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Amr Gamal on his groundbreaking, award winning film 'The Burdened' at Berlinale

E. Nina Rothe September 16, 2023

The Yemeni film, which screened in the Panorama section and won the Amnesty International Film Award at this year's Berlin Film Festival, is a groundbreaking oeuvre which transcends the already strong power of cinema.

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In Film, Interviews, Film Festivals, Features Tags Amr Gamal, The Burdened, Berlinale, Film Boutique, Yemen, Rana Eid
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'Bye Bye Tiberias' review: A personal tribute to a global cause

E. Nina Rothe September 13, 2023

Lina Soualem’s touchingly personal documentary should be required viewing for anyone who wants to understand the Palestinian struggle, and the true emotional toll of an entire people’s displacement.

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In Film, review Tags Bye Bye Tiberias, Venice International Film Festival, Giornate degli Autori, review, Lina Soualem, documentary, family, Palestine, Amine Bouhafa, TIFF, Zinedine Soualem, Their Algeria, Deir Hanna, Nadine Naous, Gladys Joujou, Jean-Marie Nizan, Ossama Bawardi, Guillame Malandrin, Doha Film Institute, Qumra, Lightdox
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Netflix's 'NYAD' brings together the brilliance of Annette Bening & Jodie Foster

E. Nina Rothe September 9, 2023

An Oscar win has always eluded the wonderful Annette Bening, while it has been more than 30 years, and her official coming out, since Foster won the last of her Academy Awards. ‘NYAD’, a Netflix film could change the game.

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In Film Tags NYAD, Annette Bening, Jodie Foster, Rhys Ifans, Netflix, Diana Nyad, Sienna Miller, Anna Friel, Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi, Jimmy Chin, Free Solo, The Rescue, Julia Cox, TIFF, Telluride Film Festival, BFI London Film Festival
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Reviewing David Fincher's 'The Killer' without giving too much away...

E. Nina Rothe September 7, 2023

Starring the magnificently contained Michael Fassbender as the unnamed hitman, this is one film that must be viewed without any previous knowledge of its story and possibly on a cool Fall evening, with a shot of premium whiskey nearby. But you’ll have to see for yourself why that is.

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In Film, review, Film Festivals Tags David Fincher, The Killer, Netflix, Michael Fassbender, Keto diet, matz Alexis Nolent, Andrew Kevin Walker, Le Tueur, Home Depot, Venice International Film Festival, Erik Messerschmidt, Donald Graham Burt, Cate Adams, Trent Reznor & Atticus Ross, Ren Klyce, Ceán Chaffin, William Doyle, Peter Mavromates, Alexandra Milchan, BFI London Film Festival, Kirk Baxter
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Olmo Schnabel talks directing 'Pet Shop Days', dual identities & laws of attraction

E. Nina Rothe September 5, 2023

Olmo Schnabel’s directorial debut is everything you could wish for in a film, from a man with such an impressive background — artist and filmmaker Julian is his dad and mom is Spanish actress Olatz López Garmendia — but also someone who is perfectly at ease with both his American and Spanish sides. And refreshingly believes life is best when lived outside the boxes of convention.

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In Film, Interviews, Film Festivals Tags Olmo Schnabel, Pet Shop Days, Pet Shop Boys, New York stories, Venice International Film Festival, Orizzonti Extra, Jack Irv, Jack Irving, Dario Yazbek Bernal, Galen Core, New York story, Mexico, Olatz López Garmendia, Maribel Verdú, Jordi Mollá, Louis Cancelmi, Willem Dafoe, Emmanuelle Seigner, Peter Sarsgaard, La Biennale di Venezia, Martin Scorsese, Francesco Melzi d'Eril, Michel Franco
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'Stane' by Antoneta Alamat Kusijanović is the latest must-watch from Miu Miu Women's Tales

E. Nina Rothe September 3, 2023

When the filmmaker of 2021 Cannes Camera d’Or winner ‘Murina’ becomes the latest in a line of wondrous women filmmakers to feature in the beloved fashion brand’s series, the result is definitely something worth writing about!

