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Spike Jonze’ Her
Even though it’s pretty predictable, I’m afraid I have to say it, Spike Jonze has redefined the romantic film genre for the 21st century, with a combination of sci-fi, comedy and romance that...
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Michel Gondry’s Mood Indigo (L’Écume des Jours)
When asked how he went about adapting Boris Vian’s 1947 novel ‘Froth on the Daydream’ Mood Indigo’s director Michel Gondry said “I was asked about five years ago to start to think about making it, but...
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Loving Vincent by Breakthru Films
“It’s not a documentary, it’s a fiction film” said Loving Vincent’s Co-Director and Producer Hugh Welchman, in a recent interview. It’s no exaggeration to say that Loving Vincent is one of the most...
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Top 5 Films for Men
In an age where most Hollywood films portray men as either hapless idiots or evil masterminds, you might be thinking “Ben! Are there any films for men out there?” Yes, is the answer to that. These are...
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Ruslan Khasanov’s Odyssey
Russian artist Ruslan Khasanov’s intricate videography project ‘Odyssey’ encapsulates the beauty of macro film. The idea for this scientific/art experiment came about quite by chance, when Ruslan was...
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Hugh Welchman on ‘Loving Vincent’
What was once destined to be a short film, focusing on the final days of the world’s most revered painter – Vincent Van Gogh – would later morph into a feature film. It was unknown territory for the...
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KinoVino: A Marriage of Food and Film
In short KinoVino offers a multi-censorial experience of food, wine and cinema, a perfect idea conjured up by Alissa Timoshkina, who holds a PhD in Film History. Acting as hostess for this series of...
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BEAUTY – A Short Film by Rino Stefano Tagliafierro
Aesthetic beauty, more specifically the aesthetic beauty of paintings, is something man has created to emphasise all that is good and communicable to his fellow man. To answer the question of why that...
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Seeing Red
Still an incredibly shy man who immersed himself in the eternal comfort of the arts, I was 22 when I first saw a film by Sergei Parajanov. Having developed a love of film early on in life, I had always...
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Death or Glory: Rebirth of the Cossack’s
Their history is woven into the very foundation of Russian heritage and folklore. The Cossack’s, a warrior class of Eastern Slavic ethnicity, are simultaneously of Russia and yet at the same time not...
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