Today, Monday January 20th, Lynch would have turned 79 and to honor him, his children and granddaughter have organized a global meditation meetup.
Read MoreDavid Lynch with Harry Dean Stanton in a still from ‘Lucky’ (2017) by John Carroll Lynch
Denis Villeneuve, photo courtesy of the BFI London Film Festival
Silences and wisdom: Getting to know Denis Villeneuve during a BFI London Film Festival Screen Talk
As a filmmaker, he is known for his silences. But Villeneuve definitely didn’t give the packed audience inside the Royal Festival Hall on a Sunday morning the silent treatment!
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Ralph Fiennes to receive Outstanding Achievement Award at this year's Cairo Film Fest
Most who know me have heard by now what a big fan I am of the recently elected president of the Cairo International Film Festival, Mohamed Hefzy. To learn more about this great cinematic personality and wonderful supporter of film in and from the Arab region, you can read my interview with Hefzy on The National.
But perhaps not as many people know what a huge fan of Ralph Fiennes I am. I mean, the man redefined acting for anyone who frequented the movies from the 1990s onward. One word, or actually two — ‘Wuthering Heights’ — and with Juliette Binoche. I gotcha right?
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