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The Adventures of Prince Achmed still from 1926 silent film

THE ADVENTURES OF PRINCE ACHMED: Innovation and Animation

11/20/2020

1920s, Germany, The Vault, World

1926 was a year of exciting new technologies that helped to shape the world into how we now see it. No, not the birth of Queen Elizabeth II, nor the launch of the first liquid-fuel rocket (altho...

Mangrove movie directed by Steve McQueen

MANGROVE: A Very Timely Matter

Martin Richmond

11/19/2020

Film, Review, UK, World

There’s no getting away from the fact that a watershed moment for the peaceful Black Lives Matter movement happened in 2020. A movement of people across the world demanding equality for black communities, garn...

Horror Films From Around the World that Will Totally Get You in the Mood for Halloween

Michelle Long

10/27/2020

Features, World

It’s that time of year when the days are getting shorter and the nights just a tad bit longer every day. That time when the air smells like campfire and sticky, wet leaves. And all you want to do at the end of...

AMMONITE: A Cold but Powerful Love Story

Darren Carver-Balsiger

10/27/2020

Film, Review, UK, World

Director Francis Lee made a fantastic impression with his feature debut GOD’S OWN COUNTRY (2017) a few years ago. That was a stunning, earthy movie, swept in the Yorkshire countryside and masculine tensions. A...

BODY & BONES and Innocence & Experience

Jeanette Williams

10/18/2020

Canada, Film, Review

Melanie Oates makes her feature length directorial debut with BODY AND BONES (2019), generating quite the buzz within the Newfoundland film industry. Written by Oates, is a vivid and honest coming-of-age...

Melanie Oates on BODY & BONES and Developing A Story From Page To Screen

Jeanette Williams

10/18/2020

Canada, Features, World

Writer Melanie Oates makes her feature length directorial debut with BODY & BONES (2019), a coming-of age story set in Newfoundland. Tess (Kelly Van der Burg) is lonely and struggling after her mothe...

WOLFWALKERS: Irish Animated Gem Stands Among the Best

Darren Carver-Balsiger

10/16/2020

Film, Review, UK, World

WOLFWALKERS (2020) is gorgeous to look at and a spellbinding adventure. Directed by Tomm Moore and Ross Stewart, who worked on THE SECRET OF KELLS (2009) and SONG OF THE SEA (2014), WOLFWALKERS is another dive...

SUPERNOVA: Firth and Tucci Shine in This Intimate Drama

Darren Carver-Balsiger

10/12/2020

Film, Review, UK, World

SUPERNOVA (2020) is a small and intimate drama about dementia and love. It follows a gay couple, played by Colin Firth and Stanley Tucci, who go on a small holiday whilst Tucci's character deals with the demen...

MOGUL MOWGLI: Riz Ahmed at His Very Best

Darren Carver-Balsiger

10/07/2020

Film, Review, UK, World

MOGUL MOWGLI (2020) is clearly drawn from experiences and identities that star Riz Ahmed can relate to. He co-wrote the film, alongside director Bassam Tariq, and it's clearly a personal piece. Ahmed plays a s...

Andrei Tarkovsky: Where to Start with Russia’s Greatest Director

Darren Carver-Balsiger

09/15/2020

Features, World

Andrei Tarkovsky was born in Russia in 1932. He died tragically young at the age of 54 in 1986. Yet he still stands as one of the most beloved of all directors. His seven feature films, made from the 1960s thr...