Bad Mother Darren Aranofsky has shown his talent of an imitator of auteur cinema in his new film mother!. The spectator was a victim of butchered cinematography – mostly badly composed of close-ups and shaky-cam. But if some auteur filmmakers have limited cinematographic possibilities due to a lack of funds, in the case of Darren
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Interview with director Salvador Carrasco
Salvador Carrasco is a film director well-known for his picture “The Other Conquest” (2000), which broke box-office records in Mexico and became an international success. He is also a professor at the Santa Monica College and founder of its film production program. His students have been receiving many awards at international film festivals. Diana
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Maya Dardel (A Critically Endangered Species) – PIFF 2017
Lena Olin gives a tour-de-force performance in Maya Dardel The film Maya Dardel (A Critically Endangered Species) is directed and written by Zachary Cotler and Magdalena Zyzak. They are newcomers to the film industry, but have already been successful by presenting their film at SXSW and selling the picture to Samuel Goldwyn. The film’s protagonist
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Train Driver’s Diary – PIFF 2017
Black comedy masterpiece starring Lazar Ristovski Train Driver’s Diary (Dnevnik mašinovođe) was released in 2016 but already has became a film classic. It won many awards at prestigious festivals, including the audience award at the Moscow International Film Festival. At the Prague Independent Film Festival 2017 it won Grand Prix, Best Feature Film and Best
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Interview with director Derek Frey
Being a member of the jury of Prague Independent Film Festival I watch a lot of independent films. One film – ”Green Lake” impressed our jury by its humor and brilliant music score, but we were very surprised when we later found out that director of this independent production is Derek Frey, one of the
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Million Loves in Me – VIFF 2017
Million Loves in Me gets Grand Prix at the 2017 Vienna Independent Film Festival. Million Loves in Me by director Sampson Yuen won the Grand Prix at the VIFF 2017. The film is based on real events and tells the story of a mother and daughter, their complex relationship and how they kept dozens of
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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
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Bodyguard (2016) – VIFF 2017
Bodyguard (2016) by Ebrahim Hatamikia is a masterful dramatic thriller. Bodyguard by the famous Iranian director Ebrahim Hatamikia received three awards at the Vienna Independent Film Festival 2017. With this film Hatamikia managed to create a true masterpiece of cinematography. It tells the story of a bodyguard, and although there were films on this topic before,
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Logan Review
Director James Mangold’s Logan is the best movie of the X-Men series. Despite the fact that “Logan” is a purely commercial film, it was screened out of competition at the Berlinale 2017. It is the tenth installment in the X-Men film series and the last picture to focus on the character of Wolverine. The film
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The Other Side of Hope Review – Berlinale 2017
Disappointing picture by Aki Kaurismäki lacks a compelling plot and has few laughs. The Other Side of Hope is the long awaited film of the outstanding Finnish director Aki Kaurismäki. His most successful films such as The Match Factory Girl and The Man Without a Past with their distinctive minimalist style and acerbic jokes made
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Wild Mouse (Wilde Maus) Review – Berlinale 2017
Wild Mouse, the directorial debut of cabaret artist Josef Hader, is a film about a small man made for a small audience. The film “Wild Mouse” (Wilde Maus) directed, written and starring Josef Hader was screened in competition at the 2017 Berlinale. The picture is the film debut of Hader who is well-known in Austria
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Hostages (2017) Review – Berlinale 2017
Gripping drama by Rezo Gigineishvili about a plane hijacking in 1983 Georgia The film Hostages (Mdzevlebi) directed by the young Georgian director Rezo Gigineishvili was shown at the Berlinale in the Panorama section. It is based on the true events of a plane hijacking in 1983 by a group of youngsters belonging to the artistic
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Return to Montauk Review – Berlinale 2017
Stellan Skarsgård stars in Volker Schlöndorff’s lyrical adaptation of the autobiographical novel by Max Frisch. The film Return to Montauk by veteran director Volker Schlöndorff was screened at the Berlinale in competition. It tells the story of the famous aging writer Max Zorn who has regrets about this past, in particular about his failed relationship
