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‘Rose,’ A Sensitive Look Into The Perception Of Schizophrenia

The film, written and directed by Niels Arden Oplev, begins with a beautiful scene depicting the character of Inger, played by Sofie Gråbøl, combing her hair. This moment evokes Marina Abramović’s Art must be beautiful, Artist must be beautiful. In 1975, this apparently innocuous gesture was used by the performance artist as a tool to…

Exclusive Video Interview: Director Davy Chou and Star Park Ji-Min on ‘Return to Seoul’

Check out more of our video interviews on our YouTube channel. Return to Seoul, which was Cambodia’s official Oscar submission in 2022, is a poignant story of a twenty-five-year-old French woman named Freddie (Park Ji-Min) who arrives in South Korea decades after being adopted and struggles to reconnect with her heritage and her birth parents….

Review: The Duller Edge of “Both Sides of the Blade”

Since bursting onto the scene with her debut feature, Chocolat (1988), Claire Denis has largely been exploring the ins and outs of close knit relationships. Teaming up with Juliette Binoche for their third consecutive production together, Denis this time around delves into the complications of a relationship in the world of Covid-19. The events that…

Happening : Exclusive Interview with Audrey Diwan, Award-Winning Director of the Venice Film Festival

Synopsis : France, 1963. Anne is a bright young student with a promising future ahead of her. But when she falls pregnant, she sees the opportunity to finish her studies and escape the constraints of her social background disappearing. With her final exams fast approaching and her belly growing, Anne resolves to act, even if…

Film Review – ‘France’ Critiques the Media and the Staging of Stories

The stories told by journalists can be extremely inspirational and affecting for viewers. The authenticity of an interview has the power to change hearts and to prompt action, but what audiences are seeing isn’t always a straightforward conversation. Minor editing to frame a particular narrative is understandable, but the staging of scenes to make them…

Film at Lincoln Center Announces 
Main Slate Selections for The 59th New York Film Festival

FILM AT LINCOLN CENTER ANNOUNCES MAIN SLATE SELECTIONS FOR  THE 59th NEW YORK FILM FESTIVAL 32 features including new films from Pedro Almodóvar, Jane Campion, Jonas Carpignano, Joel Coen, Julia Ducournau, Bruno Dumont, Michelangelo Frammartino, Rebecca Hall, Ryûsuke Hamaguchi, Mia Hansen-Løve, Todd Haynes, Joanna Hogg, Hong Sangsoo, Tatiana Huezo, Radu Jude, Alexandre Koberidze, Kira Kovalenko, Nadav Lapid, Pietro…