Once John Cassavetes, when talking about the heavy drinking in his film Husbands (1970), compared the camaraderie of being in a bar to that of being in a war.
Review: ‘The Disciple’ (2020) by Chaitanya Tamhane – London Film Festival
Early in writer-director Chaitanye Tamhane’s second feature, The Disciple, the mastery of Hindustani classical music is described as an ‘eternal quest’, which will require ‘sacrifice and no surrender’. Later, its polar opposite is expressed, encouraging practitioners to take a step back and look at what they do within its historical context.
FIDMarseille 2020: Powerful Female Voices Breaking the Silence
If you enjoy this article, we ask that you please leave Ejla a tip. by Ejla Kovačević After three months of lockdown and gradual release from confinement as […]
Revolutionizing Festivals – Notes on the First Virtual Ann Arbor Film Festival
If somebody had told me that my first experience of Ann Arbor Film Festival would happen during one of the worst pandemics in recent human history, while I was locked down in the Parisian periphery, I would have seriously reconsidered this person’s mental condition.
Berlinale 2020: “Maybe a Singular Mountain is a Feeling,” An Interview with Pushpendra Singh
by MLP As the festival came to a close, and my viewing-energy dwindled, my dear friend Anuj wrote me one evening to ask if I would be interested […]
The Ultra Dogme Virtual Film Festival 1: From a Distance
Welcome to the first Ultra Dogme Virtual Film Festival. We are excited to be trying something new.
Announcement: Ultra Dogme’s First Virtual Film Festival
We’re starting a virtual film festival this Saturday, March 21st.
Women’s Day: “Stuck On This Bridge of Friendship” – An Interview with Ivana Mladenović
Woche der Kritik 2020 endowed us with an opportunity to dive back into the summer of 2017, through the lens (both retinal and camera) of Ivana, the Terrible. Ivana, the Terrible, flavorful as it is, is only a snippet of the broad world of Ivana Mladenović.
Women’s Day: Ring Around
by Yoana Pavlova Yoana Pavlova is a Bulgarian writer, researcher, and programmer, currently based in Paris. Founding editor of Festivalists.com, with bylines for various outlets in English and French, […]
KVIFF 2019: Stargazing – On Jonás Trueba’s ‘The August Virgin’
Jonás Trueba’s ‘The August Virgin’ won the FIPRESCI Prize at the 54th edition of Karlovy Vary International Film Festival. Dutch critic Hugo Emmerzael, who was part of the jury that bestowed the award, offers his thoughts on this invigorating and luminating slice-of-life set in Madrid.