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French Oscar Contenders are in the Midst of Controversy

Tran Anh Hung’s The Taste of Things has failed to secure an Oscar nomination, provoking some in the French film community who have their culottes all in a twist over their country’s selection process for the competition. The French nominating committee snubbed Justine Triet’s Anatomy of a Fall, which went on to secure nominations for…

THE ACA Cinema Project & Japan Society : Family Portrait: Japanese Family in Flux

Her Love Boils Bathwater © 2016 “Her Love Boils Bathwater” Film Partners  “FAMILY PORTRAIT: JAPANESE FAMILY IN FLUX”  FILM SERIES SHOWCASES COMPLEX FAMILY BONDS OF THE MODERN JAPANESE FAMILY IN THE 8TH EDITION OF THE ACA CINEMA PROJECT                   Presented by Agency for Cultural Affairs, Government of…

Coen Brothers Ready to Resume Their Collaboration

© 2008 – Focus Features, “Burn After Reading” Though the Coen Brothers(Joel and Ethan) decided to go their separate ways five years ago, the duo are reportedly about to collaborate on a new project. According to an article in Empire, Ethan confirmed that he and Joel are “working on writing something” new. The two brothers…

Paul Thomas Anderson to Team Up With Leonard DiCaprio

@Photo by Wilson Webb – © 2013 Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc. Paul Thomas Anderson will be directing a new Warner Bros. film that will feature an ensemble cast headed by Leonardo DiCaprio, Sean Penn, and Regina Hall. Few details are known about the as-yet-untitled movie, other than the fact that Anderson will also be writing the…

2024 New York Jewish Film Festival Line-Up!

@One Life. Courtesy of Bleecker Street Media. THE JEWISH MUSEUM AND FILM AT LINCOLN CENTER ANNOUNCE THE 33RD ANNUAL NEW YORK JEWISH FILM FESTIVAL, PRESENTED JANUARY 10-24, 2024 Opening Film: One Life by James Hawes Centerpiece Film: Valeria Is Getting Married by Michal Vinik Closing Film: Remembering Gene Wilder by Ron Frank NEW YORK, NY (December 7, 2023) –…

2024 Sundance Film Festival Names Jury Members

@Sundance Institute The nonprofit Sundance Institute announced today the 16 jurors granting awards for artistic and cinematic excellence at the 2024 Sundance Film Festival, along with the five jury members who present the Alfred P. Sloan Feature Film Prize. The 2024 Festival will take place January 18–28, 2024, in person in Park City and Salt…

‘Parasite’ Actor Song Kang-ho Will Star in Uncle Samsik

@Dsiney The Oscar winning film, Parasite actor Song Kang-ho is set to star in Uncle Samsik, Disney+’s ambitious period drama from South Korean writer/director Shin Yeon-shick. Disney+ has confirmed that it will launch globally this year, with Hulu doing the same in the U.S. The series set in 1960’s South Korea, it follows Kim San,…

‘Anatomy of a Fall’ Film Review – A Fascinating Probe of Innocence and Guilt

Crime makes for compelling cinema for a number of reasons. It’s not typically clear right away who the culprit is, and the journey to that discovery, filled with red herrings and unexpected twists and turns, can make even a mundane setup interesting. There are a range of themes and tones possible within the crime genre,…

Parasite Actor Lee Sun-Kyun Has Died

Lee Sun-Kyun, a South Korean actor who starred in the Oscar winning film,“Parasite,” has died on Wednesday morning, according to the Associated Press. He was only 48. Lee was found unconscious in a parked car in Seoul on March 27, when he was found, there was a charcoal briquette in the car. Lee’s wife had…

‘The Zone of Interest’ Film Review – A Disturbingly Normal Portrait of Complicity

One of the benefits of social media and increasingly accessible and advanced technology is that news can be transmitted at rapid speed to the entire world. Atrocities can’t happen as easily without people being made aware of them, though the prominence of misinformation also leads to doubt being sown about whether an image or video…