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Showing posts with label San Sebastian winner. Show all posts
Showing posts with label San Sebastian winner. Show all posts
Monday, January 26, 2026

288. Georgian director Dea Kulumbegashivili's second feature film "April" (2024) (in Georgian language) based on her own original screenplay: Can moral beliefs to help the poor and needy override the laws of the land and put one's career in jeopardy?

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Do you understand how laws work? You will have no more patients; you will not have a job. Even if you are not arrested, you will be ruined. ...
Sunday, December 15, 2024

284. Indian director Payal Kapadia’s 2nd feature film “All We Imagine as Light” (2024) in Malayalam, Hindi, and other Indian languages: An honest, sophisticated perspective of real India, intelligently presented

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  "There is always a feeling that I have to leave." -- an off-screen remark on the cloud of impermanence faced by an Indian immigr...
Monday, August 22, 2022

276. The late French director Bertrand Tavernier’s feature film “Ça commence aujourd'hui” (It All Starts Today) (1999), based on a commendable screenplay co-written by the director, his daughter Tiffany, and Dominique Sampiero: A primary school teacher who walks the extra mile to serve and speak for the tiny tots raised by parents with marginal incomes

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    "For its commitment to everyday heroism, its multi-layered approach to an array of social problems, and for the visual force of the...
Sunday, November 25, 2018

230. Vietnamese director Ash Mayfair’s debut feature film “The Third Wife” (2018) (Vietnam) based on her original story: Gorgeous cinematography, interesting visual allegory, female characters and actresses add value to a film that ought to make Vietnam proud!

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D ebut films of several directors worldwide have often been unforgettable, even when compared to their later...
Saturday, January 10, 2015

172. Argentine director Damián Szifrón’s “Wild Tales” (Relatos salvajes) (2014): Black comedy that entertains while making us introspect

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The "wild" characters from the six segments W ild Tales is a gem of an entertainer made up of six stand-alone, dar...
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Tuesday, December 09, 2014

170. The late Chilean maestro Raúl Ruiz' Portuguese film “Mistérios de Lisboa” (Mysteries of Lisbon) (2010): A brilliant cinematic treatise on memories

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        “ My films are not fiction films but about fiction ”---Raúl Ruiz ...
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Thursday, November 06, 2014

169. French director François Ozon’s French film “Dans la maison” (In the House) (2012): Second Ozon film on creative writing, this time adapting a superb Spanish play

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F rançois Ozon seems to be fascinated by what makes writers tick. And he loves to prod the viewer to reconsider his/her mental...
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