Do you have a book about a famous author that you want made into a movie? It seems like James Ponsoldt is your guy, at least if you want it well-made. Following his recent work about David Foster Wallace in The End of the Tour, it seems like Ponsoldt will be adapting a book about …
The subject is revolution. The images are of people – young and old, cops and criminals, celebratory and despairing – confined in the frame by the structural elements of their surroundings. Interspersed among these images are visuals of genteelly rippling pools of water, reflecting the canopy of trees above. And bookending the short film itself …
On Episode 5 of Front Row Center, Derek Gladu and Simon Howell discuss the career of Iranian filmmaker Jafar Panahi with a special focus on his film Crimson Gold, written by fellow filmmaker Abbas Kiarostami. Panahi was sentenced late last year to six years in prison, and is barred from making films for another twenty …
Two pianists, two war films of disconcerting beauty, lots of weight loss and some black chadors – here are some of the best international films of the decade. 1. Gegen die Wand / Head-on (2004) Directed / Written by Fatih Akin Drama, Germany & Turkey If a film ever deserved the characterisation of possessing …