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Arsenals Day 1: ‘Eternity’
‘Arsenals’, the 21 st Riga International Film Festival has begun, running from the 10 th –18 th of September 2011. Invited as a member of the FIPRESCI critics’ jury, I’ll be focusing mainly on the...
Sep 12, 2011 / Alison FrankDaily Diary: The Abyss (1989), All the President’s Men (1976)
The Abyss (1989) The beginning of James Cameron’s love affair with the sea (excluding “Piranha II: The Spawning” of course), “The Abyss” follows a team of offshore oil-rig workers tapped by the...
Sep 4, 2011 / Eric M. Armstrong‘The Future’ targets apathy one inert hipster at a time
Miranda July and Hamish Linklater in "The Future" “The Future” took my breath away. And when I say it took my breath away, I don’t mean to say I was enraptured by its profound insight into the...
Aug 25, 2011 / Vanessa GranielloRaoul Ruiz, legendary Chilean filmmaker, dead at 70
Raoul Ruiz, the celebrated, prolific, Chilean-born filmmaker has died. He was 70. Ruiz, not known for a specific standout film, was rather known for his vast catalog of more than 100 innovative,...
Aug 20, 2011 / Eric M. Armstrong‘The Light Thief’ Shines and Short-Circuits
Director Aktan Arym Kubat casts himself in the title role of The Light Thief (2010), an electrician nicknamed Svet-Ake (‘Mr Light’). Svet-Ake feels it his duty to ensure that all of his neighbours in...
Aug 9, 2011 / Alison FrankCinema City’s Serbian Wallflowers
'If the Seed Doesn't Die' When writing a film festival report, the tendency is to focus on the films that have won awards: this was true of my own reports on the Cinema City IFF for the Little White...
Jul 14, 2011 / Alison FrankWhy did ‘The Tree of Life’ need dinosaurs?
About twenty minutes into Terrence Malick’s “The Tree of Life,” there is a sequence that chronicles the creation of the universe. There is darkness, then supernovas of stellar light, volcanic...
Jul 9, 2011 / Vanessa GranielloIncontinent ingliss: ‘Delhi Belly’ spells fun with a capital ‘F’
I watched “Delhi Belly” twice. The first time in the original English/Hindi format and the second time in the dubbed Hindi. It was a different experience each time and frankly, this is an English...
Jul 7, 2011 / Kamayani SharmaIstanbul Documentary Days offers a shift in perception
Documentarist – Istanbul Documentary Days, Turkey’s largest documentary film festival, was held for the fourth time from May 31 to June 5, 2011. The festival has been garnering more attention...
Jun 30, 2011 / N. Buket CengizThe Past and Future of Film Criticism at Cinema City
The Cinema City film festival in Novi Sad , Serbia, hosted a panel discussion on the future of film criticism with director Gerald Peary, following the screening of his documentary, For the Love of...
Jun 22, 2011 / Alison FrankIn Limbo at Cinema City
Maria Sødahl has made an assured feature debut with Limbo (2010) at the Cinema City film festival, Novi Sad, Serbia. The film was previously screened at Montreal and Thessaloniki. Set in the 1970s,...
Jun 20, 2011 / Alison FrankCinema City Kicks Off in Novi Sad, Serbia
Živojinović receives his lifetime achievement award Last night the opening ceremony took place for the 4 th annual Cinema City film festival in Novi Sad , Serbia. The festival introduced the members...
Jun 19, 2011 / Alison FrankAcademy Awards make another change; Will now nominate 5 to 10 films for Best Picture
BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. — The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences voted Tuesday to make another change to the nomination phase of the Best Picture competition. Anywhere from five to 10 films...
Jun 16, 2011 / Eric M. ArmstrongBeauty Day (2011)
Ralph Zavadil is Cap'n Video, subject of the new documentary "Beauty Day" “I was dealing with human beings, and they’re a pretty fucked up breed.” It probably wouldn’t surprise a lot of people if it...
Jun 6, 2011 / Eric M. ArmstrongTrailer: ‘Girl With the Dragon Tattoo’ English remake
Rooney Mara stars as the titular “Girl With the dragon Tattoo” in David Fincher’s English remake of Danish filmmaker Niels Arden Oplev’s adaptation of the novel by Swedish author Stieg Larsson....
Jun 3, 2011 / Eric M. ArmstrongRecent Articles
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