Chinese-born American documentary filmmaker Nanfu Wang (One Child Nation, 2019) is back with her new documentary film In the Same Breath about the beginnings of the COVID-Pandemic in China and the U.S and how the governments reacted to it. It was released in the United States on HBO recently and will hopefully be available elsewhere […]
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Moscow, March 1953: in the days following the death of Joseph Stalin, countless citizens flooded the Red Square to mourn their leader’s loss and witness his burial. Though the procession was captured in detail by hundreds of cameramen, their footage has remained largely unseen until now. Ukrainian filmmaker Sergei Loznitsa uses excellently shot archival footage
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The American-Norwegian documentary film Gunda, directed, co-written and co-edited by Russian director Viktor Kossakovsky is now showing in cinemas. The nonverbal film observes the life of pigs, chicken and cows on rural farms in an aesthetic style. It gained broader attention when Joaquin Phoenix stepped in as executive producer. It is interesting to get so
The new US epic medieval-fantasy film The Green Knight directed, written and produced by David Lowery (Ghost Story, 2017) is showing in cinemas and is worth a look. The film stars Dev Patel (Slumdog Millionaire, 2008) as young Sir Gawain, who wants to become a respected knight at his uncle King Arthur’s round table in
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The US biographical drama film Judas and the Black Messiah directed by Shaka King is out now in cinemas. Set in the late 60s the film is about the betrayal of Fred Hampton (Daniel Kaluuya – Get Out / Black Panther), the chairman of the Illinois chapter of the Black Panther Party in Chicago, by
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The 2020 US drama film “Nomadland” by Chloé Zhao that won the Oscar for Best Picture at this years Academy Awards is out now in cinemas. It is based on the book by the same name by Jessica Bruder and follows Fern (Frances McDormand [Three Billboards, 2017] a vandwelling working nomad, who left her hometown
After watching Soul recently I went back and took a look at all the Pixar Films I have seen. I returned to them over the past couple years and checked, which ones are still holding up today.
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Soul is a computer animated fantasy comedy-drama by Disney’s very talented Pixar Studios which was released last Christmas and is available for streaming on Disney+. The film follows a middle school music teacher named Joe Gardner (Jamie Foxx), who seeks to reunite his soul and his body after…
The French film Irma Vep by Olivier Assayas (Carlos TV Mini-Series, 2010) from 1996 is an interesting and weird experience about Hong-Kong movie star Maggie Cheung (In the Mood for Love, 2000) playing herself, who is cast by…
Senna is a 2010 British-French documentary film by the very talented director Asif Kapadia depicting the life and death of Brazilian Formula One Race Driver Ayrton Senna. It focues on his career in Racing from 1984 until his death in 1994. It is the first film in Kapadia’s excellent documentary trilogy about young prodigies rising