Tag: Adopt Films

Winter Sleep | Blu-ray Review

Despite director Nuri Bilge Ceylan’s lauded history with Cannes, having twice received the festival’s second-place honor, the Grand Prix for 2002’s Distant and 2011’s...

Sure Shot: Adopt Films Bank on Sebastian Schipper’s “Victoria”

Perhaps making Sokurov's one-shot wonder Russian Ark feel a little dated, the Adopt Films crew have potentially "robbed" another fest favorite in the award-winning Berlin Film...

Barbara | Blu-ray Review

German director Christian Petzold's long running collaborative relationship with his starring actress Nina Hoss has been fruitful to say the least. A '12 Berlin...

Tabu | DVD Review

Toying with narrative form seems to be director Miguel Gomes's forte. Our Beloved Month Of August turned the documentation of a musically inclined rural...

Adopt Films Occupy Another Place in Foreign Oscar Race; Arrest Hany Abu-Assad’s “Omar”

Currently on a foreign film buying binge, Deadline reports that Adopt Films have added Hany Abu-Assad's latest to a slate that includes Martin Provost...

Adopt Films Open the Books on Curious Unknown; Martin Provost’s Violette Set for 2014

Extremely well received at last month's edition of TIFF, Martin Provost’s Violette becomes purchase number two (after Bethlehem) in just as many weeks for...

Top 3 Critic’s Picks In Theaters this February: Caesar Must Die, Porfirio and No

Apart from some foreign items Lore (Music Box Films - 2/8/13) and Kiarostami's Like Someone in Love (Sundance Selects - 2/15/13), classic re-issue of...

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TheyDream | Review

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The Devils (1971) | Review

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Ken Russell’s The Devils – 2010 Fantasia International Film Festival

Iconic director Ken Russell was in town to receive a lifetime achievement award from Fantasia for his 50-plus years in the business, a career that has spawned many genre classics including Altered States, Gothic, and The Lair of the White Worm. But it was the little-seen and hard to find The Devils from 1971 that proved to be Russell's most controversial work, and Fantasia managed to snag a copy to be screened on Russell's big night. In the video, Russell discusses the true story behind the film and receives his award with the grace befitting one of the great filmmakers of all time.