Tag: Roman Polanski
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‘The Fool’: A modern propaganda film
Dima Nitikin is an honest plumber who lives with his wife and son in his parents’ apartment. Studying architecture in his spare time, he’s what you might call ambitious, but not by his mother’s...
Aug 13, 2014 / Alison FrankFidelio, l’odyssée d’Alice: At sea in search of love
A mechanic in the French navy, Alice (Ariane Labed) spends much of her life on board cargo ships. Her new boyfriend Félix, a Norwegian graphic novelist, waits patiently for her at home. She is called...
Aug 12, 2014 / Alison FrankObscure Objects of Desire: Surrealism, Fetishism and Politics
Was the surrealist ambition to revolutionise consciousness a natural fit with revolutionary politics? The relationship between art and politics has historically been problematic: witness the sterile,...
Jan 7, 2013 / Alison FrankPolanski Triumphs at European Film Awards
The 23rd European Film Awards Photo credit: EFA/René Velli Roman Polanski’s The Ghost Writer triumphed at this year’s European Film Academy’s 23 rd European Film Awards . The film, which I have...
Dec 6, 2010 / Alison FrankTMA’s 100 Greatest Movies of All Time
You will not like something about this list. In your mind, undeserving inclusions and unthinkable omissions probably abound. That is as it should be. Film, for all the scholarship, expertise and...
Nov 13, 2010 / Eric M. ArmstrongPolanski Finally Speaks Out
Finally breaking months of silence, famed “Chinatown” director, Roman Polanski, released a statement Sunday criticizing Swiss and US authorities for attempting to extradite him on a 33-year-old child...
May 3, 2010 / Eric M. ArmstrongRoman Polanski Arrested On 30-Year-Old Warrant
Famed and acclaimed director, Roman Polanski, was nabbed by Swiss police as he arrived in the country to receive an award at the Zurich Film Festival and will likely face extradition to the United...
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