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Before she won L'Œil d'or, the top Cannes prize for documentary, I talked with the actress turned filmmaker, as we sat perched high up on a terrace overlooking the Croisette on a balmy, sunny day — which made the chat almost feel surreal.
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Nisrin Erradi in a still from Laila Marrakchi’s ‘Strawberries’ courtesy of Lumen, Atelier and Mont Flueri
A film worth its weight in gold, lingering on in one’s thoughts, from a filmmaker whose vision never ceases to amaze.
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Lyna Khoudri and Fares Fares in a still from ‘Eagles of the Republic’ by Tarik Saleh, photo © Yigit Eken
The film, which was in Competition in Cannes last year, is being distributed by Curzon and will be in cinemas in the UK and Ireland starting May 22.
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The short documentary, which follows a team of refugees in Paris working towards sustaining French haute couture, has also received a nomination by Raindance in the category of Best Documentary Short.
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While the Iranian helmer’s latest film may not be his best, it has turned out to be his most crucial to date — all because Panahi is finally able to promote it.
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Banin Ahmad Nayef in a still from ‘The President’s Cake’ courtesy of Sony Pictures Classics
The Iraqi helmer’s film premiered in Cannes this year and suddenly, I couldn’t imagine a world without its presence. But it was as if one day, Hasan Hadi’s presence and talent exploded onto our consciousness, ready to take his place in the world of cinema greats.
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Joaquin Phoenix and Pedro Pascal in Ari Aster’s ‘Eddington’ now in theaters
In spreading his message of lives often lived in shades of grey — not just good vs. bad — the American filmmaker enlists a quartet of actors who are redefining cinema as we know it.
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Benicio del Toro and Mia Threapleton in a still from ‘The Phoenician Scheme’ in theaters on Friday
At the core of his latest film, Anderson, along with co-writer Roman Coppola and leading man Benicio de Toro, has created a wonderfully entertaining antihero of contradictions: European yet eerily Trumpian, bigger than life yet soft spoken, bearing many passports yet without a fixed address, a self professed diplomat who carries a crate of hand-grenades — just in case they are needed. And more often than not, they are.
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He runs across London, dives to the depth of the Baltic Sea, flies through the South African sky, most of the time outside an airplane, and never misses a beat — and I was exhausted just watching him do it all…
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A still from ‘Yalla Parkour!’ by Areeb Zuaiter
And at least one in each section too, including Competition and the new Perspectives for first time features.
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And not a moment too soon if you ask me!
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Hint: it’s a film all about reinvention, rebirth but also the dynamics of control.
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Sophia Loren in a frame from the film ‘L’oro di Napoli’ by Vittorio De Sica
The Pre-opening film will screen on Tuesday August 27th of the 81st Venice International Film Festival of La Biennale di Venezia, on the 50th anniversary of the death of Vittorio De Sica and the 70th anniversary of the film.
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Cinematic, albeit scandalous history was made in 1972 when Bernardo Bertolucci’s ‘Last Tango in Paris’ was first screened. Now French filmmaker Jessica Palud, with the help of a book written by Maria Schneider’s cousin, retells the story to finally bring out the heroine in a woman who simply stood up for herself. And, as is often the case for strong women, lost.
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Pakistan may not yet be known for great 2D hand-painted animation, but the Riaz cousins plan to change all that, come this year’s world premiere of ‘The Glassworker’ at the prestigious Annecy Festival in June.
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‘Megalopolis’photo courtesy of: American Zoetrope and Mihai Malaimare Jr.
The maestro of cinema reinvents something magical and draws us to his latest masterpiece like moths to a flame. Can’t wait to get burned!
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If you’d asked me a year ago did I believe cinema could change the world, I would have answered you with an enthusiastic “yes!” Now? Read on to find out…
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And there is buzz the film might world premiere in Cannes — fingers crossed!
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I have to say, for a film I immediately disliked, it has stayed with me for a looooong time.
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The Italian city of Trieste has always had its own particular history. From its Austro-Hungarian and Slovenian influences, to its proximity to the Croatian border, its people have enjoyed a special status. At the end of the 19th Century, Trieste had more Slovenian inhabitants than Slovenia's capital of Ljubljana and at the start of the 20th, great luminaries and intellectuals like James Joyce, Italo Svevo, Sigmund Freud, Zofka Kveder, Dragotin Kette, Ivan Cankar, Scipio Slataper, and Umberto Saba frequented the bustling cosmopolitan city.
To me, it has always been a city with a foot deeply planted in its Italian roots yet the other striding towards its Eastern European culture. A bridge city overlooking a port, filled with people of different ethnicities and speaking several languages and dialects. A utopia for the perfect world, a place where everyone truly, and mostly could get along. And have gotten along.
We have so much to learn from the city of Trieste these days.
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