All posts tagged "best foreign language film"
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Foreign Contenders: Rahmatou Keïta on Financing Niger’s The Wedding Ring Entirely with African Funds
Financially limited, but overflowing with cultural richness, African cinema is less frequently present at international festivals than productions from most other regions... -
Foreign Contenders: Director Radu Jude on Romania’s I Do Not Care If We Go Down in History as Barbarians
A purveyor of communal introspection and historical accountability, Romanian visionary Radu Jude makes movies about specific events, defining time periods, and relevant... -
Foreign Contenders: Ziad Doueiri on Adapting American Courtroom Drama Tropes Into Lebanon’s The Insult
Divisiveness is universal. That ironic truth is the key that allows people to understand and relate to geographically distant conflicts. Similarities carry... -
Foreign Contenders: John Trengove on Surviving the Controversy Surrounding South Africa’s The Wound
Conceived to forge men via traditional practices, the rite of passage in South Africa’s Xhosa community is grounded on the endurance of... -
Failed Fatherland: Martin Zandvliet Disarms a Dark Passage in Denmark’s History in Oscar-Nominated Land of Mine
Describing a war film as “visually economical” goes against the expectation of grandeur associated with those stories. In the case of Martin... -
Upstaged by Injustice: The Salesman Is About More Than Its Titular Character, Says Actor Shahab Hosseini
Asghar Farhadi’s newest film The Salesman recently won prizes at Cannes for both Farhadi’s screenplay and for Shahab Hosseini’s lead performance. The film presents... -
“You Are a Person Seated in Court:” Asghar Farhadi Says Those Watching The Salesman Are More Than Spectators
A door opens, a crime is committed, honor is transgressed, and the conflicts in a literary classic intertwine with a husband’s thirst... -
Laughing With Pain: Director Maren Ade and Sandra Hüller on Their Hilarious Father-Daughter Dramedy Toni Erdmann
Fake teeth, a raggedy wig, and the playful love of a father that knows no boundaries make the title character in Maren... -
Foreign Contenders: Cristi Puiu’s Sieranevada Dissects Romanian Society Through a Confined Epic
MovieMaker’s series “Foreign Contenders” will feature interviews with the heavyweight helmers behind their respective countries’ entries for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language... -
Foreign Contenders: Cloak-And-Dagger Thriller The Age of Shadows Has Kim Jee-woon Channeling His Inner Patriot
MovieMaker‘s weekly series “Foreign Contenders” features interviews with the heavyweight helmers behind their respective countries’ entries for the Academy Award for Best Foreign...
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Things I’ve Learned as a Moviemaker: Mads Mikkelsen
From Star Wars to Marvel, from prestige TV (Hannibal) to high-profile Oscar contenders (At Eternity’s Gate), Mads Mikkelsen can be seen stretching his dramatic skills across the board these...Inside the Issue: Directing
The 2019 MovieMaker Sundance Survey: Eleven Sundance-Selected Films, and Their Mountain-Bound Makers
The 35th Sundance Film Festival received a record-breaking 14,000-plus submissions, with 4,000-plus feature-length films among them. Of the 112 features selected, 45 of their makers were first-timers. The fest’s...1Inside the Issue: How To
Breaking and Entering, Part One: How To Shoot Down Self-Doubt and Pay the Rent While Making It In the Film Industry
Becoming a moviemaker seemed like an impossibly ambitious goal when I was growing up. I was living in Brazil, watching bootleg copies of David Cronenberg films and, with...