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In Interviews, Film, Film Festivals Tags Antoneta Alamat Kusijanović, Brigitte Lacombe, Stane, Miu Miu Women's Tales, Venice International Film Festival, Murina, Prada, Mubi, Danica Čurčić, Agnes Varda, Lucrecia Martel, Ava DuVernay, Miranda July, Naomi Kawase, Haifaa Al Mansour, Lynne Ramsay, Mati Diop, Giornate degli Autori

Yorgos Lanthimos' 'Poor Things' Venice review

E. Nina Rothe September 2, 2023

There are incredible Things to be said about the production value of the latest Lanthimos oeuvre, and there are beautiful Things in the film, but for me personally it was not all good Things for ‘Poor Things’.

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In Film, Film Festivals, review Tags Yorgos Lanthimos, Emma Stone, Mark Ruffalo, Poor Things, Willem Dafoe, Ramy Youssef, Fox Searchlight, James Price, Shona Heath, Holly Waddington, Alasdair Gray, Robbie Ryan, Hanna Schygulla, Jerrod Carmichael
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The vampire wore sneakers: 'El Conde' Venice Review

E. Nina Rothe September 1, 2023

Once again, Pablo Larrain proves he is one of the smartest filmmakers around, but never once does he talk down to us, his audience. And this dictator vampire romp in B&W is just what this writer needed to kick off the festival in style.

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In Film, review Tags Jaime Vadell, Gloria Münchmeyer, Alfredo Castro, Paula Luchsinger, Catalina Guerra, Marcial Tagle, Amparo Noguera, Diego Muñoz, Antonia Zegers and Stella Gonet, Pablo Larrain, Ed Lachmann, El Conde, Netflix, Venice International Film Festival
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Talking 'A Calling . From the Desert . To the Sea' with filmmaker Murad Abu Eisheh

E. Nina Rothe August 31, 2023

With his latest short, the Jordanian, Germany-based filmmaker proves once again that he can tackle women's stories perfectly, while also bringing a special sensitivity to them -- all the while gently educating audiences. And, last but not least, making great cinema in the process! From the MIME.news archives.

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In Interviews, Film Tags Murad Abu Eisheh, A Calling from the desert to the sea, Jordan, Syria, Germany, Hollywood, Arab cinema, MIME news, Yasmine Nawarj, Raean Al Masri, Hassan Mutlag Al Maraiyeh, Tala'vision, VFX, Filmakademie BW in Ludwigsburg, Oscar shortlisted, Animationsinstitut, Philip Henze, Nils Wrasse, Rand Abdelnour, Farah Karouta, Mario Bertsch, Lennard Fricke, Max Pollmann, Till Sander-Titgemeyer, Cairo International Film Festival
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'Nezouh' -- Venice 2022 review

E. Nina Rothe August 31, 2023

Soudade Kaadan's film is a fable of two women and the men who love them (well, one man and one boy really) and the power and magic that love carries with it. From the MIME.news archives.

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In Film, review Tags Soudade Kaadan, Nezouh, Venice International Film Festival, Orizzonti, Syria, Damascus, Helene Louvart, Burrak Kanbir, Osman Ozcan, Marc Bordure, Hala Zein, Kinda Alloush, Samir al-Masri, Nizar Alani, Darina Al Joundi, mk2 Films, Rob Lane, Rob Manning, Amira Kaadan
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Five indie films to watch at this year's Venice Film Festival

E. Nina Rothe August 30, 2023

It may be a Netflix world and we’re just living in it, as the streaming giant is hot on the Lido this year with Bradley Cooper’s ‘Maestro’, Pablo Larrain’s vampire dictator romp and Wes Anderson’s latest — but there are a couple of indie titles that you need to watch.

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In Film, Film Festivals Tags Bye Bye Tiberias, Hiam Abbass, The Featherweight, Palestine, Giornate degli Autori, Stolen, Karan Tejpal, Hitchcock, Anurag Kashyap, Backstage, Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui, Saleh Bakri, Afef Ben Mahmoud, Khalil Benkirane, Doha Film Institute, Pet Shop Days, Olmo Schnabel, Robert Kolodny, Orizzonti, Venice International Film Festival, James Madio, Appian Way Productions, Leonardo Di Caprio
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Bradley Cooper transforms into Leonard Bernstein in first images & trailer released by Netflix for 'Maestro'

E. Nina Rothe August 16, 2023

The film, which is also directed, co-written and co-produced by Cooper, chronicles the lifelong relationship between Leonard Bernstein and Felicia Montealegre Cohn Bernstein.

