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To be young, gifted and... gay! A review of Iair Said's 'Most People Die on Sundays'

E. Nina Rothe April 28, 2025

A personal tale based on the filmmaker’s own experience centering around the death of his father, this succinct film mixes a successful blend of realism, absurdity, comedy and drama to create a wondrous work of the Seventh Art.

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In review, Film Tags Most People Die on Sundays, Big World Pictures, Quad Cinema, Laemmle Theaters, ACID Cannes, Jewish, Argentina, Antonia Zegers, Juliana Gattas, Rita Cortese, Iair Said
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Franz Rogowski in a still from ‘Disco Boy’ by Giacomo Abbruzzese

'Disco Boy' -- a US release review

E. Nina Rothe January 31, 2024

In a hippy, trippy kind of way, filmmaker Giacomo Abbruzzese’s debut feature echoes fellow Italian Francis Ford Coppola’s ‘Apocalypse Now’, as he journeys to the heart of darkness, with the help of spellbinding German actor Franz Rogowski.

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In Film, review Tags Morr Ndiaye, Disco Boy, Laëtitia Ky, Franz Rogowski, Giacomo Abbruzzese, Belarus, Poland, France, French Foreign Legion, Michał Balicki, Britain, MEND, Niger Delta, Nigeria, Hélène Louvart, Africa, Antoneta Alamat Kusijanović, Alice Rohrwacher, Murina, Francis Ford Coppola, Apocalypse Now, Vietnam, Edith Piaf, Vitalic, Leon Lučev, Berlinale, THR, Leslie Felperin, Silver Bear, Claire Denis, Beau Travail, NYC, New Plaza, Quad cinema, Los Angeles, Laemmle Glendale, San Francisco, Landmark's Opera Plaza, Big World Pictures
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Jiří Havelka's 'The Owners' is a brilliant cinematic metaphor for democracy gone wrong

E. Nina Rothe August 15, 2023

Don’t let the title of this review lead you to believe that this is some highly educational, dull drama, as the debut feature from the Czech theater director, playwright, actor and presenter proves irreverent and hilarious as well as poignant— and, most importantly, is a must watch!

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In Film, review Tags The Owners, Jiří Havelka', Jan Dismas Zelenka, Czech film, Quad Cinema, Laemmle Royal, Ladislav Trojan, Stanislav Majer, Kryštof Hádek, Jiří Lábus, Andrej Polák, Ondřej Malý, Pavla Tomicová, David Novotný, Dagmar Havlová, Klára Melíšková, Maria Sawa, Jiří Černý, Tereza Ramba, Vojta Kotek, Big World Pictures, Marek Jeníček, Martin Žiaran, Anežka Straková, Otakar Šenovský, Marek Hart, Pavel Bělohlávek
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