Yuri Bykov became known with the film The Fool, an art house social drama. His new film The Factory attracted great interest from his fans who expected another strong drama with pointed social commentary. Nevertheless, the film became a big disappointment. Nothing in this film makes sense; the script is weak, boring, the dialogues consist
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Cold War – Review
Pawel Pawlikowski who won the Academy Award for Ida in 2013, once again received a great deal of attention for his film Cold War. The title Cold War sounds promising, as this time was full of intrigues and there were many stories stranger than fiction connected to the period. But unfortunately the film leaves one
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VIFF 2018 Vienna Independent Film Festival
Feature films I May Regret and NO-ONE triumphed at the 2018 Vienna Independent Film Festival. American film, I May Regret by Graham Streeter was a world premiere, closing film of the festival and a sold-out screening. Director Graham Streeter and producer Alex Lebosq came from Los Angeles to personally present the film at the Actors
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Vasily Lanovoy in Vienna
On 9.04.2018 famous Russian-Ukranian actor Vasily Lanovoy performed in Vienna, Austria with a solo concert in the historical Old Town Hall of Vienna. The actor spoke about his childhood and youth darkened by German occupation and about his choice of profession. When Vasily Lanovoy was a boy he saw a poster announcing the screening of
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Profile – Berlinale 2018 Review
Well-known director and producer Timur Bekmambetov presented his film Profile at the 68th Berlin International Film Festival. It was part of the Panorama section, where it won the Panorama Audience Award. The film tells the story of a young female journalist who received an assignment to write a story about European women sent into sexual
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7 Days in Entebbe – Berlinale 2018 Review
7 Days in Entebbe was presented at the 68th Berlin International Film Festival by director José Padilha and gave of an unpleasant impression. The film is based on real events of the hijacking of a passenger plane in 1976. The main character are the German hijackers portrayed by Daniel Brühl and Rosamund Pike. It is
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Dovlatov – Berlinale 2018 Review
One of the highlights of the 68th Berlin International Film Festival was the film Dovlatov, directed by Alexei German Jr. It was screened in the main competition program. A. German Jr. is not a Berlinale newcomer — his film Under the Electric Clouds won the Silver Bear for Outstanding Artistic Contribution for Cinematography. Sergei Dovlatov
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Eva – Berlinale 2018 Review
The film Eva by Benoît Jacquot was shown at the 68th Berlin International Film Festival. The film stars Gaspard Ulliel and Isabelle Huppert. The point of this film was to show the relations between a young man and a dangerously seductive woman. The choice of the lead actress made the film unsuccessful and doomed it
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Damsel – Berlinale 2018 Review
Robert Pattinson is one of the most important film stars who visited Berlinale 2018. He presented the film Damsel, directed by the Zellner brothers. Unfortunately the film was a great disappointment. It was an attempt to create a modern comedic Western. In it Robert Pattinson played one of the strangest roles in his career, he
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The Shape of Water – Review
The Shape of Plagiarism of director Guillermo del Toro American film The Shape of Water was awarded several prestigious prizes including the Golden Lion at Venice Film Festival, received thirteen Oscar nominations and got mostly positive reviews from film critics. Recently the film The Shape of Water came into the center of attention due to
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Loving Vincent – Review
Loving Vincent is a masterfully created tribute to Vincent van Gogh. Loving Vincent gives the audience an unique chance to get into the mysterious world of Van Gogh’s art. Creators of the film had a very complicated task; to paint in oil more than 65.000 frames, reproducing the style of a genius. Some of the
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Interview with director Konstantin Lopushansky
Konstantin Lopushansky is one of the greatest film directors of the 20th century. He is representative of the auteur cinema and the follower of spiritual traditions of Andrei Trakovsky who was his professor and mentor. In this interview taken in Vienna, Konstantin Lopushansky speaks about his experience of studying under the guidance of Andrei Tarkovsky,
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Platonov – VIFF 2017
The best film adaptation of Chekhov’s Platonov. The film Platonov received three awards at the Vienna Independent Film Festival 2017 – Best Feature Film, Best Cinematography and Best Actress. It was made in 2015 by a German director Andreas Morell and is based on an early play by Anton Chekhov which was found only after