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In Film, Film Festivals Tags Bradley Cooper, Josh Singer, Netflix, Maestro, Leonard Bernstein, Martin Scorsese, Steven Spielberg, Fred Berner, Amy Durning, Kristie Macosko Krieger, Carla Raij, Bobby Wilhelm, Weston Middleton, Tracey Landon, Carey Mulligan, Matt Bomer, Maya Hawke, Sarah Silverman, Josh Hamilton, Scott Ellis, Gideon Glick, Sam Nivola, Alexa Swinton, Miriam Shor, WGA, DGA, strikes, Venice International Film Festival, Jamie Bernstein, West Side Story, Candide, On the Town, gay, Felicia Montealegre Cohn Bernstein
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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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Netflix drops Pablo Larrain Venice-bound 'El Conde' trailer and poster

E. Nina Rothe August 11, 2023

The highly anticipated dark comedy horror by the Chilean auteur will premiere at this year’s Venice Film Festival, before going into theaters on Sept. 7th and finally streaming on the site from September 15th.

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In Film, Film Festivals Tags Pablo Larrain, El Conde, Venice International Film Festival, Netflix, Alfredo Castro, Antonia Zegers, Paula Luchsinger
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"The cognitive dissonance required to be a woman under patriarchy," as Barbie says...

E. Nina Rothe August 3, 2023

If you’re a woman, and you watched Barbie the movie but didn’t cry (or at the very least, tear up) at America Ferrera’s monologue, check your pulse.

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In Film, review Tags Barbie, Warner Bros, Margot Robbie, Greta Gerwig, Noah Baumbach, Ryan Gosling, America Ferrera, Ariana Greenblatt, Gloria's monologue, Mattel, Barbie Land, 2001: A Space Odyssey, Helen Mirren, blockbuster, Chanel, Jacqueline Durran, Rodrigo Prieto, Mark Ronson, Andrew Wyatt, Ruth Handler, Rhea Perlman
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Afef Ben Mahmoud in ‘Backstage’

Remembering the great Andrea Purgatori, Venice's Giornate degli Autori announces film selection

E. Nina Rothe July 27, 2023

As the Venice Film Festival’s beloved sidebar turns twenty this year, no longer being a cinematic teenager means celebrating those who have left us in this world, but also looking ahead to some groundbreaking cinema.

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In Film, Film Festivals Tags Venice International Film Festival, Giornate degli Autori, Backstage, Khalil Benkirane, Afef Ben Mahmoud, Tommaso Santambrogio, Isabelle Huppert, Sidonie au Japon, Elise Girard, Melk, Pablo Larrain, Ariane Louis-seize, Qumra, Bye Bye Tiberias, Lina Soualem, Hiam Abbass, Coup!, Austin stark, Joseph Schuman, Peter Sarsgaard, Fisher Stevens\, Miu Miu Women's Tales, Giorgio Gosetti, Gaia Furrer
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‘The Palace’ by Roman Polanski will be world premiering in Venice, out of competition

Counter-cancel culture: Venice announces latest from Woody Allen, Polanski & Wes Anderson's take on Roald Dahl's stories in lineup

E. Nina Rothe July 25, 2023

Watch minds explode as they try to wrap their heads around this impressive lineup just announced by the iconic festival on the Lido, which will also feature the first African American woman filmmaker Ava DuVernay featured in the official competition. Along with much, much more.

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In Film, Film Festivals Tags Venice International Film Festival, Venezia 80, La Biennale, Wes Anderson, Roman Polanski, Bradley Cooper, Woody Allen, Ava DuVernay
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Christopher Nolan's 'Oppenheimer' review

E. Nina Rothe July 20, 2023

If you watch one film this summer, make it ‘Oppenheimer’.

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In review, Film Tags Oppenheimer, Cillian Murphy, Matt Damon, Christopher Nolan, book, J. Richard Oppenheimer, Universal pictures, Florence Pugh, Manhattan Project, Atom Bomb, science, IMAX, 70 mm, film
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Art from Disney Pixar’s Elemental used with permission

Disney's 'Elemental' review

E. Nina Rothe July 2, 2023

We can probably all remember the first Disney film we ever watched….

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In review, Film Tags Disney, Pixar, Elemental, cinema, animation
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'A Cooler Climate' review

E. Nina Rothe November 30, 2022

In typical James Ivory style, which we have come to know and love in the beautiful films he has been a part of throughout his career, much of the story of this moving documentary is written between the lines.

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In Film, review Tags James Ivory, Giles Gardner, A Cooler Climate review, Afghanistan, Documentary
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