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Not Just Another Berlusconi: Gianni Di Gregorio and ‘Salt of Life’
Gianni Di Gregorio’s newest film, Salt of Life ( Gianni e le donne , 2011) was screened at a special preview at London’s Curzon Mayfair cinema last Thursday (21 July). Following the screening, the...
Jul 26, 2011 / Alison FrankIncontinent 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 SharmaAwards Announced at Cinema City
Last Saturday, June 27 th , the awards of the 4 th annual Cinema City International Film Festival were announced at the closing ceremony in Novi Sad, Serbia. The festival gives its signature Ibis...
Jun 27, 2011 / Alison FrankThe Tree of Life (2011)
In 1931 Austrian mathematician Kurt Gödel proved what is now known as the Incompleteness Theorem. He demonstrated that within any given system, a robot for example, there would always be at least one...
Jun 27, 2011 / Eric M. ArmstrongSurprises in Taxi Driver
Despite their renown, some famous films are able to surprise new generations of filmgoers. A first-time viewer of The Graduate might only know of the character of Mrs. Robinson, familiar from the...
Jun 13, 2011 / Alison FrankBeauty 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. ArmstrongPriest (2010)
Paul Bettany as the ass-kicking, vampire-slaying "Priest" Critics can be a fickle bunch. Lavishing this, lambasting that. But with most films it’s relatively easy to predict the critical response....
May 15, 2011 / Eric M. ArmstrongFilmmuseet: Norway’s Film History
If you find yourself in Oslo, the Norwegian Film Institute’s ‘Filmmuseet’ (Film Museum) is worth a visit. Housed in ‘Filmens Hus’, same building as the city’s cinematheque, this free, compact...
May 10, 2011 / Alison FrankHanna (2011)
Saoirse Ronan with a blood-spattered face in "Hanna" Up-and-coming auteur Rian Johnson recently tweeted, “The filmmaking in Hanna was pretty humbling.” That’s high praise coming from the man behind...
Apr 28, 2011 / Eric M. ArmstrongSource Code (2011)
What would it be like if Alfred Hitchcock directed an episode of “Quantum Leap” with a script based on “Groundhog Day”? Well, it wouldn’t turn out exactly like “Source Code,” but it’d be pretty...
Apr 10, 2011 / Eric M. ArmstrongPan’s Labyrinth: A Gateway Film
Pan’s Labyrinth (El laberinto del fauno, Guillermo del Toro 2006) is a film that seems to come up frequently on lists of top ten favourite films: finally having the opportunity to see it, I was...
Apr 5, 2011 / Alison FrankPaul (2011)
Simon Pegg and Nick Frost, the cheeky Brits who brought us “Hot Fuzz” and “Shaun of the Dead,” put their heads together once again to give us their signature fanboy take on the alien encounter movie....
Mar 19, 2011 / Eric M. ArmstrongThe Adjustment Bureau (2011)
Do humans really have free will? It certainly seems like we do. But, given the right conditions, science can accurately predict the behavior of atoms. And aren’t our bodies just a giant cluster of...
Mar 16, 2011 / Eric M. ArmstrongBerlinale Winners
The general mood of journalists at the 61 st Berlin Film Festival was disappointment: reports generally characterised the selection as dismal. The Independent’s Jonathan Romney explained that the...
Feb 22, 2011 / Alison FrankThe Prize: Not a Winner
After yesterday’s blog on My Best Enemy , a film set during Germany’s fascist past, today’s blog reviews a film set during the country’s communist period, as well as the present-day. The Prize ( Der...
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