All posts tagged "best foreign language film"
-
Directing
Out of the Ordinary: How Indian Moviemaker Rima Das Finds Beauty In Everyday Life
March 21, 2019In an incandescent moment in Indian moviemaker Rima Das’ third feature Bulbul Can Sing, the titular character, an Assamese teenage girl, is guided...
-
Directing
Foreign Contenders: Rahmatou Keïta on Financing Niger’s The Wedding Ring Entirely with African Funds
January 18, 2019Financially limited, but overflowing with cultural richness, African cinema is less frequently present at international festivals...
-
Directing
Foreign Contenders: Director Radu Jude on Romania’s I Do Not Care If We Go Down in History as Barbarians
December 6, 2018A purveyor of communal introspection and historical accountability, Romanian visionary Radu Jude makes movies about specific...
-
Directing
Foreign Contenders: Ziad Doueiri on Adapting American Courtroom Drama Tropes Into Lebanon’s The Insult
January 22, 2018Divisiveness is universal. That ironic truth is the key that allows people to understand and relate...
-
Directing
Foreign Contenders: John Trengove on Surviving the Controversy Surrounding South Africa’s The Wound
January 11, 2018Conceived to forge men via traditional practices, the rite of passage in South Africa’s Xhosa community...
-
Directing
Failed Fatherland: Martin Zandvliet Disarms a Dark Passage in Denmark’s History in Oscar-Nominated Land of Mine
February 13, 2017Describing a war film as “visually economical” goes against the expectation of grandeur associated with those...
-
Acting
Upstaged by Injustice: The Salesman Is About More Than Its Titular Character, Says Actor Shahab Hosseini
January 26, 2017Asghar Farhadi’s newest film The Salesman recently won prizes at Cannes for both Farhadi’s screenplay and for Shahab...
-
Directing
“You Are a Person Seated in Court:” Asghar Farhadi Says Those Watching The Salesman Are More Than Spectators
January 25, 2017A door opens, a crime is committed, honor is transgressed, and the conflicts in a literary...
-
Directing
Laughing With Pain: Director Maren Ade and Sandra Hüller on Their Hilarious Father-Daughter Dramedy Toni Erdmann
December 29, 2016Fake teeth, a raggedy wig, and the playful love of a father that knows no boundaries...
-
Directing
Foreign Contenders: Cristi Puiu’s Sieranevada Dissects Romanian Society Through a Confined Epic
December 15, 2016MovieMaker’s series “Foreign Contenders” will feature interviews with the heavyweight helmers behind their respective countries’ entries for the...
-
Directing
Foreign Contenders: Cloak-And-Dagger Thriller The Age of Shadows Has Kim Jee-woon Channeling His Inner Patriot
December 12, 2016MovieMaker‘s weekly series “Foreign Contenders” features interviews with the heavyweight helmers behind their respective countries’ entries for...
-
Interviews
“I Discovered One of the Most Interesting Women Ever:” An Interview with Jackie Director Pablo Larraín
December 5, 2016Previously known for his 2012 film No and 2015 film The Club, Pablo Larraín has sprung into...
-
Directing
Foreign Contenders: Georgia’s House of Others Invokes Tarkovsky to Explore Post-War Abkhazia
November 15, 2016Over the next two months, MovieMaker’s weekly series “Foreign Contenders” will feature interviews with the heavyweight helmers behind...
-
Crossing the Line
Crossing the Line: Andrzej Wajda, Pioneer of the Personal and Political in Polish Cinema (1926—2016)
October 11, 2016Andrzej Wajda, the powerhouse purveyor of Polish cinema with a celebrated knack for devastating depictions of...
-
Movie News
Review: Gloria, Sebastián Lelio
January 24, 2014Gloria, Sebastián Lelio’s feature about a spirited older woman determined to get the most out of...
-
Articles - Auteur
Interiors Journal: Haneke’s Amour
March 4, 2013Every month, Interiors Journal dissects the floorplan of a film set to investigate the relationship between...
-
Articles - Directing
War Is a Witch: Unexpected Jungle Discoveries during War Witch
February 28, 2013An AK47 and a Fisher Price light saber. Two of the first things I saw in...
Latest
Moviemaking
MovieMaker RSS
- How 1BR Overcame Fire, Dropouts and a Stolen Truck September 26, 2020
- Residue, Gentrification, and Trying to Go Home Again (Podcast) September 25, 2020
- The Real Driver in Green Book Appeared in Goodfellas, The Godfather and The Sopranos September 25, 2020
Comments