FILM Archives

Tribeca Film Festival 2024

PD June 22, 2024; MD November 4, 2024 by Beverly Andrews

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This spring the legendary Tribeca Film Festival returned with its usual lovely mix of features, dazzling shorts and ground-breaking documentaries: The Stanford Prison Experiment: Unlocking the Truth, Soldiers of Song, Luther: Never Too Much, Alien Weaponry: Kua Tupu Te Ara, Griffin in Summer & In the Summers.

FILM / MEXIQUE

Frida Kahlo

PD May 31, 2024; MD March 18, 2025 by Pierre Scordia

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Le documentaire “Frida” met en avant la forte personnalité de la protagoniste, son intégrité et sa souffrance physique. Bien que son destin nous paraisse aujourd’hui extraordinaire, ce n’était malheureusement pas le ressenti de l’artiste. Sa vie est faite d’obstacles…

CINEMA / FILM

OMEN

PD April 15, 2024; MD November 4, 2024 by Beverly Andrews

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The Belgium Rapper Baloji’s first feature film has now been released and it shows him to be also an intriguing film director.

FILM / LONDON

Scala!!! A Film Tribute to a Legendary Cinema

PD January 29, 2024; MD November 4, 2024 by Beverly Andrews

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In the middle of a very dangerous district of London, the Scala somehow managed to carve out a reputation for being a home away from home for a whole generation of artists.

FILM

Homecoming, a Sami documentary at TIFF

PD September 21, 2023; MD February 23, 2025 by Beverly Andrews

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Two great films were screened at this year’s Toronto International Film Festival: Homecoming (Máhccan) by Suvi West and Anssi Kömi and A Road to a Village directed by Nabin Subba. Taken together they present a unique perspective of little-known worlds.

CINEMA / FILM

Sundance 2023

PD February 16, 2023; MD May 24, 2023 by Beverly Andrews

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Sundance is perhaps one of the world’s most joyful festivals since it’s not really about glamour or stars. But is simply a film festival devoted to the celebration of cinema.

FILM / RELIGION

Stranger at the Gate

PD November 10, 2022; MD March 17, 2025 by Beverly Andrews

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In our increasingly polarised world, there are few stories, which bridge the gap between our ever more fragmented communities. And yet, Stranger at the Gate does just that.

BRITAIN / FILM

Restriction is the Mother of Invention

PD October 14, 2022; MD December 5, 2024 by Bettina Gracias

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This piece tells the important and fascinating story of Sophia Duleep Singh, an Indian princess who was both a prominent suffragette in the UK and god-daughter to Queen Victoria, in an engaging and impressively innovative way.