American legal drama film directed by Anthony Mandler, from a screenplay by Radha Blank, Cole Wiley and Janece Shaffer; based on the YA novel of the same name by Walter Dean Myers. It had its world premiere at the Sundance Film Festival in 2018, and is now available on Netflix. Just like…
After the world debut at the San Sebastian Film Festival (where the story is set) in September, the Spanish release in October, and December in the Russian and Dutch ones, Woody Allen’s new comedy, Rifkin’s Festival continues its European release, arriving in Italian cinemas on May 6th. The Italy-Spain co-production created by The Mediapro Studio,…
The Italian term “virtuoso” defines an individual who possesses outstanding talent and technical ability in a particular field. It originated in the 16th and 17th centuries and was mainly used to address skillful artists, primarily musicians. The term eventually evolved with time, and broadened its scope to whoever excels in his or her profession. In…
The Man Who Sold His Skin, written and directed by Tunisian Kaouther Ben Hania, was one of the major successes at the 77th Venice Film Festival, winning two prizes in the Horizions/Orizzonti section: Yahya Mahayni received the Best Actor Award, and the film also got the Edipo Re Award. The film now races for the…
Hope is the latest cinematic endeavour by Norwegian film director and screenwriter Maria Sødahl. The film was chosen as Norway’s Official Selection and Shortlisted Entry for Best International Feature Film at the 93rd Academy Awards. From the very beginning, the film plunges us into the strife of Anja, her partner Tomas, and their six children,…
The Father is a 2020 drama film co-written and directed by Florian Zeller, that takes spectators on a delicate journey through the windmills of a human mind, one that is shattering to pieces. The film marks Zeller’s feature debut, with the adaptation of his 2012 play Le Père — which won in 2014 the Molière…
My Yang Gang Diary is a documentary written, directed, filmed, edited and produced by Ching Juhl. The film portrays the 2020 campaign of Democratic presidential candidate Andrew Yang. The fascinating trait, is that the storytelling occurs through the the eyes of his supporters, known as the “Yang Gang.” Juhl documents her one year journey with…
Photo Credit for Feature Image: Carlos Austin If a decade ago virtual reality was associated to a remote future, or even science fiction, this phantasmagorical world is very much part of our current reality, and it is thriving. Someone who knows this well is international award-winning director and virtual theatre pioneer Kiira Benzing. Through the…
It is no longer a secret that Ridley Scott, Lady Gaga and Adam Driver are filming in Milan the movie House of Gucci, that will chronicle the murder of Maurizio Gucci. Lady Gaga will star as Patrizia Reggiani, charged for proxy murder of her husband Maurizio Gucci, played by Adam Driver. The film will also…
The most recent studies of 2020 (made on the American territory), demonstrated that male film critics outnumber female film critics by more than 65%. However the Women Film Critics Circle has always championed the work of female cinephile writers, by being an association of 80 women film critics and scholars from around the country and…
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