The film directed by Sareen Hairabedian is running in the Best Documentary Feature Film category for the 97th Academy Awards. My Sweet Land portrays the picturesque simplicity of rural life in Artsakh, milking cows, playing games using nuts as marbles, gazing at the roaming ducks and golden bees and attending clay workshops. Artsakh, also known…
The film written and directed by Xaque Gruber is based on the true story of a 20-something aspiring artist dreaming of meeting his idol, actress Sally Kirkland. Sallywood takes an ingenious, ironic and authentic exploration into the world of the fleetingness of stardom. The American actress who starred in over 200 films, gained an Oscar nomination,…
If Mary Harron’s 2022 Dalíland — starring Ben Kingsley — took a biographical twist, Quentin Dupieux prefers to embark upon an exercise of style, since his latest work is not a biopic about Salvador Dalí. The French filmmaker’s moving picture — that premiered Out of Competition at the 80th Venice International Film Festival — is…
The two-time Oscar winner for The Piano and The Power of the Dog received the Stella della Mole Award during a Masterclass held on October 1st, where she shared her thoughts on cinema and the way she nurtures her craft. The session was followed by a screening of The Portrait of a Lady, whereas the…
The Prada Foundation hosted — within its Cinema Godard — a Masterclass with the accomplished filmmaker Paul Schrader. During this occasion, the multi-hyphenate cineaste retraced his experience as film critic, screenwriter and director. Italy had previously homaged Schrader through the years, with Masterclasses and accolades at the Museum of Cinema in Turin, at the Lucca Film Festival and…
GKIDS presents a new anime film, that is based on an autobiographical manga by Tatsuki Fujimoto best known for Chainsaw Man: Look Back. The picture is directed by Kiyotaka Oshiyama, who also curated the character designs. He adapted the 143-page one-shot web manga that was published on Shueisha’s Shōnen Jump+ and that, upon its release,…
The new Apple TV+ original series written and directed by Alfonso Cuarón — starring Cate Blanchett and Sasha Baron Cohen — premiered at the 81st Venice Film Festival. This marks the return of the filmmaker to the Lido, after opening the kermesse with Gravity in 2013 and winning the Golden Lion with Roma in 2018. Disclaimer is based on the novel of the same…
The New York Asian Film Festival is back with a “17-day gamma blast of Asia’s most electrifying voices and visions!” Amongst this cinematic trip around the South East, there’s a film from the Philippines that strikes for its willingness to persuade audiences to dismantle prejudices on certain professions and age groups. Granny Prostitutes (titled Lola Magdalena…
NYAFF is now in its 23rd edition, running from July 12th until the 28th. Several films have explored the world of the elderly, such as Granny Prostitutes, but there’s another movie that takes a more playful twist on third age. 90 Years Old – So What? is based on the best-selling essay book that sold over…
The 2024 Japan Cuts line-up features an impressive documentary on the past, present and future of sexually explicit art prints known as shunga. Director Junko Hirata has been exceptionally meticulous in bringing together the human stories that mark this Nipponic art form, along with a chronicle of the preservation of these works and public display in…
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