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Wednesday, October 28, 2020

257. Iranian director Mohammad Rasoulof’s seventh feature film “Shetan vojud nadarad” (There is No Evil) (2020), based on an original script by the director: Distinct tales of four Iranian men (three of whom were soldiers) who either chose to actively participate or conscientiously refuse to hang condemned men and the consequences of their actions on their family life

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  The film is “about people taking responsibility” for their actions and “each story is based on my own experience” ---Director Mohammad R...
Monday, October 12, 2020

256. Italian director Mauro Mancini’s debut feature film “Non Odiare” (Thou Shalt Not Hate) (2020), based on an original script by Davide Lisino and Mauro Mancini: Fascinating tale on human contradictions, visually narrated, economizing on spoken words

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      “I wanted what the characters don’t say to each other to be more important than what they do say to each other” ---Director Mauro ...
Monday, September 21, 2020

255. Japanese director Takashi Koizumi’s film “Hakase no aishita sushiki” (The Professor and His Beloved Equation) (2006), based on an award-winning Japanese novel by Yoko Ogawa: Melding the magical world of numbers and mathematics with invisible eternal truths existing in the universe, for adults and school-going students alike

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    To see a World in a Grain of Sand, And a Heaven in a Wild Flower, Hold Infinity in the Palm of your Hand, And Eternity in an Hour ...
Saturday, September 05, 2020

254. US director Abel Ferrara’s semi-autobiographical feature film “Tommaso” (2019), based on his own original script: Trying not to be himself, the director reveals more of himself

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T he year 2019 saw four directors from four different countries make semi-autobiographical feature films: Spanish director Pedro Almodovar m...
Tuesday, July 21, 2020

253. Brazilian director Kleber Mendonca Filho’s debut feature film “O Soma o Redor” (Neighboring Sounds) (2012) in Portuguese, based on his original script: A lovely, innovative example of effective, judicious and discreet use of sound in film-making that complements the mood of the screenplay

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F ilm directors often make amazing debut feature films. These debut films can be awesome if they are base...
Thursday, May 07, 2020

252. Russian director Ilya Khrzhanovskiy’s debut feature film “Chetyre” (4) (2004), based on a script by post-modern author/dramatist Vladimir Sorokin: A perplexing, absurdist, and depressing study of contemporary, post-glasnost Russia

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“Exhausted by hunger, he ate in secret. He thought he was stealing food; but that was better than stealing from strangers”    -- ...
Saturday, April 25, 2020

251. Turkish director Semih Kaplanoglu’s seventh feature film “Baglilik Asli” (Commitment) (2019): An interesting study of the modern educated woman, motherhood, and family ties in a fast developing Turkish economy

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The poster captures the essence of the film-- the child is the fulcrum of the tale, with the mother almost absent in the frame ...