Month: June 2019

Metropolis, directed by Fritz Lang, has become widely accepted as one of the most significant films in history. Its influence for almost a whole century echoes both visually and narratively through a series of sci-fi works from those who re-examine the role of a person in society (Frankenstein, Ghost in the Shell) over those who […]

When he appeared ten years ago in Cannes, with his debut, I Killed My Mother, Xavier Dolan was declared a Canadian wunderkind. That same year he won three awards at the Festival (Directors’ Fortnight, C.I.C.A.E. and Regards Jeunes). Out of his seven films in career, four of them had a premiere in Cannes and yet again the festival […]

The middle-aged, darker skin, male figure, with the slightly grey beards and the thick short curly hair, tries to suppress the thoughts and feelings of by the deafening sounds of water pressure in his ears and gallons of pool water on his skin. The introductory scene of Pain and Glory is far more dynamic, mysterious […]

Originally published on: https://www.easternkicks.com/reviews/the-rib-alt Director Zhang Wei has spent the past decade making engaging socio-political dramas on relevant and usually silenced and censored topics in China. Focusing on the marginalised, in his work he has examined the lives of migrant workers (Beijing Dream) and the education of autistic children (Xi He). Now, with his newest film The […]

Originally published on: https://www.easternkicks.com/reviews/crossing-the-border Ambitious director/producer/editor/scriptwriter Meng Huo appeared out of nowhere in the last quarter of 2018 with the release of his impressive first feature-length film Crossing the Border. The film has won several awards, the most prominent of which were the audience award at last year’s Beijing International Film Festival (BIFF) and best […]

Originally published on: https://asianmoviepulse.com/2019/06/film-review-birthday-2019-by-jong-un-lee/ With her feature debut “Birthday”, young director Lee Jong-un, supported by Chang-dong Lee as her executive producer and Jeon Do-yeon and Sul Kyung-gu in lead roles, brings an emotional story of the Sewol ferry tragedy. On the morning of April 16, 2014, on a route from Incheon to Jeju in South Korea, the […]

Izvorno objavljeno na: ziher.hr Datum objave: 12.06.2019. Kada se prije deset godina, pojavio sa svojim prvijencem I Killed My Mother, Xavier Dolan momentalno je bio proglašen kanadskim filmskim wunderkindom te je već te godine osvojio tri nagrade na festivalu (Directors’ Fortnight, C.I.C.A.E. Award te Regards Jeunes). Od sedam njegovih dosadašnjih radova u karijeri, četiri je imalo premijeru u Cannesu, […]

Izvorno objavljeno na: ziher.hr Datum objave: 17.06.2019. Sredovječna muška figura, tamnije puti, blago sijede brade i guste kratke kovrčave kose, pokušava suspregnuti misli i osjećaje zaglušujućim zvucima vodenog pritiska u ušima te galonima vode na koži, bazena u koji je zaronio. Uvodni kadar Pain and Glory daleko je dinamičniji, misteriozniji i jednostavniji od bilo čega što smo do sada vidjeli u […]

Izvorno objavljeno na: ziher.hr Datum objave: 10.04.2019. ‘Baka Novog vala!’ To mi je bilo jako smiješno, jer sam imala svega 30 godina. Truffaut je napravio ‘The 400 Blows’, a Godard ‘Breathless’, ali ja sam to učinila pet godina prije njih s ‘La Pointe Courte’, mojim prvijencem. Kad sam bila mlađa, ljudi su izmišljali nove načine pisanja – James Joyce, Hemingway, Faulkner. Ja sam […]