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Thirty-five years after the Romanian Revolution, many questions remain. An elaborate cinematic concert based on the documentary “Revolutia Nevazuta” (The Unseen Revolution) treated wounds as it was presented in the premiere as part of the Timișoara Community Gala 2023. Its ability to transport feelings through time was primarily due to the brilliance […]
‘Where Does a Body End?’ is an intimate portrait of the band SWANS, from their roots as a brutal, confrontational post-punk band that emerged from the same early 1980s era NYC that gave us Sonic Youth (and, somehow, Madonna) through their ill-fated bid at mainstream success in the 90s indie-rock gold rush, […]
DER WEG EINER FREIHEIT is now releasing an extensive studio documentary of the recording process of their latest album “Noktvrn”. DER WEG EINER FREIHEIT comments: “After months of hard work and going through countless hours of footage we can finally share with you the ‘Making of Noktvrn’ studio documentary. We have been accompanied […]
Maison Margiela debuts its Co-Ed Spring-Summer 2022 Collection in a mystical production, touching upon themes of fantasy and reverie throughout. Creative Director John Galliano aimed to express the power of nature and the passage of time through the medium of haute couture. A film based on an original concept by […]
What’s your relationship to femininity? Yago Hunt-Laudi is a multi-disciplinary editor and director specializing in brand imagery and filming. Bouncing between Europe and the United States, Yago worked for the Manhattan-based creative agency Matte Projects as an Editor and Creative. “Sex work. The phrase evokes so much emotion, yet we understand […]
Based on a non-fiction book by Judith C. Brown, “Benedetta” is the latest motion picture from Dutch filmmaker Paul Verhoeven. It focuses on the years in which Benedetta rose to the summit of the Theatine convent in Tuscany, Italy. In the film, premiering at the 2021 Cannes Film Festival, nuns […]
‘The Many Saints of Newark’ is an upcoming American crime drama film directed by Alan Taylor and written by David Chase and Lawrence Konner as a prequel to Chase’s HBO crime drama series ‘The Sopranos’. The film is called ‘The Many Saints of Newark’ because it revolves around Dickie Moltsanti, Christopher Moltisanti’s father. In English, Molti Santi translates as ‘many saints’. Also, […]
The prolific Japanese writer and director Sion Sono, ‘Bacurau’ co-director Kleber Mendonça Filho, ‘Evolution’ helmer Lucile Hadzihalilovic, ‘The Wild Boys’ director Bertrand Mandico, and the duo of Helene Cattet and Bruno Forzani (‘Let the Corpses Tan’) have teamed together for a film that features five poetic visions of sexual ecstasy. With the title of ‘Shining Sex’, Screen Daily reports […]
Oscar-winning director Morgan Neville’s next documentary is centered on the late Anthony Bourdain. Having passed away in 2018, the chef, writer, adventurer, and provocateur lived a fascinating, globe-trotting life and the new documentary will take an in-depth look at his journey. Set to premiere at Tribeca ahead of a July […]
After breaking out with his 2016 film ‘Happy Hour’, Ryūsuke Hamaguchi returned in 2018 with what he described as his first “commercial film,” ‘Asako I and II’, as opposed to smaller, independent production. Adapted from a Haruki Murakami short story, ‘Drive My Car’ is Hamaguchi’s current “commercial” project, while the smaller-scale Berlinale 2021 premiere ‘Wheel of Fortune […]